@mikewood9514 they are a garbage band with mediocre musicians at best... Nothing they did was legendary, and no one in that band is a legend, They got famous for doing a fucking cover for God's sake. Legends don't need gimmicks... grow the fuck up.
@@poindextertunes you're kidding right? you think I'm actually jealous of a garage band that made a hit cover? Hell man I was actually rooting for those guys... but the first album only had the one good cover on it and their second album was a f****** joke. I'm not bitter I'm just saying that Alien Ant Farm isn't worth spending 20 minutes on
Some of the coolest dudes. At a show in Hammond, IN, the Lead singer got kicked out of a beer tent because he didn’t have a wrist band. The crowd inside the tent screamed at the security guard and he was let back in. Didn’t look for special treatment, went to the back of the line and still took a picture with me and other fans. They are class acts.
They showed up in a bar in Wolverhampton, England late one night after playing a show with POD nearby. They drank shots and just hung out and danced with everyone. Great guys.
Holds up 20 some years later. First legitimate pop-NuMetal mesh with tons of technical bass and drum lines. Guitar was heavy but in line with some simplistic nuMetal guitar riffs. Great distinct backup vocals and lead vocals. The only mystery is how they didn't blow up more.
They still tour. Saw them in bham a couple months back. Lead singer hopped off stage, walked through thr crowd straight to me, and gave me a big hug all while singing the movies. They still sound great and I loved the show. U all should see them!!
Wow!! Man, that is so cool!! AAF, has been a SOLID influence..(heck,my daughter's jam out to them, played them since they were little!!) Where was this? (Seriously, I saw you posted this 8 hours ago)
Naming your first album 'Greatest Hits' is nothing short of pure genius I I don't know much about these guys, but I like what I've heard - I'm gonna do a deeper dive
Saw them open for 311. Underrated band with a unique sound. Their third album was their best, the DeLeo brothers are incredible songwriters and producers in their own right.
Did they cover Les Claypool's satanic hymns he sings while playing a church organ? Secret tracks on an alternative magnetic frequency on the cassette version on Pork Soda. Found out by accident because my "roommate"/landlord left his stereo's magnetic head set a certain way so it would pick up the hidden frequency on the cassette's tape that the main tracks are not on... no shit. Anyways, if you pick up a copy of Ace Of Base's cassette with that single "It's A Beautiful Life" on it, guess what? You bet! The two males of that Swedish group are singing secret satanic tracks on the original cassette's alternative frequency on the tape loop. I found that one out because my own stereo in the 90's was cheap and was slowly breaking, one night it started playing tracks that I never heard Ace Of Base play before. Yuck. Bad. Why am I writing this? Why not? Now you and others can try to find other crappy bands such as Primus and Ace Of Base and their use of alternative magnetic frequencies for stupid satanic secret tracks. I guess you have to shift the main head inside the cassette player or something. Just thought you should all know. Technology used for stupid satanic crap.😂 Do they do it for CDs? Hidden CD files? Lol
To be fair, you can do a cover that is uninspired and goes nowhere. How many times has Blowin' In the Wind been done? Far more times than it has been a hit single.
@@dsxa918 To be fair, releasing a recording of an MJ cover is a financial burden out of reach of most people. However, I've heard unofficial/unreleased covers that are amazing
Never knew so much about this band... I knew after Smooth Criminal they had the song 'Movies'... I always labelled the band as a pop-punk band than a Nu-Metal band... weird label but granted never checked out their other material
Seen these guys live in Pittsburgh in the 90s they asked the audience if they wanted to hear Smooth criminal ....or Smooth operator...they played both! Was one of the tightest live bands I heard back then
I had a convo with the lead singer Dryden, he is very kind, i cANT wait for their new music, i love their whole catalogue. One of the most underrated bands of all time 👽🐜👨🌾
Great timing on this vid! I play them for my kids (6y and 4y)in the car everyday. They always walk around the house singing “you should try not to be so courageous” I’ve always thought this band were better than they got credit for. Great musicians. All of them.
