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unusual facts about The Aliens



Alienoid Starmonica

Alienoid Starmonica was the first release for The Aliens, a band hailing from Fife, Scotland.

King Creosote

Anderson's brothers are also musicians: Ian Anderson (known as Pip Dylan) and Gordon Anderson (Lone Pigeon) - who is lead singer and main songwriter with The Aliens.

Lone Pigeon

The 'Honda Hedge' album, which was available only by mailorder, contains early versions of several of the songs later to appear on The Aliens' 'Astronomy for Dogs' (see below), including "Robotman", "Tomorrow", "Only Waiting" and "Honest Again".

In May 2006 an EP entitled Alienoid Starmonica was released, a collaboration with ex-Beta Band members John Maclean and Robin Jones under the name The Aliens.


see also

Aliens Act 1826

The Aliens Act 1826 was an Act of Parliament that required immigrants to inform the Secretary of State or the Chief Secretary of Ireland of their place of residence twice a year.

Destroy All Monsters

Godzilla attacks New York City, Rodan invades Moscow, Mothra lays waste to Beijing, Gorosaurus (wrongly identified as Baragon) destroys Paris, and Manda attacks London, which is set in to motion to take attention away from Japan, so the aliens can establish an underground stronghold near Mt. Fuji in Japan.

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Dr. Marvin's observations find that the alien's suits are made of solidified electricity, and grant the aliens advanced auditory perception, allowing them to hear things from far away as though they were up close.

Goobacks

The aliens are described by CNN as "a hairless, uniform mix of all races" with the same skin color, while their language is a guttural mixture of all world languages.

Happy Up Here

It is eventually made apparent that the boxes are a 3D version of the aliens featured in the old arcade classic Space Invaders and the video is subsequently played out like the game, with cars on the ground serving as the defence.

In Search of the Most Amazing Thing

Due to their intrinsic shyness, the aliens communicate with the player entirely in a form of semaphore code, utilizing the only visible part of their anatomy: twin antennae, protruding coyly over the edge of the aliens' "desks".

Shirley Thompson vs. the Aliens

Shirley Thompson vs. the Aliens is a 1972 film directed by Jim Sharman.

The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise

It turns out that the aliens are NBC executive Herb Goodman (played by Elliott Gould) and his associate, Curtis (played by Garrett Morris).

The Loud Solomon Family: A Dickumentary

When Dick covers up a slip-up by saying that Sally is a lesbian, it led to the aliens wildly "revealing" embarrassing secrets about each other.

Thomas Moore Musgrave

Lord Minto gave him the position of Secretary to the Government of Ireland, in which he served one term, afterwards returning to the Aliens Office post, which Earl Spencer had kept open for him.

Truevision TGA

In the film Earth Girls Are Easy, the aliens are given a makeover at the "Curl up and Dye" Salon.

X-COM: Apocalypse

One of these organizations, the Cult of Sirius, is a group of religious fanatics who worship the aliens, and is inherently hostile to X-COM.