# Alien Boy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alien_Boy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alien_Boy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Boy > Source revision: 1293194836 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1980 EP by Wipers Alien Boy EP by Wipers Released 1980 Recorded 1979 Genre Punk rock Length 8:54 Label Park Avenue Producer Greg Sage[1] Wipers chronology Is This Real? (1980) Alien Boy (1980) Youth of America (1981) Wipers singles chronology Better Off Dead (1979) Alien Boy (1980) Romeo (1981) "**Alien Boy**" is the seventh song on the first [Wipers](/source/Wipers_(band)) album, *[Is This Real?](/source/Is_This_Real%3F)* (Park Avenue Records), released in 1980. ***Alien Boy*** is also the title of a 1980 Wipers EP, with "Alien Boy" on side A, and three outtakes from the *Is This Real?* album sessions on side B.[2] In 1993, the tracks were added to the [Sub Pop](/source/Sub_Pop) reissue of the album *Is This Real?*. The *Alien Boy* EP cover art featured on the back of the Sub Pop version of *Is This Real?* was not the original; instead, Sub Pop used the cover art of the German version of the *Alien Boy* EP, released in 1987 on the label Weird System, a special limited edition of 2,000 numbered copies on green vinyl. According to frontman [Greg Sage](/source/Greg_Sage)'s statement on the Zeno Records website, [James Chasse](/source/James_Chasse), also called "Jim Jim", was the subject of "Alien Boy". Sage noted, "Jim Jim's conversations with me and his powerful sense of vision painted uncanny, powerful visions in my head that became a huge influence for a few songs that were later recorded for the *Is This Real?* LP." Chasse died after being arrested by police officers in [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon) in September 2006.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He is the subject of the documentary film *[Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse](/source/Alien_Boy%3A_the_Life_and_Death_of_James_Chasse).* ## Track listing 1. "Alien Boy" – 3:28 1. "Image of Man" – 2:31 1. "Telepathic Love" – 1:32 1. "Voices in the Rain" – 1:23 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Gimarc, George (October 12, 2005). [*Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982*](https://books.google.com/books?id=4WM6Cb1z-PwC&q=Alien+Boy+wipers&pg=PA364). Hal Leonard Corporation. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780879308483](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780879308483) – via Google Books. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["TrouserPress.com :: Wipers"](http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=wipers). *www.trouserpress.com*. ## External links - [What Happened to James Chasse](http://www.mentalhealthportland.org/?tag=james-chasse) – a compendium of documents and articles about the killing of James Chasse - [In Memory of Alien Boy](https://web.archive.org/web/20071212032113/http://www.zenorecords.com/jimjim/jim.htm) – by Greg Sage (Via Wayback Machine) v t e Wipers Greg Sage Sam Henry Travis McNabb Albums Is This Real? Youth of America Over the Edge Land of the Lost Follow Blind The Circle Silver Sail The Herd Power in One EPs Alien Boy Compilations Wipers Live Wipers Box Set Singles "Romeo" "Silver Sail" Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group This 1980s punk rock album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1980s-punk-album-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1980s-punk-album-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1980s-punk-album-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alien Boy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Boy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Boy?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.