So here i am, listening to this video at the gym, when i randomly look over at the video @9:00 and see my stock footage haha. Thank you for using my stock footage in the video! 9 min in, and i’m hooked. You got a sub ❤
Alien Ant Farm is underrated. TruANT is a great album. Also, Anthology had so many better songs than Smooth Criminal. I’m glad I got a chance to see them live with the Anthology tour. Amazing live and they played “Smooth Operator” by Sade!
I have long maintained that the Smooth Criminal cover is their worst song. Not that its a bad cover, because honestly its a great cover. But that just goes to show how good this band is. Totally underrated.
I remember seeing them on Warped Tour in Atlanta back in 2001, they were the highlight of the show for me.... the energy in their set was amazing and I'd love to see them again
For a period of time, dryden was looking for new bands to work with. I worked with him during this time. Hes verrrry out there. Weird guy. Difficult to work with. Apparently this was the way he became after the bus accident. However he was one of the best vocalists i ever worked with music wise. Hes really talented. This was before they went back in the studio and ended hiatus.
Traumatic brain injury can make people have personality changes or act weird. Suppose a lot of creative geniuses are to begin with as well. I’m sure it was a valuable experience. I was too young to remember much being in the studio with my dad lol
Always been an AAF fan since first hearing Criminal and then getting Antology. The rest of their albums are really good and absolutely worth a listen. An incredibly underrated band.
Dude, no one is talking about Always and Forever. There may be some songs that are pretty cheesy on it, but the rest are really good. I like Dirty Bomb in particular
Dude, this is so awesome! My cousin is Tye!!! I learned so much more about the band! Definitely sending him this video His brothers actually had a band called The Color Red. You should check them out. They were awesome too
Thanks for this video. I feel kinda bad and guilty, I was a HUGE fan of this band at the time and bought their first two albums when they came out. If you like 90s and 2000s rock, Alien Ant Farm deserves to be listened too and shout not be forgotten. Talented musicians, and talented song writers. Good band, keep playing!
@@rikevans3348 they've been doing shows all these years and new album comes out at the end of April, with about 3 of those songs on it released already. So, I say Are*
Up in the Attic was a great album, the song Consti2tion is unique and awesome. The song Homage on the Always And Forever album is heartwarming. Glow, She's Only Evil, Dirty Bomb, and Sleepwalker are some personal songs I love along with the obvious Movies and These Days.
I saw these guys live with PP Roach,this was before there cover tune came out and I’d never heard them,they blew PPRoach off the stage that night,they were the best band I had heard live up until that point,i bought there first album and it was amazing,every single song on that album was and still are amazing songs🤟🏻
They were actually a very good band..like most of their other songs are pretty good but they got stuck with those two hits in a wrong time when there were too many nu metal bands sounding pretty similar…I would say their song compositions were as good as sevendust ( in that level)
Played some shows with these guys a lot back at the Barn in UC Riverside. They always had huge crowds but the shows were usually supported by either punk/ska punk/nu metal or something and AAF were sort of neither of that. Huge energy and great shows though. Everybody seemed to want them to be Korn-lite or Hed (PE) or Deftones which they weren't but sort of looked like they were. Good times.
Smooth Criminal is one of the best videos ever, and done perfectly. You can tell how great of musicians they are by covering it. Movies is another one of my favs. Both songs i listen to currently.
Played an outdoor festival show in 2014 in Sacramento with these guys; they never left their tour bus until their set. They headlined a small, local outdoor day long festival, never watched any of the local bands, never greeted anyone during the day. Showed up the day before, complained about the stage size, which was expanded to appease them. They then did their sound check, and drove away, not returning until the next day, then stayed in their tour bus until their set. After their set, they drove off, leaving their crew to break down and load their gear before they drove off. It was ridiculous. I get they had a hit doing a cover song, but working bands need to stay together, support eachother. These guys acted like this show was beneath them. Yeah, only 4-5 thousand showed up, but that was 4-5 thousand people, for fuck’s sake, on an outdoor show where they were the only national. So all local bands got together 5k of their friends and fans, to have a national act treat local acts like they didn’t matter. Pretty disappointing, as Sacramento was good to these guys.
