Alien Ant Farm

A Californian nu-metal quartet formed in 1996. After a first album entitled Greatest Hits, Alien Ant Farm signed with New Noize. This label released their second album, ANThology, in 2001. Their cover of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal reached number one in sales in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. It is also part of the soundtrack of the film American Pie 2. At the 3rd BET Awards, the band played These Days in front of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood before being stopped by the police.