Alien Ant Farm

[Sui Generis]

[COLOR=darkblue]Does anyone like them? I know they only had one hit, and are considered a one hit wonder, but I've listened to them lately and I've found that I love them honestly. I'm going out pretty soon to get their CD. I was just wondering if anyone out there enjoyed listening to them, besides their one hit??[/COLOR]

[Red]

[b][color=515050][size=1]Alien Ant Farm have had more than one "hit", unless you count "hits" as 1-billion uber platinum selling records.

Of course, this would be a good time for me to forget their most recent release, which actually sold really well. EDIT - was it "movies" or something like that?

I really, really doubt AAF are considered a one hit wonder band, I think you just haven't heard of them. >.> Definitely grab some AAF CD's though, it's certainly worth it.[/b][/color][/size]

[Semjaza]

They aren't a one hit wonder whatsoever... That'd be something like Rico Suave, who put out one song and totally and completely disappeared.

Alien Ant Farm at least had a fanbase from the entire CD compared to that heh.

They're alright. Around that time there was this sudden surge of bands that all sounded like that, and I can't say any of them really interested me.

[Sui Generis]

[COLOR=darkblue]Really? They sold like zilch here in Kansas. Go figure....well thanks anyways...I'll get them ASAP.

But seriously there was one song and then ever since then no AAF....Oh well....Their loss....my gain![/COLOR]

[Semjaza]

They actually had two other singles... Whisper and a cover of Smooth Criminal. I know this and I didn't even like them lol. So it wasn't just one song and they disappeared... They just haven't managed to get another CD out yet.

[Cora Jane 2]

[font=arial][size=1]AAF I love them... good stuff.... rather enjoyable... also as has been said.. they are NOT a one hit wonder... lol... but yeah. Semjaza said their two widely known songs... [/font][/size]

[Syk3]

I actually have one of their CD's (maybe there is only one? o.o' *doesn't know*) with 'Wish' and 'Smooth Criminal.' I'm kind of a fan of theirs, ever since I heard 'Wish' in Tony Hawk's 3, and decided to listen to their music since it was the best song on the Hawk track. Eh, I like their music, and because I don't listen to that much music, they are one of my favorite bands.

[TheShinje]

[size=1] [color=blue] Alien Ant Farm are cool. The two best songs are M?ovies and whisper. The Smooth criminal cover was good too. But not as good as the first two mentioned. ANThology is a kick a** record, I suggest you get that one. I dn't know if there are any others... [/size] [/color]

[Transtic Nerve]

It's sad when your only hit is a cover of an even bigger hit.

[Change]

Some artist are slower to make another Album, you have to take into consideration touring and spending all the mnoney they made. I personaly love almost all of their songs...Now if only I could find where I put their CD, I want to listen to it =/

[Guest Musahi]

I used to really enjoy their "Smooth Criminal" cover, but as all the radio stations here caught on they playe dit to death and I grew to hate it.

But then I heard "Movies" which I loved, and still love. So I decided to check more of their stuff out. Some of their better songs are "Nova Hands" and "Flesh and Bones". I guess I enjoyed the other songs too, but they aren't to great.

AAF is an average band, they sound too much like other bands.

[Flash]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Transtic Nerve [/i]
[B]It's sad when your only hit is a cover of an even bigger hit. [/B][/QUOTE]

Good thing that's not the case with Alien Ant Farm.

[Jesus Chicken]

I really like Movies...and their only other song of theirs I've heard is Smooth Criminal, and that was terrible.

[BigCajones]

[color=limegreen]Well I enjoy listening to AAF's music, I find it very good in some aspects. Over here in England they have released 'Smooth Criminal', 'Movies' and 'Attitude', which I think is nice cool and calming song if you haven't heard it. I also have heard 'Wish' from a Tony Hawks game (THPS3 I think) and maybe a song from a film down the line, but just classifying how they are not a one hit wonder! Who knows if they are going to release another album (prooving they definetely are not a one hit wonder), I'm guessing they probably will from reading an interview with AAF and the Kerrang magazine however many months ago. :D

Oh yeah and I think AAF's dance move are plain funny. :laugh:[/color]

[LostProphet]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Semjaza Azazel [/i]
[B]They actually had two other singles... Whisper and a cover of Smooth Criminal.[/B][/QUOTE]

I thought was of their singles, the last one actually, was 'Attitude' or something along those lines

[BigCajones]

[color=crimson]Yeah it was LP and I think that one is pretty serious and more down to earth, not like the usual AAF that are funny and crazy. Just more calm to mix the album out I guess with different types of tracks. You should download 'Attitude' if you haven't heard of it! :D[/color]

[Transtic Nerve]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Final Flash [/i]
[B]Good thing that's not the case with Alien Ant Farm. [/B][/QUOTE]

I've only seen one video and heard one song from Alien Crap Farm and it was a cover of MJ's song. Ofcourse, then again, I don't listen to much of this crappy music much of you speak of.