Dryden is a dick. He banned me from their fb page back in 2012 or 13. Apparently they banned people for tagging if the post promoted anything other than AAF. I had made a video with clips from all the shows I went to that year and had the nerve to tag them along with other bands.
@@rubelena yeah, it was really disappointing. Yes, it was a small, local outdoor show. But the local radio station paid them 5k to be the national headliner. My band sold the most tickets of every other act on the bill- like 3-400 or so… that put us just underneath main support. I tried to meet them, because they’re a national act, and i thought it’d be cool to get a photo with them. They did an on air/livestream interview, and we were interviewed after them. Fucking guys; every one of them, just got up, left, never said a word to us. I tried to go up and say hi, but they totally blew all of us off. If it hadn’t been for local ticket sales, they’d have played to a dozen squirrels. It was such a letdown, and really showed them in a bad light.
I think they are one of the coolest bands ever which such a great body of work under their belts and for those who got into their catalogue past the first few single releases will probably agree with me
I used to book shows at The Vibe in Riverside. Even brought Tye Zamora's band after AAF, eEnik, to the stage. My buddy Blas was in the band which had a very familiar alien ant farm sound
While the "Smooth Criminal" remake was decent, I really love Alien Ant Farm's "Movies". It's one of the hidden gems of the 2000s that should've been a hit or should've been a cult classic.
I’ll always remember this band because I saw them tour with Spineshank in 2001. They played Pittsburgh literally the night before Anthology came out. They asked the crowd early on in their set if the crowd liked Michael Jackson. (This was obviously before anyone had heard their cover) Then after they played “Movies,” they asked again about Michael and proceeded to close out their set with “Smooth Criminal.” After their set, my buddy and I hung out and smoked cigarettes with their guitarist. Cool dude. Decent band at the time, but seeing them more recently, they’re pretty rough these days. They’ve aged like milk.
My band played a small show with them last year, they totally pulled rock star moves and demanded we provided a backline (let them use our gear) as the opener... we gladly declined. One of the members was nice enough to talk to us, but they were pretty full of themselves for the most part.
Met these guys once, back in 2001. I was 14. I won a competition to go back stage. All i remember is that they were really cool to me and my friend, and went out of their way to spend time with us.
the cover is good. and the band name is probably the best ever. Alien Ant Farm is an awesome name. They should be in the Rock and Roll HOF just for the name.
I agree entirely, would you believe I saw some dumbass review recently on their new album where the main guy slandered the bands name?! I was shocked as I guess you would have been
AAF was one of the first CDs I was ever given as a Christmas gift. I still play some of their songs on guitar when I'm trying to relax and practice. I feel so bad for them; they could've been big. Studios dont know everything; they messed up.
ANThology is one of my favorite albums. Also, I love nu metal, but AAF was never nu metal at all. "Wish" is the closest song, but even that's not nu metal. I got to see them live once. I'd love to see them again.
We went to the vans warped tour in 2001 in Houston . I remember they didn’t head line , they actually preformed in a wrestling ring during the day time . I was in high school . Now imma bout to be 40 🤓
I'm ashamed to say this but I've only heard the one song. I was always a hard-core guy. Thought they did a great cover but never checked out their original stuff. I've mellowed some now and plan to check their stuff out
Controversial opinion…I think AAF cover is way better than the original
the truth. It was made for a band to perform. They nailed it
Another one ... Sprung Monkey - Don't You Forget About Me. Hard to find :-(
i agree, extremely tight rendition
I'd probably agree, but I find Michael Jackson's songs particularly unpalatable.
