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| Birth Name(s) : Spider One, M.33, Adam 12, Siggy Siursen, Adrian Ost |
Date of Birth: 1997 |
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| Transform (set for release May 20, 2003, on DreamWorks Records) is the fourth album from the platinum Los Angeles-based quintet. Its arrival finds Spider characteristically reflective, in this case about mass culture and its impact on him and his audience. |
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Additional Powerman 5000 Biography
Powerman 5000 are a Boston-based rock band formed in 1991. Frontman Spider One is the younger brother of Rob Zombie.
In 1991, Spider dropped out of art school and bought a cheap 4-track home studio and drum machine. Working under the title "MC Spider", he recorded "Much Evil" with producer Lamar Lowder. Building on local success, he built a band under the name Powerman 5000. Their style was in the nature of rap/metal that had yet to gain popularity. In 1993, longtime guitarist Adam 12 (Adam Williams) joined the band. In 1994 and 1995, Powerman released two independent records, True Force and The Blood Splat Rating System. Both albums were local successes. In 1996, they performed on the second stage of Ozzfest and appeared on an episode of Beverly Hills 90210 where David and Donna filmed a music video for their song "Strike the Match".
In 1997, the band signed to Dreamworks Records and released a re-recording of The Blood Splat Rating System (with two new tracks) titled Mega!! Kung Fu Radio. The band toured, performing on the main stage at Ozzfest 1997, and released singles such as "Organizized" and "Tokyo Vigilante #1". In 1999, Guitarist M.33 (Mike Tempesta) joined the band as they got their biggest break. Creating a strange fusion of science fiction (which had always interested Spider) and "Action Rock" (the term for their own high-energy powerful rock), they released Tonight the Stars Revolt!, which contained the hit singles "When Worlds Collide", "Nobody's Real", and "Supernova Goes Pop". The album sold over a million copies and assured the band's success.
A follow-up album titled Anyone For Doomsday? was recorded and a single ("Bombshell") had been released to radio stations, but the album was cancelled just before its scheduled release. Due to being heavily downloaded illegally, Anyone For Doomsday? was later released under Spider's own new label, Megatronic Records, but has since gone out of print due to legal issues. Arguments exist as to whether the record was cancelled due to the events of the September 11th terrorist attacks and the negative title, but the album was finished and scheduled to be released in August of 2001, a full month before the attacks. Spider has said in interviews that the album was dropped because it sounded too much like the previous album and that he wanted to release something fresh and different instead of repeating himself. Conflicts thereafter caused longtime members Dorian 27 (Dorian Heartsong) and Al3 (Allen Pahanish) to leave the band. Ad7 (Adrian Ost) and Siggy Sjursen were brought in to replace them. "Bombshell" resurfaced, as the entrance music for the WWE wrestling tag-team, The Dudley Boyz. The song was featured on the snowboarding video game "Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder" long before its release, and in the soundtrack for the movie Freddy vs. Jason as well as the Ivan Reitman comedy Evolution.
In 2003, the band released Transform, a more punk-fuelled album, completely dropping the costumes that had been featured throughout the band's Tonight The Stars Revolt! era. Containing the hit singles "Free" and "Action", the album sounded much more live and less filled with industrial metal electronics. After the release of Transform, Dreamworks Records was bought out by Interscope Records, and Powerman 5000 decided not to make the move. Undeterred, Spider continued with his own offshoot label Megatronic Records. In 2005, new music was released, both in the form of a rarities album titled The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Vol. 1 and in new music from an upcoming album.
A new tour was also started, but M.33 had been kicked out of the band for starting fights and Adam 12, while present on the upcoming album, was not touring. Former Alien Ant Farm guitarist Terry Corso and former Halfcocked (the first band on Spider's label) guitarist Johnny Rock were brought in to round out the live show. The band has recently completed their new album, called Destroy What You Enjoy, which was released on August 1, 2006. The band is now signed to DRT Enterainment, who released their latest album, of which the song "Wild World" was the first single.
On May 21, 2007, Powerman 5000 confirmed via a Myspace blog post that they will be releasing a new studio album in 2007. The following is taken directly from said post: "Concidering the bands track record of putting out cds once every three years it seems hard to believe that, yes we will put out a new disc in 2007!! It's all just beginning to develop and the wheres, whos and whats are to be determined but new rock is on the way!!"
On June 29, 2007, Powerman 5000 released a new post asking their fans, "Should there even be an actual CD? Would it matter to anyone if the record was only available as a download? Just curious... what do ya think?" this was followed with 55+ comments begging for an actual CD.
Also, it has recently been announced that the band is putting together a live EP to be released in 2007. |
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