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Media: Powerman 5000 post video for "Wild World"

Contributed by mammothpress. Posted by Justin on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 11:00 AM (EDT)

Powerman 5000 have unveiled the new video from their upcoming album, Destroy What You Enjoy, which is due out on August 1st. You can see the clip for "Wild World" here.

Destroy What You Enjoy follows up the band's 2003 album, Transform, where the band shed much of their nü-metal leanings in favor of a punkier sound that is compared to latter-day music from Billy Idol and fellow Bostonians Explosion. It is their first for label DRT Entertainment. The band also released a 2005 compilation of rarities entitled The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Vol. 1

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colin (July 18, 2006)

these dudes are still around? didn't they have that one hit song for about 15 minutes on mtv right before a korn special?

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Someone (July 18, 2006)

HAHAHAHAHA holy shit, everyone needs to watch the video. It's hilarious.

Dante3000 (rich) (July 18, 2006)

Here's the thing, they had one hit album that was released forever ago. Then they spent all this time with label troubles and saying they were working their next album to complete their "grand plan". More time passes, less people care.
Finally (while I was at a radio station) the promo press packet showed up. And here were these guys who had a video on a space ship now with press photos of them practicing in a garage and playing what was described as "punk".
Guys, if you're going to jump ship, do it over a couple of albums and not all at once, it looks awkward.
-Dante

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RecordTheory (July 18, 2006)

very well put. i was gonna say, it seemed weird that this band was seeing coverage on this site, but i guess their imagectomy was successful.

MattRamone (July 18, 2006)

Isn't one of the dudes in PM5000 brothers with someone in another band? I dunno. Maybe I heard wrong.

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Someone (July 18, 2006)

Yeah, Rob Zombie.

Fuzzy (justin) (July 18, 2006)

"Spider One" is Rob Zombie's brother.

Dante3000 (rich) (July 18, 2006)

Thought it was half brother? Either way Rob has to be let down that Spider's gimmick sucks ass.
-Dante

Someone (July 18, 2006)

Who else used to listen to nu-metal back in the day?

I'm ashamed to admit I liked Slipknot, Korn, and the Deftones.

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coffee_kid (July 18, 2006)

i'm not so ashamed to admit i still listen to korn.

danperrone (July 18, 2006)

some of the guys in slipknot are more talented than most people in all the bands we know and love today

case in point drummer joey jordison

Someone (July 18, 2006)

too many people let tallented artists slide when shitty music is made. talented musicians does not a good song make. case in point , avenged sevenfold

Someone (July 18, 2006)

Indeed!

coffinfullofnails (July 18, 2006)

both very fucking good points.

Big_Guy (July 18, 2006)

yeah, like those dudes that hit trashcans with baseball bats.

those guys are super talented.

but yeah, Jordison is really great.....shame he's in a shit band

SkolarX (July 18, 2006)

his other band, the muderdolls were fucking incredible. i feel dirty for saying that but they were

mattp330 (July 18, 2006)

good story for you. when i was a freshman in college, i went to a Strawberries at midnight to pick up chocolate starfish and the hot dog flavored water........ im an idiot. deftones aren't nu metal

Someone (July 18, 2006)

What is a Strawberries, and yes, you were an idiot during your freshman year.

mattp330 (July 18, 2006)

its a record store, and even though i was an idiot, it could be worse, i could have been a "yeah dude" like 75 percent of the people at the school

colin (July 18, 2006)

linkin park's first album is actually decent for radio rap rock / nu metal. other than that, no.

Someone (July 18, 2006)

Wrong

kozaihod (July 18, 2006)

No. No. Bad. No.

Only good LP song is 'Faint', other than that none of their songs are 'decent'.

Someone (July 18, 2006)

I remember my friend had somehow burnt their first album before it came out, and this was when the whole downloading thing was picking up and I thought it was crazy, and we listened to that cd like every day and no one knew who they were. I used to think it was hot shit. I mean, at least it was different.

DiscoFucker (July 18, 2006)

I still listen to the Deftones. White Pony is incredible.

Someone (July 18, 2006)

I prefer the earlier stuff, but yeah. I listen to them. In fact, I didn't /start/ listening to them until like 2004.

joeg (July 18, 2006)

i still listen to system of a down and deftones. don't listen now but used to like powerman 5000, sevendust and korn.

Someone (July 18, 2006)

Yup. I listened to all kinds of nu-metal nonsense. Like a few people have already said, though, the Deftones are not and never have been nu-metal. It really is a shame they get lumped into that category. But when they were out and big, how else was Maverick supposed to market them?

Someone (July 18, 2006)

Deftones "White Pony" is a great album, and Linkin Park's first album is just some good stuff, every song is a single.