@@MysticalHydra I agree with you on that one
Naming your first album
“Greatest Hits” is legendary 😂
No it's not legendary it's a f****** gimmick
So a legendary gimmick.@@patrickthebutcher
@mikewood9514 they are a garbage band with mediocre musicians at best... Nothing they did was legendary, and no one in that band is a legend, They got famous for doing a fucking cover for God's sake. Legends don't need gimmicks... grow the fuck up.
@@patrickthebutcher whats the name of your first album?
“I’m bitter for no reason” 😂
@@poindextertunes you're kidding right? you think I'm actually jealous of a garage band that made a hit cover? Hell man I was actually rooting for those guys... but the first album only had the one good cover on it and their second album was a f****** joke. I'm not bitter I'm just saying that Alien Ant Farm isn't worth spending 20 minutes on
Some of the coolest dudes. At a show in Hammond, IN, the Lead singer got kicked out of a beer tent because he didn’t have a wrist band. The crowd inside the tent screamed at the security guard and he was let back in. Didn’t look for special treatment, went to the back of the line and still took a picture with me and other fans. They are class acts.
That was kool, awesome for you! ✌🏼😊
My wife is from Hammond shout out to ya 🫡🤘
Nice! Hope all is well for both of you!!
They showed up in a bar in Wolverhampton, England late one night after playing a show with POD nearby. They drank shots and just hung out and danced with everyone. Great guys.
Yea they just seem like all around cool dudes. They are authentic and almost act like just another local band. It's really wholesome@@KOTDM1988
Anthology is one of my all time favorites.
Holds up 20 some years later. First legitimate pop-NuMetal mesh with tons of technical bass and drum lines. Guitar was heavy but in line with some simplistic nuMetal guitar riffs. Great distinct backup vocals and lead vocals.
The only mystery is how they didn't blow up more.
Hell of a record. "Movies" is probably in my top 50 songs ever. that's saying something from me because I consume music the way I breathe air.
One of the rare "no skip" albums with the prestigious "repeat" mode.....Gah I miss mid 2000s
Such a great fucking album, back to front@@brandongrayson456
* drum fill intro of "Courage" drops, guitar riffs kick in ~ Fuck me, now I've got to listen to that whole album again, start to finish.
They still tour. Saw them in bham a couple months back. Lead singer hopped off stage, walked through thr crowd straight to me, and gave me a big hug all while singing the movies. They still sound great and I loved the show. U all should see them!!
Not the experience I had with them a few years back. Didn't meet them personally, even though I was doing their lights, but their gig sucked.
“Movies” and “These Days” are absolute bangers.
Movies is kinda mid.
That whole album is classic.
FYF clears both
And Glow
@@gabagool_ovahereYour mom's love skills are mid.
Attitude is a great song I'm surprised you didn't mention or cover it. Very underrated band.
banger!! still listen to this song
Yeah I always liked that song but it didn’t seem to do as well as the others.
"Courage", "Sticks and stones", "Attitude", "Wish", "Calico"....
"Anthology" is one hell of an album!!
Courage and Wish are bangers hey!!
Yes.
An album to listen to front to back
They came to a local club a few years back and my band got to open for them. They sounds great live. Definitely better than I expected.
Wow!! Man, that is so cool!!
AAF, has been a SOLID influence..(heck,my daughter's jam out to them, played them since they were little!!)
Where was this?
(Seriously, I saw you posted this 8 hours ago)
"wish" by AAF was my first introduction to this band by tony hawks pro skater 3. still an absolute banger song.
Yup , banger !!!
Naming your first album 'Greatest Hits' is nothing short of pure genius I I don't know much about these guys, but I like what I've heard - I'm gonna do a deeper dive
They weren't the first to do it
Kind of a low bar for genius .
Saw them open for 311. Underrated band with a unique sound. Their third album was their best, the DeLeo brothers are incredible songwriters and producers in their own right.
You talking about truant ?
@@sonadorazul3074 sure enough
Same. Tour of 2005, right?
