Alien Ant Farm

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Alien Ant Farm
Alien Ant Farm (2001)
Alien Ant Farm (2001)
General information
Genre (s) Alternative rock , post grunge
founding 1995
Website alienantfarm.com
Founding members
Dryden Vera Mitchell (since 1995)
Mike Cosgrove (since 1995)
Tye Zamora (1995-2006, since 2008)
Terry Corso (1995-2003, since 2008)

Alien Ant Farm (short: AAF) is an American alternative rock - band . It was in 1995 Riverside ( California founded).

Band history

Alien Ant Farm recorded their first demo in 1996 , the $ 100 EP , followed two years later (1998) by another demo called Love Songs . They only appeared in clubs for three years before they finally recorded their LP debut Greatest Hits , which was named Best Independent Album in 1999 .

Alien Ant Farm has a deep friendship with the metal rock band Papa Roach , both bands promote each other during their performances. Alien Ant Farm were also the first signing of the Papa Roach label New Noize . Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix brought her to Dreamworks / Universal , where her first major label album, ANThology, was released in 2001 , which reached number 11 in the US charts. Their big breakthrough came with their cover of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal , with which they reached number 3 on the UK singles charts. With the successor single Movies , they then reached fifth place.

In 2005 the band, which had since split from Terry Corso (new guitarist Joe Hill), recorded a new album called 3rd Draft . This was not published for the time being, because there were differences with the record label Geffen Records . In the meantime, however , Alien Ant Farm have switched to Universal Music and 3rd Draft was released under the name Up in the Attic .

In February 2008 the band announced that they had resolved their disputes and were back to playing with the original line-up. In February 2015, after nine years, the new album "Always and Forever" was presented.

The band currently consists of the members Dryden Mitchell, Terry Corso, Tim Peugh (formerly Valora, Mystery Schools) and Mike Cosgrove. Tye Zamora focuses on background projects.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2001 Anthology DE20 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT32 (9 weeks)
AT 		CH45 (14 weeks)
CH 		UK11
gold
gold

(33 weeks)UK 		US11
platinum
platinum

(64 weeks)US
First published: March 6, 2001
2003 Truant - - CH71 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK68 (1 week)
UK 		US42 (4 weeks)
US
First published: August 19, 2003
2006 Up in the Attic - - - - US114 (1 week)
US
First published: July 17, 2006

More albums

  • 1996: Singles: $ 100 EP
  • 1998: Love Songs EP
  • 1999: Greatest Hits
  • 2008: The Millennium Collection: The Best of
  • 2009: Alien Ant Farm: Live In Germany
  • 2014: Phone Home EP
  • 2015: Always and Forever

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2001 Movies
Anthology / Greatest Hits 		DE89 (3 weeks)
DE 		- CH62 (4 weeks)
CH 		UK5
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK 		-
First published: June 2001
Smooth Criminal
Anthology 		DE5
gold
gold

(18 weeks)DE 		AT6 (20 weeks)
AT 		CH4th
gold
gold

(24 weeks)CH 		UK3
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)UK 		US23 (20 weeks)
US
First published: July 2001
2002 Attitude
Anthology 		- - - UK66 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: May 2002

More singles

  • 2003: These Days
  • 2003: Glow
  • 2006: Forgive & Forget
  • 2007: Around the Block
  • 2014: Homage
  • 2018: Movies 2018
  • 2018: Smooth Criminal 2018

literature

  • Martin Strong: The Great Rock Discography . 7th Edition, Zweiausendeins, Frankfurt am Main 2004. ISBN 3-86150-701-3 .

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ Awards for music sales: DE CH UK US

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