THE YEAR IS 2001!
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Michael Jackson originally recorded Smooth Criminal for on his 1987 album Bad. Many of Alien Ant Farm’s fans were too young to know about Jackson’s version, and had no idea it was a cover of an iconic song.
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This was included on their first album, which was released on an independent label. When they signed with a big record company, they included it on their first major-label release, ANThology.
- The video pokes fun at Michael Jackson, but they made sure to get his permission and keep it lighthearted. Some of the Michael Jackson clichés they make fun of are Bubbles the chimp and the Moonwalk.
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When Jackson saw the video, he asked that a scene with a boy in a surgical mask be removed, because it made fun of his medical condition. They took it out, but Jackson decided he liked it the way it was. In the end, there were 2 videos, one with the mask, one without.
- Alien Ant Farm got their name from a daydream by their guitarist, Terry Corso. Apparently in his daydream, he was imagining that our whole world is simply a science project for some aliens.
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