I saw them at the Wiltern in LA.
I saw them open for 311 in New Orleans at the State Palace Theater in maybe 2001. Such a fun concert and venue.
@@oc7219yep. Pennsylvania for me
Attitude is there best song imo. Very underrated.
"Primus cover band" requires one hell of a bass player
I figured out all his bass lines accept tommy the cat when I was 13.
@@yahnferral9163ok
@@yahnferral9163you want a cookie?
@@yahnferral9163no you didn’t, you may have got your bass sound close but you were not playing like Les at 13
Did they cover Les Claypool's satanic hymns he sings while playing a church organ? Secret tracks on an alternative magnetic frequency on the cassette version on Pork Soda. Found out by accident because my "roommate"/landlord left his stereo's magnetic head set a certain way so it would pick up the hidden frequency on the cassette's tape that the main tracks are not on... no shit. Anyways, if you pick up a copy of Ace Of Base's cassette with that single "It's A Beautiful Life" on it, guess what? You bet! The two males of that Swedish group are singing secret satanic tracks on the original cassette's alternative frequency on the tape loop. I found that one out because my own stereo in the 90's was cheap and was slowly breaking, one night it started playing tracks that I never heard Ace Of Base play before. Yuck. Bad. Why am I writing this? Why not? Now you and others can try to find other crappy bands such as Primus and Ace Of Base and their use of alternative magnetic frequencies for stupid satanic secret tracks. I guess you have to shift the main head inside the cassette player or something. Just thought you should all know. Technology used for stupid satanic crap.😂 Do they do it for CDs? Hidden CD files? Lol
Movies, Smooth Criminal, and These Days were awesome songs.
Still are
So is 'Wish'.
So is 'Attitude'.
That kid in the video KILLED IT. Wish I could do that!
I was even pointing that out in 2021 even though I saw the exact video 10 years prior.
They finally dropped some new songs!
This band is soooooo under rated. The album with smooth criminal is so goood. If it was released today, they would be absolute superstars
Unfortunately probably not. Actual instruments being played is barely a thing these days.
"The producer knew that 'Smooth Criminal' had the potential to be a hit." - what a genius
To be fair, you can do a cover that is uninspired and goes nowhere. How many times has Blowin' In the Wind been done? Far more times than it has been a hit single.
And how many people can cover Micheal Jackson?
I can name them and The Weeknd
@@dsxa918 To be fair, releasing a recording of an MJ cover is a financial burden out of reach of most people. However, I've heard unofficial/unreleased covers that are amazing
Never knew so much about this band... I knew after Smooth Criminal they had the song 'Movies'... I always labelled the band as a pop-punk band than a Nu-Metal band... weird label but granted never checked out their other material
Movies came out first
Seen these guys live in Pittsburgh in the 90s they asked the audience if they wanted to hear Smooth criminal ....or Smooth operator...they played both! Was one of the tightest live bands I heard back then
The band "Cold" would be a cool one to do a video on in the future. Love your videos and keep up the great work!
Thanks!
Yes! Great band!!!
Loved that band! Had a night of drinking shots with Jeremy & Scooter once back in 2003. Great group of guys 🤘
13 Ways to Bleed on Stage 🤘🤘🍻
@@JB-hl1qx probably around the same time I discovered them on Reverb on HBO.
I had a convo with the lead singer Dryden, he is very kind, i cANT wait for their new music, i love their whole catalogue. One of the most underrated bands of all time 👽🐜👨🌾
Love this channel and all the stories posted here , awesome content
Glad you enjoy it!
Great timing on this vid! I play them for my kids (6y and 4y)in the car everyday. They always walk around the house singing “you should try not to be so courageous” I’ve always thought this band were better than they got credit for. Great musicians. All of them.
ANThology is such a solid album.
