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

In , 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 , 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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  • Arnonrg

    Nostalgia

    Tuesday afternoon
  • miss-cheza

    Hello everyone) I'm the lead singer in an alternative band from Russia called "Rake Garden", so if you guys are looking for new music to listen, I'd be glad to present you to our band. We sing in English) I'll be glad if you write me what you think of our music when you listen to our album) here is the link http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Rake+Garden/Dead+End All songas are for free download)

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  • serega_ozz_deat

    Smooth Criminal и Wish БЕСПОДОБНЫ!

    15 days ago
  • weendril

    Their michal jackson cover is awesome !

    18 days ago
  • Sentenzia22

    Movies!!111oneone

    20 days ago
  • Pisi777

    People who listen to Smooth Criminal 24/7 are fags.

    last month
  • CrimsonBizarre

    From Wikipedia: "They announced in Mid-October [2011] that they have started writing and recording new material, and hope the new album will launch in Spring 2012." There's videos of their new songs on their MySpace.

    last month
  • Fenix_7

    Didn't they say they got back together and were working on new stuff a while ago... what happened?

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  • djnelo

    ANThology changed my youth.

    last month
  • Schiiizo_Punk

    Smooth Criminal!! :))

    last month
  • Sanchez85

    Alien Ant Farm is more than "Smooth Criminal" This Guys are awesome...

    last month
  • lucasuzai

    massa, massa de mais :)

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  • E1ctstus

    Oh, the sun...

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  • t0talimm0rtalz

    AAF kicks asses

    December 2011
  • danygirlinlove

    tour please

    November 2011
  • AuschwitzGuard

    New release coming isn't it ?

    November 2011
  • alekmystery

    Alien ant farm smooth criminal rock versie bands guitar groep best rock and dance

    November 2011
  • Bazy0

    Who knew this band was actually decent.

    November 2011
  • Evqa5

    Annie are you ok Are you ok Are you ok Annie... ♥

    October 2011
  • AlxenPanikovski

    ЖЫВТОНЕ ЧОЧО УПЯЧКА УПЯЧКА!!! УПЯЧКА!!!!!!

    October 2011
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