Nick Peterson came up with the concept for his dark electronic one-man band Virtual Alien at the tender age of 14. Born in 1973, he unleashed his dark debut, War of Love, in 1988 but was hit by a cab in London a year later, went into a coma, and wasn't able to leave the hospital for four months. He returned to recording in 1990 and released King of the World, an album that commented on the Gulf War. Unhappy with the lack of attention the album received, Peterson dropped out of music, studied Dramatic Arts at Kingsway College in London, and continued his studies at the London C...