Criminally underrated band. Great tunes
So here i am, listening to this video at the gym, when i randomly look over at the video @9:00 and see my stock footage haha. Thank you for using my stock footage in the video! 9 min in, and i’m hooked. You got a sub ❤
Alien Ant Farm is underrated. TruANT is a great album. Also, Anthology had so many better songs than Smooth Criminal. I’m glad I got a chance to see them live with the Anthology tour. Amazing live and they played “Smooth Operator” by Sade!
AAF is a band that I like to bring up whenever I can when a conversation comes up about "one hit wonders" with a way better catalogue of music.
They’re back baby!!
I have long maintained that the Smooth Criminal cover is their worst song. Not that its a bad cover, because honestly its a great cover. But that just goes to show how good this band is. Totally underrated.
Great timing on the release of this video as the band is back from hiatus and sound as great as ever
I remember seeing them on Warped Tour in Atlanta back in 2001, they were the highlight of the show for me.... the energy in their set was amazing and I'd love to see them again
For a period of time, dryden was looking for new bands to work with. I worked with him during this time. Hes verrrry out there. Weird guy. Difficult to work with. Apparently this was the way he became after the bus accident. However he was one of the best vocalists i ever worked with music wise. Hes really talented. This was before they went back in the studio and ended hiatus.
Traumatic brain injury can make people have personality changes or act weird. Suppose a lot of creative geniuses are to begin with as well. I’m sure it was a valuable experience. I was too young to remember much being in the studio with my dad lol
Always been an AAF fan since first hearing Criminal and then getting Antology. The rest of their albums are really good and absolutely worth a listen. An incredibly underrated band.
Dude, no one is talking about Always and Forever. There may be some songs that are pretty cheesy on it, but the rest are really good. I like Dirty Bomb in particular
@@bazumafoo886always & forever?
Theyre still dropping amazing tracks
truANT is one of my all time favorite albums, I've always loved these guys and it's a bummer they didn't get bigger.
14:36 the friend of the band, was their bodyguard, especially Drydens, and also my dad❤️
Dude, this is so awesome! My cousin is Tye!!! I learned so much more about the band! Definitely sending him this video
His brothers actually had a band called The Color Red. You should check them out. They were awesome too
Thank you for the post! 🤘🏻✌🏼😊
Lost my mind hearing their new single So Cold. Anthology was my jam when it came out, love seeing them back!
Thanks for this video. I feel kinda bad and guilty, I was a HUGE fan of this band at the time and bought their first two albums when they came out. If you like 90s and 2000s rock, Alien Ant Farm deserves to be listened too and shout not be forgotten. Talented musicians, and talented song writers. Good band, keep playing!
These guys were definitely under rated
Are*.... they just released some new songs and an album to come hopefully
@@jackoff1826 until an album and a tour happens. Were**
@@rikevans3348 they've been doing shows all these years and new album comes out at the end of April, with about 3 of those songs on it released already. So, I say Are*
I didn't know they started a whole genre. Definitely one that I like the sound of.
ANThology is such a good album. Stranded and Sticks and Stones are some great deep cuts.
Movies is one of the best songs i heard in my entire life, no joke
Dude you must be like 10 then 😂
@@gabagool_ovahere😂
Greatest Hits and Anthology are in my playlist for daily listening
Odd this was posted and then they drop a new music video lol
one of the most underrated bands of all time
These guys were awesome! I'm still waiting/hoping to see them make another album.
Two new song releases just happened and new album should be out in a month or two
They just put out a new song..
And it’s better than there original shit
New album out, and its great
Rock the mountains festival this summer featuring alien ant farm❤
My favorite band ever.
I was in love with this band in high school so creative a little dark snd humorous. my daughter has some of their songs now❣️
ANThology is an album that you can listen to from start to finish without skipping a track. Highly recommended!
AAF had an incredible few albums, still listen to them today. Really takes me back to an amazing time.
I genuinely only don’t like 2 or 3 songs from all of their albums, they are so fucking good!
Thanks again, Rock-'n'-roll feller
You bet!
