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Boston, United States (1989 – present)
Powerman 5000 is a Boston-based heavy 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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Transform
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Anyone For Doomsday?
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Tonight the Stars Revolt!
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When Worlds Collide
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Nobody's Real
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Bombshell
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Free
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Supernova Goes Pop
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Tonight the Stars Revolt!
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Automatic
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An Eye Is Upon You
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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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Good Times Roll
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Operate, Annihilate
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They Know Who You Are
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Blast Off to Nowhere
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Shoutbox
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SuperA7X wrote:
Super VIllain is an amazing song.
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found_dead wrote:
nobody's real and supernova are great,other is boring shit imho..
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Douala94 wrote:
They are cool ;)
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From-a-Buick-8 wrote:
Not bad... Not bad....
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b0tchn4d3 wrote:
Ich liebe diese Band, wegen dieser Band bin ich zum Metalhead geworden. Ich hab deswegen der Band so viel zu verdanken. :D
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Kholld wrote:
*_*
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FFearFFactory wrote:
PM5K ROCKS!
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Noiseux wrote:
I love PM5K but sadly they probably wont come to germany ever :(
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KoRnCHILD wrote:
http://www.fearnet.com/videos/b17522_super_villain_powerman_5000_music_video.html :D
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Strudlif wrote:
ААА awesome band
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Enzzoz wrote:
Free is a nice song :d
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Wojtasd91 wrote:
http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Powerman+5000/+images/35981779 Vote for this pic.
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ClecioWilliam wrote:
Awesome fucking band
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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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