SkolarX (July 18, 2006)

i've been waiting for Chester to release a solo album. the guy is an incredible singer but i find the other guy to be amazingly annoying. once i went to a linkin park show in a smallish venue, i think it was an mtv 2 dollar bill show or something to hang up posters and had to listen to little girls telling me that i looked just like chester because i have a bald head, glasses and lots of tattoos. welcome change from hearing that i look like moby but rather odd since i look nothing like the guy

Someone (July 18, 2006)

1999 for me

SalsaShark (July 19, 2006)

Linkin Park is pretty much the worst band in the world.

SalsaShark (July 19, 2006)

Linkin Park is pretty much the worst band in the world.

Someone (July 18, 2006)

there is nothing wrong with the deftones my friend.
chino is a genius. have you heard team sleep? come on..

-greyicewater

Someone (July 18, 2006)

is there a link to the old powerman 5000 radio hit? like a music video?

because this doesnt seem at all like the same band i vaguely remember

danperrone (July 18, 2006)

ARE you ready to go

CAUSE i'm ready to go

WHAT you gonna do

BABY, BABY

the_other_scott (July 18, 2006)

dude looks like a clownier version of billy idol

miniblindbandit (July 18, 2006)

I'll admit it. I like this band. Mega Kung Fu Radio was a fun record. I'm kind of curious about this new one since they've pretty much changed their sound with every album since then.

Someone (July 18, 2006)

These guys peaked when they were on Beverly Hills 90210 and had Tori Spelling dancing like a whore to their music.

Someone (July 18, 2006)

I guess there is little money in nu-metal, but lots of bucks to be made playing the "punk rock." Kiss my ass, Powerman 5000.

retistictumblweed (July 18, 2006)

It's no "When Worlds Collide," that's for sure. Not bad, a bit generic, but I have a certain tolerance for this stuff thanks to Fsicherspooner and the Killers. I'll probably stream it a couple of times, but not worth money, that's for sure.

sickboi (chris) (July 18, 2006)

Justin, what the fuck?

I don't ever get on the "this shouldn't be posted on the site" bandwagon, but I'm gonna have to saddle up for this shit.

Maybe I'm just hungry. I ordered a sandwich a little while ago so I bet someone's breaking up today.

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Fuzzy (justin) (July 18, 2006)

Sometimes it's nice to throw things out there that shake things up. The fact that a nü-metal band took such an abrupt shift in their sound right at the time with that genre totally lost it's legs and picked up the new TRL sound should at least generate some good discussion and shows how commercialized not just punk, but especially the very "street-punk" image that this band is sporting has become.

sickboi (chris) (July 18, 2006)

I guess I'm just basing my opinion on that "Are you ready to go" song that was on Tony Hawk. Shit was soooooo annoying.

drewcifer (July 18, 2006)

yeah, justin let's FINALLY tackle "how commercialized... punk... has become" with some good fresh dialogue, how very controversial of you. clap clap clap.

Someone (July 18, 2006)

Got you talking.

Fuzzy (justin) (July 18, 2006)

Oh, and how's this really different from Mastadon, Aiden or any other number of other "not punk" bands that we report on? At least this band's sound is somewhat rooted in classic punk at this point...

drewcifer (July 18, 2006)

this is definitely not "rooted in classic punk", it's a god damn cheap knock off of good charlotte with gruff vocals.

MonkeyFracas (July 18, 2006)

A) Mastodon make good music
B) They tour with and are therefore connected to punk/hardcore

sickboi (chris) (July 18, 2006)

Is Sevendust the one with the dudes from Sepultura?

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Fuzzy (justin) (July 18, 2006)

That's Soulfly.

Someone (July 18, 2006)

Powerman 5000 loves jumping on whatever trend they can... rap-rock, Rob Zombie influenced rock, nu-metal, and now pop-punk.

And by Rob Zombie influenced rock I mean he was trying to leech off his brother by doing a similar Sci-Fi type shit... just instead of doing horror style songs and dressing up as a zombie he did more straight up sci-fi type shit and dressed up like a "spaceman."

Someone (July 18, 2006)

tim skold and shotgun messiah did this first and did this better.

Someone (July 18, 2006)

Count me in the camp ashamed to admit i owned sevendust, pm5k, korn, limp bizkit albums...oye

Someone (July 18, 2006)

got offered to open up for them in jersey, want a 100 tix sold

Someone (July 18, 2006)

check out the early shit by this shit poser band.....
http://music.yahoo.com/ar-261270---Powerman-5000

lo l

fucktard (July 18, 2006)

The singer looks like billy idol. Powerman 5000 playing this style of music makes me feel weird.

Scootz_McNasty (July 19, 2006)

I saw their drummer (who else would carry around a PM5000 bass drum head) at LAX not too long ago, and all i could think was, "they are still aorund? what was that one song they had? 'when worlds collide?' is that what it was called? eh, who cares?"

givemeamuseumandillfillit (July 20, 2006)

"there's money to be made...", hahah, this is just too easy.

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