DOWNLOAD NO.192 - THE ALIENS

Musicians Danny Johnson and Geoffrey Stapleton moved from Adelaide to Melbourne, Australia on the 13^th of February 1978. On the 14^th of April 1978 they decided to put a band together to play the "power pop" songs they were writing. That band would become The Aliens. By May 1979 they were attracting big crowds to their live gigs and "full house" signs were going up all over the inner city venues of Melbourne. They were courted by a number of major record companies but eventually signed to Mushroom Records on Wednesday 20^th June 1979. They recorded their first single, “Confrontation”, with Charles Fisher producing and Steve Bywaters engineering. It was recorded between Saturday August 11^th and Monday August 13^th 1979, at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney, Australia, during a national tour with the band The Sports.

"Confrontation" got to #15 in Sydney and #35 in Brisbane...not bad for their first effort! In 1980 they had another hit with their single "Follow That Girl". It was one of those post punk sounding singles but failed to match the energy of "Confrontation" and only got to #42 nationally.

Here for download is their first hit "Confrontation":

http://rapidshare.com/files/217502035/Aliens_-_Confrontation.mp3