They had some great songs, I picked up truANT when it came out, loved it.
On a radio station I listen to, Radio X, here in the UK, they play Movies quite a lot!
Up in the Attic was a great album, the song Consti2tion is unique and awesome.
The song Homage on the Always And Forever album is heartwarming.
Glow, She's Only Evil, Dirty Bomb, and Sleepwalker are some personal songs I love along with the obvious Movies and These Days.
Up in the attic is one of the greatest albums ever. Soo underrated.
Fun fact up in the attic is up in my attic in a box
Saw them live last year. Amazing show
Can we please get the history of Stroke 9?? 🙏🙏🙏 There’s nothing about them on RUclips
I saw these guys live with PP Roach,this was before there cover tune came out and I’d never heard them,they blew PPRoach off the stage that night,they were the best band I had heard live up until that point,i bought there first album and it was amazing,every single song on that album was and still are amazing songs🤟🏻
It was a weird era. Like Sum 41 and AAF were almost Blink 182 style that the corps knew would only be short lived bands.
One of my absolute favorite bands. So many bangers from their discography
They were actually a very good band..like most of their other songs are pretty good but they got stuck with those two hits in a wrong time when there were too many nu metal bands sounding pretty similar…I would say their song compositions were as good as sevendust ( in that level)
Always and Forever is fantastic album, idk why it didnt have bigger success, totally underrated album. One of my favourite rock albums.
It is so awesome!
I was obsessed with their Smooth Criminal cover MV when I was like 7? Also interesting one of their inspirations were Smashing Pumpkins!
Ha!! I was about 20 feet from the stage at that show @3:34. That was Vans Warped Tour 2001 in Tinley Park. I didn’t think anyone ever filmed that!
why were you surprised the bloke was into smashing pumpkins? seems weird to point that out 1:03
No joke I actually lived on the same street as the bass player in Corona, California which is just outside of Riverside, California.
Movies is an underrated jam.
Played some shows with these guys a lot back at the Barn in UC Riverside. They always had huge crowds but the shows were usually supported by either punk/ska punk/nu metal or something and AAF were sort of neither of that. Huge energy and great shows though. Everybody seemed to want them to be Korn-lite or Hed (PE) or Deftones which they weren't but sort of looked like they were. Good times.
Well, they're back.
Haven’t watched the band but the band is very active and it is highly underrated. They have great music!
to answer the question they release a music video yesterday lmao
Smooth Criminal is one of the best videos ever, and done perfectly. You can tell how great of musicians they are by covering it. Movies is another one of my favs. Both songs i listen to currently.
Love the song and video too
Solid band, many great songs
"Movies" and the video are so great!!!
Played an outdoor festival show in 2014 in Sacramento with these guys; they never left their tour bus until their set. They headlined a small, local outdoor day long festival, never watched any of the local bands, never greeted anyone during the day. Showed up the day before, complained about the stage size, which was expanded to appease them. They then did their sound check, and drove away, not returning until the next day, then stayed in their tour bus until their set. After their set, they drove off, leaving their crew to break down and load their gear before they drove off.
It was ridiculous. I get they had a hit doing a cover song, but working bands need to stay together, support eachother. These guys acted like this show was beneath them. Yeah, only 4-5 thousand showed up, but that was 4-5 thousand people, for fuck’s sake, on an outdoor show where they were the only national. So all local bands got together 5k of their friends and fans, to have a national act treat local acts like they didn’t matter. Pretty disappointing, as Sacramento was good to these guys.
Dryden is a dick. He banned me from their fb page back in 2012 or 13. Apparently they banned people for tagging if the post promoted anything other than AAF. I had made a video with clips from all the shows I went to that year and had the nerve to tag them along with other bands.