[DeathKnight]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Transtic Nerve [/i]
[B]I've only seen one video and heard one song from Alien Crap Farm and it was a cover of MJ's song. Ofcourse, then again, I don't listen to much of this crappy music much of you speak of. [/B][/QUOTE]

[color=crimson]Then perhaps, for the good of the commonwealth of Americans who dislike J-Music as much as you dislike most American bands, you can kindly leave this thread to those that appriciate it, instead of plagueing it. =)
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I like "Movies" better than "Smooth Criminal", honestly. That song eventually was so overplayed it made me want to rip the speakers out and throw them onto the road side, ugh. After that, I drifted more and more into heavy metal, so I might not like many of their songs now.

Overall, I guess they are an above-mediocre band.[/color]

[Transtic Nerve]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by DeathKnight [/i]
[B][color=crimson]Then perhaps, for the good of the commonwealth of Americans who dislike J-Music as much as you dislike most American bands, you can kindly leave this thread to those that appriciate it, instead of plagueing it. =)
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A thread for this band plagues the boards itself. No offense to the people who like the band, but their biggest hit was a cover a song. Thats pathetic. It either a) shows the band has no talent or b) The american public are dumb enough to eat up a cover song enough it become a bigger hit than anything original by the same group.

I listen to American radio and the only time I've ever heard the name "Alien Art Farm" was in refrence to Smooth Criminal, regardless if they had more than one single.

[Semjaza]

Their biggest hit was actually Movies, which wasn't a cover song at all.

I don't see what it matters. Why post about a band you obviously know next to nothing about? I'm hardly defending them, as I think they suck... But you don't see me going into Japanese music threads acting like it's beneath me. You have this air of superiority about you when you talk about the music you like. As if it's somehow empowering to like these bands so few even know about.

You listen to J-Rock and whatever else. Congratulations. That's cool with me, and I respect that. But, sometimes I really think you think American music sucks because you have no idea what's out there. If I looked at it in that sense I'd think so too, as what is on the radio usually does suck. But when someone thinks what Linkin Park put out is above what else is available and is somehow unique, it makes me question how much they really know about what they're talking about.

I just find it really surprising that you'd go way out of your way to discover what Japan has to offer without even knowing that much about what's here. You just dismiss it. If you heard most of what was offered here and still disliked it, then cool. It sure doesn't seem like that's the case though.

[Juu]

[color=ff00cc] [size=1]I remember having 'Smooth Criminal' stuck in my head for a loooong time last year. @.@;

I personally love that song. I never really liked the video, though. I imagined the video to be a little darker, and somewhat more choreographed...[/color] [/size]

[Transtic Nerve]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Semjaza Azazel [/i]
[B]Their biggest hit was actually Movies, which wasn't a cover song at all.

I don't see what it matters. Why post about a band you obviously know next to nothing about? I'm hardly defending them, as I think they suck... But you don't see me going into Japanese music threads acting like it's beneath me. You have this air of superiority about you when you talk about the music you like. As if it's somehow empowering to like these bands so few even know about.

You listen to J-Rock and whatever else. Congratulations. That's cool with me, and I respect that. But, sometimes I really think you think American music sucks because you have no idea what's out there. If I looked at it in that sense I'd think so too, as what is on the radio usually does suck. But when someone thinks what Linkin Park put out is above what else is available and is somehow unique, it makes me question how much they really know about what they're talking about.

I just find it really surprising that you'd go way out of your way to discover what Japan has to offer without even knowing that much about what's here. You just dismiss it. If you heard most of what was offered here and still disliked it, then cool. It sure doesn't seem like that's the case though. [/B][/QUOTE]

I never mentioned Japanese music in this thread. Not once. Point out where I ever said anything about Japanese music in this thread, please (besides this post). You are just assuming I am comparing to Japanese music when I say some American band sucks.

All I've said in this thread was the only song I've ever heard on the radio by this group was Smooth Criminal, and that's a cover song, and it was popular, too popular, and that's sad. I said it when it first came out, and I'm saying it now.

I don't go out of my way to discover what Japan has to offer. I do it because I'm tired of listening to crap like Alien Ant Farm that people eat up (believe me, Japan has crap too). I like to listen to talent in my music, whatever country it's from, and Alien Ant Farm is hardly what I'd call talent. There's plenty of talent in America, why do I hear crap like Alien Ant Farm all the time?

[Semjaza]

This is a good question heh.

I don't listen to the radio much at all. I don't think anyone that wants to see what there is truly offered in ANY country can rely on the radio or even compare it to what there really is out there. There is no comparison. In fact, the bands that are posted here that I feel are rather good myself get little, if any, real radio play... other than a month or so if they are popular for whatever reason. I'd assume Japan is the same way as well... as any other country.

Obviously, I don't like Alien Ant Farm. I don't like Linkin Park. I don't like 90% of what is selling like crazy right now. That doesn't mean American music on a whole is like this, it really isn't. You just have to be willing to look.

When I said that stuff about you willing to dig through Japan's music scene, I think you took that a bit wrong. I just meant why would you be willing to go through a completely different country's music scene and learn so much about it (because you obviously do know quite a bit about it), but not be willing to do that for music that is here?

That's what I don't understand. If you've already done that, then cool. I've just not read anything you've said to make me think that as of yet. It just seems like you've dismissed what's here in general because of what's popular.

