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The SoCal alt-metal foursome Alien Ant Farm formed in 1996 with the raging singer/songwriter Dryden Mitchell, guitarist Terry Corso, bassist Tye Zamora, and drummer Mike Cosgrove. All were bored with their day jobs and sought something else to break them from corporate norms. Music allowed them to freely express themselves, and a friendship was born. They independently released their quirky debut, Greatest Hits, toward the end of the '90s and soon enough noise surrounded the band. It won the award for Best Independent Album at the 1999 L.A. Music Awards and Alien Ant Farm found themselves striking a deal with Papa Roach's New Noize, which is partners with DreamWorks.

Two years later they made their major-label introduction with ANThology, issued in March 2001. Debut single "Smooth Criminal" was a funky metal mix of Michael Jackson's original song, and pop kids of the TRL generation loved it. The song hit number one on the modern rock charts, and the album eventually went platinum. A year later, between tours of Europe, the band was back in the studio recording new music. Their new song "Bug Bites" was featured in the Tobey Maguire flick Spiderman in May 2002. But while traveling in Spain to a gig in Portugal that same month, the band's bus collided with a truck, killing their driver, Christopher Holland. The band and crew members suffered various injuries as well, most seriously Mitchell, who fractured his C2 vertebra. Thankfully, he came out of surgery able to walk, though suffered some nerve damage and a slight loss of motion.

Committed to getting back to work and pushing the incident aside, Alien Ant Farm hit the studio to record their follow-up record. truANT was issued in May 2003, right as Dreamworks was dissolving as a label. As a result, the album barely made a splash on the U.S. charts, though the single "These Days" managed to crack the Top 30. Guitarist Corso subsequently exited the group and was replaced by Joe Hill. Zamora next left for college after recording of the band's fourth effort wrapped. Up in the Attic appeared in July 2006 on New Door Records, as hardcore vet Alex Barreto (Chain of Strength, Inside Out) entered on bass. Alien Ant Farm simultaneously released the DVD BUSted, which included music videos, live footage, and a candid documentary. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music GuideMore

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Alien Ant Farm
The SoCal alt-metal foursome Alien Ant Farm formed in 1996 with the raging singer/songwriter Dryden ...
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Most Popular Music Videos (7)

Smooth Criminal
(Duration: 3:38)
Jul 17th, 6:42pm
Movies
(Duration: 4:27)
Jul 17th, 6:35pm
Drifting Apart
(Duration: 2:52)
Jul 14th, 8:14pm
These Days
(Duration: 3:35)
Jun 18th, 11:11pm
Glow
(Duration: 3:31)
Jun 18th, 11:03pm
Attitude
(Duration: 3:59)
Jun 18th, 10:55pm
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Fan Comments

Jun 30th, 9:01pm
Apr 8th, 4:36pm
you guys rock!
Mar 16th, 4:56pm
i love all your songs ANThology was an AMAZING album
Jan 29th, 6:23pm
you guys rock youre one of my favorites
Oct 31st, 5:26pm
lol aye u ok annie?
Oct 30th, 6:40pm
you guys are freeken awsome!! I love the song " The Movies" the video rocks to! ^.^
Oct 24th, 4:09am
hey AAF just wantin to say you guys are amazing. your songs are what inspires people to go out and have fun lol. just wantin to stop by. oh and by the way just gotta flaunt that i left the first COMMENT!!!! lol jk jk. but seriously keep up the amazing music. you guys are great. thanks for the rocking years...-vince