@@rubelena yeah, it was really disappointing. Yes, it was a small, local outdoor show. But the local radio station paid them 5k to be the national headliner. My band sold the most tickets of every other act on the bill- like 3-400 or so… that put us just underneath main support. I tried to meet them, because they’re a national act, and i thought it’d be cool to get a photo with them. They did an on air/livestream interview, and we were interviewed after them. Fucking guys; every one of them, just got up, left, never said a word to us. I tried to go up and say hi, but they totally blew all of us off. If it hadn’t been for local ticket sales, they’d have played to a dozen squirrels. It was such a letdown, and really showed them in a bad light.
I think they are one of the coolest bands ever which such a great body of work under their belts and for those who got into their catalogue past the first few single releases will probably agree with me
I use to live in Riverside California
Inland empire haha, too many people from LA moved here
I used to book shows at The Vibe in Riverside. Even brought Tye Zamora's band after AAF, eEnik, to the stage. My buddy Blas was in the band which had a very familiar alien ant farm sound
@@dvsmikethe vibe! That brings back memories
@@JangoMike Did u ever get to play there?
@@JangoMike BTW, my profile Pic is me onstage at the vibe
While the "Smooth Criminal" remake was decent, I really love Alien Ant Farm's "Movies".
It's one of the hidden gems of the 2000s that should've been a hit or should've been a cult classic.
Movies was the better song by far
No doubt!
💯
Agreed 👍
I bought their album because I heard Movies. I didn't really like Smooth Criminal, then all of a sudden it was on radio everywhere here in the UK...
Attitude, these days and courage are also all better
These guys still kick ass...passed the torch to my kiddos. We listen to AAF on our trips. Hope they will pass it on as well. Just epic.
I’ll always remember this band because I saw them tour with Spineshank in 2001. They played Pittsburgh literally the night before Anthology came out. They asked the crowd early on in their set if the crowd liked Michael Jackson. (This was obviously before anyone had heard their cover) Then after they played “Movies,” they asked again about Michael and proceeded to close out their set with “Smooth Criminal.” After their set, my buddy and I hung out and smoked cigarettes with their guitarist. Cool dude. Decent band at the time, but seeing them more recently, they’re pretty rough these days. They’ve aged like milk.
My band played a small show with them last year, they totally pulled rock star moves and demanded we provided a backline (let them use our gear) as the opener... we gladly declined. One of the members was nice enough to talk to us, but they were pretty full of themselves for the most part.
Movies is a much better song than Smooth Criminal......End of video.....
And attitude is better than movies…
Met these guys once, back in 2001. I was 14. I won a competition to go back stage. All i remember is that they were really cool to me and my friend, and went out of their way to spend time with us.
It's "Undocumented Ant Farm" you wacists!
boooo
@@poindextertunesdon't be a W⚓️
Personally, i think their song "movies" is way better than smooth criminal. The video is awesome, and Ty's bass playing on it is Stellar.
This band was bottom end of the barrel in their prime.
The video they made on the roof outside the BET awards was pretty good. Great idea for a video
the cover is good. and the band name is probably the best ever. Alien Ant Farm is an awesome name. They should be in the Rock and Roll HOF just for the name.
I agree entirely, would you believe I saw some dumbass review recently on their new album where the main guy slandered the bands name?! I was shocked as I guess you would have been
AAF was one of the first CDs I was ever given as a Christmas gift. I still play some of their songs on guitar when I'm trying to relax and practice. I feel so bad for them; they could've been big. Studios dont know everything; they messed up.
ANThology is one of my favorite albums.
Also, I love nu metal, but AAF was never nu metal at all. "Wish" is the closest song, but even that's not nu metal.
I got to see them live once. I'd love to see them again.
We went to the vans warped tour in 2001 in Houston . I remember they didn’t head line , they actually preformed in a wrestling ring during the day time . I was in high school . Now imma bout to be 40 🤓
I'm ashamed to say this but I've only heard the one song.
I was always a hard-core guy. Thought they did a great cover but never checked out their original stuff. I've mellowed some now and plan to check their stuff out
The Anthology album was amazing, the rhythm section was absolute 🔥🔥.