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Boston, United States (1989 – present)
Powerman 5000 is a Boston-based heavy metal/nu-metal band formed in 1989. Frontman Spider One (Michael Cummings) is the younger brother of Rob Zombie (Robert Cummings).
Lineup includes Spider One (vocals), Evan9 and Velkro (guitar), X51 (bassist), and GFlash (drums).
In 1990, Spider dropped out of art school and bought a cheap 4-track home studio and drum machine. Working under the title “MC Spider”, he recorded “Much Evil” with producer Lamar Lowder. Building on local success, he built a band under the name Powerman 5000. Their style was in the nature of rap/metal that had yet to gain popularity. In 1991, longtime guitarist Adam 12 (Adam Williams) joined the band. In 1994 and 1995, Powerman released two independent records, True Force and The Blood Splat Rating System. Both albums were local successes.
In 1997, the band signed to Dreamworks Records and released a re-recording of The Blood Splat Rating System (with two new tracks) titled Mega!! Kung Fu Radio. The band toured and released singles such as “Organizized” and “Tokyo Vigilante #1”. In 1999, Guitarist M.33 (Mike Tempesta) joined the band as they got their biggest break. Creating a strange fusion of science fiction (which had always interested Spider) and “Action Rock” (the term for their own high-energy powerful rock), they released Tonight the Stars Revolt!, which contained the hit singles “When Worlds Collide”, “Nobody’s Real”, and “Supernova Goes Pop”. The album sold over a million copies and assured the band’s success.
Lineup includes Spider One (vocals), Evan9 and Velkro (guitar), X51 (bassist), and GFlash (drums).
In 1990, Spider dropped out of art school and bought a cheap 4-track home studio and drum machine. Working under the title “MC Spider”, he recorded “Much Evil” with producer Lamar Lowder. Building on local success, he built a band under the name Powerman 5000. Their style was in the nature of rap/metal that had yet to gain popularity. In 1991, longtime guitarist Adam 12 (Adam Williams) joined the band. In 1994 and 1995, Powerman released two independent records, True Force and The Blood Splat Rating System. Both albums were local successes.
In 1997, the band signed to Dreamworks Records and released a re-recording of The Blood Splat Rating System (with two new tracks) titled Mega!! Kung Fu Radio. The band toured and released singles such as “Organizized” and “Tokyo Vigilante #1”. In 1999, Guitarist M.33 (Mike Tempesta) joined the band as they got their biggest break. Creating a strange fusion of science fiction (which had always interested Spider) and “Action Rock” (the term for their own high-energy powerful rock), they released Tonight the Stars Revolt!, which contained the hit singles “When Worlds Collide”, “Nobody’s Real”, and “Supernova Goes Pop”. The album sold over a million copies and assured the band’s success.
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Tonight the Stars Revolt!
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Anyone For Doomsday?
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When Worlds Collide
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Bombshell
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Nobody's Real
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Supernova Goes Pop
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Free
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Tonight the Stars Revolt!
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An Eye Is Upon You
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Automatic
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The Son of X-51
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Action
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System 11:11
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They Know Who You Are
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Operate, Annihilate
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Good Times Roll
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Blast Off to Nowhere
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Shoutbox
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Metallslave wrote:
Makes me happy.
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ElectroLyft wrote:
I retract my earlier statement, PM5K's Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere is "rockin' me like a terrorist," but it's too short!
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ViperGuy wrote:
saw them live at Best Buy the other week, check out my video ☺
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ElectroLyft wrote:
Whilst I like all their "new" stuff, the more I listen to Mega!! Kung Fu Radio, the more I love it...hah.
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SOAD37 wrote:
so good live! Nov. 1st was anyone there?
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mardgn81 wrote:
Seeing this band and their silly flashlight gasmasks and 50 fans was one of the greater experiences of my life.
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ppkm wrote:
Seeing this band on a drunken halloween night was possibly one of the greater experiences of my life. (:
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SirSkinnyman wrote:
@wingkon: Hell yeah!
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AlanVext wrote:
New album is great!!!! Really lovin' it!
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CassioAugusto wrote:
Novo cd ta muuito foda. *o*'
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wingkon wrote:
New album? O: I still only have Tonight, The Stars Revolt! Guess I better expand?
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Stfulleri wrote:
Yeah, the new album is A LOT better than "Destroy What You Enjoy".
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MachineAnimal wrote:
They are back with a vengeance! The new album is great. Destroy What You Enjoy was terrible.
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ObituaryOfDeath wrote:
Murder is aaaawesome.
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betadron wrote:
why it's so great: http://www.mescaline-injection.de/?p=2458
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Noiseux wrote:
The New album is UNBELIEVEABLE!! Goddamn makes me wanna dance so hard i love it yeah they're seriously BACK! haha
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faith_fractured wrote:
pretty good band
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KoRnCHILD wrote:
10 years ago they have been playing SPACE METAL, now they are playing SPACE ROCK and i am happy with it :D I didn't know about premiere (1 day after my birthday, THX GUYS!!) and it's great suprise. Title track is beautiful like Watch The Sky For Me, The Future That Never Was and some slower tracks from Transform. THE FUTURE IS NOW!! THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED AGAIN!! YEAH!!
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pafj wrote:
really like the new album !
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Darsa wrote:
Actually, the same could be said about "Stars Revolt". I think they were able to give the songs a different identity ("Horror Show" is more rap-like, "Super Villian" is straight-forward, "V Is For Vampire" is poppy, etc.)
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