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The so call alt-metal foursome Alien Ant Farm formed in 1996 with the raging singer/songwriter Dryden Mitchell, guitarist Terry Corso, bassist Tye Zamora, and drummer Mike Cosgrove. All were bored with their day jobs and sought something else to break them from corporate norms. Music allowed them to freely express themselves, and a friendship was born. After Alien Ant Farm's deadly bus crash in 2001 in Europe, it was difficult to tell if the band would record again. Lead singer Dryden Mitchell broke his neck, a notoriously difficult injury from which to recover. But the California-based Alien Ant Farm teamed up with producers Robert and Dean DeLeo of the Stone Temple Pilots for ‘truANT’, an album that grabs listeners by the collar with ‘1,000 Days’ and doesn't let go until the closing track, ‘Hope’. The first single, ‘These Days’, is so relentlessly addictive and hopelessly upbeat that anyone who hears it will give in to its soaring vocals and staccato guitars. ‘Sarah Wynn’ is an incredibly honest, touching plea for a girl to stop using drugs. The song is almost painful to listen to. ‘Tia Lupe’ doesn't fit in with the anthemic rock that fills ‘truANT’, but it is nonetheless a snappy, Latin-inspired love song. These days music fans will be hard-pressed to find an album so satisfying. Limited edition with a bonus DVD entitled 'Aliens Ain't Farmers' Track listing: 1. 1000 Days 2. Drifting Apart 3. Quiet 4. Glow 5. These Days 6. Sarah Wynn 7. Never Meant 8. Goodbye 9. Tia Lupe 10. Rubber Mallet 11. S.S. Recognize 12. Hope Dvd listing: 1. Live footage 2. Studio outtakes 3. And more