Complex

Alien Ant Farm’s 2001 Cover of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” Is Once Again Going Wildly Viral

This isn't the first time the nu-metal band's take on the classic King of Pop cut has spurred nostalgia overdoses, and it's not likely to be the last.
Los Angeles Times

Catching up with Alien Ant Farm, unlikely distractions during a week of doomscrolling

Earlier this week, Twitter user @plvnetmimi shared a link to the music video for the nü-metal band Alien Ant Farm’s 2001 cover of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal.” The Riverside, Calif., foursome’s ...
Yahoo

Alien Ant Farm frontman Dryden Mitchell reveals the surreal moment Metallica's James Hetfield took him and his parents out to dinner

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A screenshot of Alien Ant Farm's Smooth Criminal cover, and James Hetfield onstage with Metallica in 2023. Alien Ant Farm frontman ...
Drowned In Sound

Alien Ant Farm: on the game

Alien Ant Farm have produced a Pac-Man game to promote their version of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal". Wacko Munkey Pakman involves running round a maze munching point pills while avoiding evil ...
Complex

Alien Ant Farm’s 2001 Cover of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” Is Once Again Going Wildly Viral

Alien Ant Farm, one of the few bands in rock history to have ever pulled off a worthy cover version of an already iconic song, is currently enjoying one hell of a timely boom on Twitter, a site I ...