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Alien Ant Farm

Alien Ant Farm
Photo: USAG- Humphreys · CC BY 2.0

About

Alien Ant Farm is an American rock band from Riverside, California, formed in 1996 by vocalist Dryden Mitchell, guitarist Terry Corso, bassist Tye Zamora, and drummer Mike Cosgrove. They broke through globally with their cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" - a #1 hit on the US Modern Rock charts in 2001 - taken from the platinum-selling album ANThology. Across six studio albums, the band has blended alternative rock with nu-metal, post-grunge, and punk-pop, selling over 5 million records worldwide.

5M+
Records sold worldwide
#1
US Modern Rock chart peak for "Smooth Criminal" (2001)
#11
Billboard 200 peak for ANThology (2001)
6
Studio albums released (1999-2024)

What's new

  • 2026-05

    Alien Ant Farm premiered an animated music video for their new single "Reasons" and announced two additional UK headline shows for fall 2026.

  • 2026-03

    The band released "Reasons" - written by Rome Ramirez of Sublime with Rome and produced by Howard Benson - as the first original single under Judge & Jury Records, with a new album announced for fall 2026.

  • 2026-01

    Alien Ant Farm entered the recording studio in January 2026 to begin work on their seventh studio album.

  • 2025-12

    The band announced a summer 2026 European and UK tour spanning Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden, among other countries.

  • 2025-12

    Alien Ant Farm released "Bad Attitude" - a reworked version of their 2001 track "Attitude" - as their debut single on Judge & Jury Records, the label founded by producer Howard Benson and Three Days Grace drummer Neil Sanderson.

Tour

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Tracks

Smooth Criminal#1 US Modern Rock 2001, featured in American Pie 2, defining cover of the Michael Jackson original
MoviesTop 5 UK hit from ANThology (2001)
AttitudeFan favourite from ANThology (2001), reworked as "Bad Attitude" in 2025
~mAntras~Sixth studio album (2024), first release after a nine-year gap
Reasons2026 single produced by Howard Benson, first original track on Judge & Jury Records

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