May 18, 2001 – Alien Ant Farm's remake of Michael Jackson's hit song "Smooth Criminal" is the band's latest single off their New Noize/DreamWorks Records debut ANThology. The song – which officially goes to radio May 22 – has already been receiving airplay on rock stations such as Q101 (Chicago), WAAF (Boston) and 99X (Atlanta) and was the #1 most requested song for three consecutive weeks at New York's WXRK.

"We're all big fans of Michael Jackson," said frontman Dryden Mitchell. "We were messing with it in the garage one day, and the riff screamed out to be heavy." "Smooth Criminal" follows Alien Ant Farm's Top 20 modern rock hit "Movies."

The Southern-California quartet – Dryden Mitchell (vocals), Terry Corso (guitar), Tye Zamora (bass) and Mike Cosgrove (drums) – have recruited Marc Klasfeld (Nelly, [hed]p.e., Sum 41, Insane Clown Posse) to direct the "Smooth Criminal" video May 23 and 24 in Los Angeles. The single will be featured in this summer's American Pie 2 movie, while Alien Ant Farm have also penned an original song titled "Good (For a Woman)" for the film's soundtrack. Catch AAF on the road this summer on the Warped Tour launching June 22 in Phoenix, AZ.