I was basing what I said on quite a few other threads. Not simply this one. So what you said about AAF specificly isn't what I was wondering about. I've seen other threads where you certainly do talk down about such bands, using "American" in almost a [i]derogatory[/i] sense. I know for a fact I'm not the only one to notice it, from speaking to others here.

That's just my observations. I'm not claiming it's true, but that's the impression I get at times. Perhaps I'm reading your posts completely different than you mean them. I don't know, as I obviously don't know you personally whatsoever.

The question I was wanting an answer to... is mostly [i]why[/i] you seem to think there is little good here at this present time? Taking into account things you and I have both said inside and outside of this thread on OB.

Anyway, what I posted this time and what I posted before certainly wasn't an attack, so I hope you didn't take it that way. It's just me being curious and trying to understand your viewpoint, and if it's coming off as being a jerk, I apologize.

[Transtic Nerve]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Semjaza Azazel [/i]
[B]I don't listen to the radio much at all. I don't think anyone that wants to see what there is truly offered in ANY country can rely on the radio or even compare it to what there really is out there. There is no comparison. In fact, the bands that are posted here that I feel are rather good myself get little, if any, real radio play... other than a month or so if they are popular for whatever reason. I'd assume Japan is the same way as well... as any other country.[/quote][/b]

I assume it's the same in Japan as well. However, much of Japanese music I listen to ISN'T played on the radio. Indies stuff. While I know some of it, move for example which is a pop group, is, the majority isn't. My J-rock folder is MUCH MUCH bigger than my J-pop folder.

[quote][b]Obviously, I don't like Alien Ant Farm. I don't like Linkin Park. I don't like 90% of what is selling like crazy right now. That doesn't mean American music on a whole is like this, it really isn't. You just have to be willing to look. [/quote][/b]

Yes I understand that, but this thread was about AAF, so I was commenting on it's crappiness.

[quote][b]When I said that stuff about you willing to dig through Japan's music scene, I think you took that a bit wrong. I just meant why would you be willing to go through a completely different country's music scene and learn so much about it (because you obviously do know quite a bit about it), but not be willing to do that for music that is here?

That's what I don't understand. If you've already done that, then cool. I've just not read anything you've said to make me think that as of yet. It just seems like you've dismissed what's here in general because of what's popular.[/quote][/b]

I have done it here, which is precisely why I listen to Japanese music. America just doesn't offer the variety I'm looking for in my music. I believe Japanese music offers much more "kick" to it. Due to my nature of curiosity and wonder, I tend to look for things that are "different" which normally leads me to other cultures. Japanese music isn't the only other music I listen to. I probably download/buy more European music than any other. If someone were to offer me suggestions on American music which was different, "out there", and generally good compared to mainstream America, I would certainly check it out.

[quote][b]I was basing what I said on quite a few other threads. Not simply this one. So what you said about AAF specificly isn't what I was wondering about. I've seen other threads where you certainly do talk down about such bands, using "American" in almost a [i]derogatory[/i] sense. I know for a fact I'm not the only one to notice it, from speaking to others here.[/quote][/b]

Well I certainly won't disagree. I have and probably still will use the term "American" in a derogatory sense when refering to music. It's usually mainstream crappy bands I refer to as such. I mean, I can't say I've ever stated that about a fairly unknown American indie band or something. I just think music in mainstream America blows. And it sickens me to hear that people like no talent bands. But, I'm not them. If they want to live hearing only that, I guess they'll be blown away (no to sound arrogant, but many have when they listened to Japanese sons myself or wrist cutter have suggested) when they hear something made of talent and skill.

[quote][b]The question I was wanting an answer to... is mostly [i]why[/i] you seem to think there is little good here at this present time? Taking into account things you and I have both said inside and outside of this thread on OB.[/quote][/b]

I don't think that entirely. I think, as I said above, that the groups in [i]mainstream[/i] America suck. I tend to think Japanese mainstream music tends to be full of more talent, while there is still alot of CRAP in Japanese mainstream (GLAY, Utada Hikaru, Oblivion Dust, and ZIGZO for example), I tend to think there's more real talent there than in comparison to the US' mainstream.

[quote][b]Anyway, what I posted this time and what I posted before certainly wasn't an attack, so I hope you didn't take it that way. It's just me being curious and trying to understand your viewpoint, and if it's coming off as being a jerk, I apologize. [/B][/QUOTE]

You certainly did not come off that way. Nor did you ever for that matter.

[wrist cutter]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Transtic Nerve [/i]
[B]
I tend to think Japanese mainstream music tends to be full of more talent, while there is still alot of CRAP in Japanese mainstream (GLAY, Utada Hikaru, Oblivion Dust, and ZIGZO for example), I tend to think there's more real talent there than in comparison to the US' mainstream.
[/B][/QUOTE]

Let's not bring GLAY into this... >_>;

But I have to agree with TN on this specific point of his... in comparison of the mainstream. I mean, there's no way Porno Graffitti or Janne Da Arc could ever be popular here and yet Porno Graffitti's last album went to the #1 spot...

But really it's just my opinion... sorry to drag this topic off of Alien Ant Farm.