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Alien Ant Farm: truANT

Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, 13 August 2003

IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY — first impressions really do count. As the vast majority of the 3 million owners of Alien Ant Farm's major label debut, ANThology, would probably vouch, the Californian four are the real nu-metal deal — like Linkin Park without the screaming. For others though, their comic/inspired cover of Michael Jackson's 'Smooth Criminal', complete with crotch grabbing yelps and a video of moon walking and monkeys, left a question mark over their sincerity.

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