Starting life as a Primus covers band, Alien Ant Farm built a keen following on
the California underground scene in the late 1990s, winning Best Independent
Album for their self-released debut Greatest Hits (1999). Signed by Stephen
Spielberg's DreamWorks label on the recommendation of fellow nu-metallers Papa
Roach, the lads hit the jackpot when their version of Michael Jackson's Smooth
Criminal became a huge hit, reaching Number 3 in the UK charts and propelling
second album ANThology (2001) to platinum status in the US. After a serious bus
crash in Spain in which their driver ...