Alien Ant Farm

Alien Ant Farm is an American alternative rock band that has sold over 5 million units worldwide, and has 4 studio albums, and 8 music videos. At first, it was an "All-Star Band" made up of the best members from local garage-bands.

In 1998, they released their Love Songs EP. In 1999, Alien Ant Farm released their underground debut album, titled Greatest Hits. It went on to win Best Independent Album in the L.A. Music Awards that year.

In 2000, after forging a friendship with the alternative rock band Papa Roach, Alien Ant Farm released their first studio album, Anthology. In 2001, their cover of Michael Jackson's song, "Smooth Criminal", was a #1 single in Australia and New Zealand, a #3 single in the UK, and #1 on the US Modern Rock charts. The music video features numerous tributing homages to Michael Jackson and his videos, but has been considered by many as a parody to his work.

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.

Their next album, Truant, was released in 2003 and produced by Stone Temple Pilots' Robert and Dean DeLeo. The video for "These Days", the first single from the album, was filmed on top of a nearby building during the Red Carpet at the 2003 BET Awards. "Glow" was a mainstream radio success, achieving long lasting Top 20 success in New Zealand.

In 2004, the band recorded the song "Dark in Here" for the The Punisher video game. In 2005, the band recorded their next album and planned to release it during that summer. However, Geffen shelved the album and subsequently denied the band the rights to release it themselves. The band hit the road and made bootleg copies of the album material available to all of their fans. This unofficial release was dubbed 3rd Draft by fans. Their song "Wish" was in the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 video game. Their song "Courage" also featured on the Shaun Palmers Pro Snowboarder and the ATV Offroad Fury 2 video games.

In late 2005, Geffen finally agreed to let the band release the album on another Universal label, and in May 2006 the new album, Up in the Attic, was released digitally on iTunes and sold at various retailers. The first single was "Forgive and Forget", the one added track to 3rd Draft. In July 2006, Up In The Attic was released worldwide, along with BUSted: The Definitive DVD. Included on the DVD were music videos for "Forgive and Forget", "Around the Block", and "She's Only Evil". Notably, the three videos feature only Dryden Mitchell and Mike Cosgrove.

The band released "Around the Block", the second single from Up in the Attic, on the iTunes Store in 2007. In May 2009, the band's first live album, entitled Alien Ant Farm: Live In Germany was released on iTunes, featuring the same cover as their 20th Century Masters album.

They announced in mid-October that they have started writing and recording new material, and hope the new album will launch in Spring 2012.

Alien Ant Farm typically has quirky videos, such as the Michael Jackson tributes in "Smooth Criminal", the film homagesin the primary version of "Movies", and the personified appliances in "Glow".

Music Videos

 * Around the Block
 * Glow
 * Movies
 * She's Only Evil
 * Smooth Criminal
 * These Days