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Riverside, California, United States (1995 – 2007, 2008 – present)

Alien Ant Farm is an alternative rock band which formed in 1995 in Riverside, California, United States. The band consists of Dryden Mitchell (vocals, guitar), Terry Corso (guitar), Tye Zamora (bass) and Mike Cosgrove (drums). They are best known for their 2001 cover of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” and the follow up hits “Movies” and “These Days”.

In 1999 the band released their debut album, entitled Greatest Hits. It went on to win Best Independent Album in the L.A. Music Awards.

In 2000, after forging a friendship with the alternative rock band Papa Roach, Alien Ant Farm signed with Dreamworks SKG for their first studio album, Anthology.

In 2001, their cover of the Michael Jackson song, “

Smooth Criminal”, was a #1 single in Australia and New Zealand, a #3 single in the United Kingdom, and #1 on the United States Modern Rock charts. The music video features numerous homages to Michael Jackson and his videos. The song was featured on the soundtrack of the first season of WWE Tough Enough and in the movie American Pie 2. Their following single “

Movies” was a Top 5 hit in the UK and a Top 20 hit in New Zealand. The band began touring in promotion of these two singles and their album, which later went platinum.

In spring of 2002, the band contributed “Bug Bytes” to the first Spider-Man soundtrack.

In May 2002, the band was involved in a bus accident while touring in Spain. The driver, 26-year-old Christopher Holland, was killed, and lead singer Dryden Mitchell suffered a fractured C2 vertebra.

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CrimsonBizarre wrote:
Monday afternoon

How was he 'owned' with some childish meaningless response? The rest of their discography is much better than that crappy cover for an already crappy song.

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SuperMario_md wrote:
Monday afternoon

To Ziomex442: 100% (( Alien Ant Farm - Great

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phuelue wrote:
Sunday afternoon

ahaha owned by ragman205, NICE :D

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Ragman205 wrote:
Thursday evening

your mum is a better song

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ratbash wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Smooth Criminal is overrated. They have better songs. [3]

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Fenix_7 wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Attitude is their best song in my opinion.

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ShamanOfSexy wrote:
Wednesday evening

stfu

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DODV wrote:
last month

Smooth Criminal is by far the worst cover I've ever heard

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Tullece wrote:
last month

Dark In Here!! : D

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mhunke wrote:
last month

what is everyone's favorite song? mine: courage

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vikiii wrote:
last month

i wish this band got more credit for all their songs. anthology was an amazing album, the songs they didn't bring out were better than the ones they did. ily aaf :)

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onthafrizz wrote:
last month

so much more than a cover band

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m1SeRY wrote:
last month

Smooth Criminal is not the only good song , of course. Their brilliance doesn't only lie on their main hit.

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duzguneser wrote:
last month

smoot criminal auvvv

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eNegaum wrote:
last month

Smooth Criminal is overrated. They have better songs. [2]

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Ziomex442 wrote:
last month

this band is underrated :(

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SuchAFreak wrote:
last month

Smooth Criminal is overrated. They have better songs.

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TheHriday wrote:
last month

I second RussellJCaseII. It's a pity "Smooth Criminal" is the top song. They have loads of amazing songs.

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RussellJCaseII wrote:
last month

If I were to say there was one band that was disgustingly, criminally underrated, it would be this band right here.

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Levi0522 wrote:
last month

Happy Death Day is like my fav song rite now.

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