Alien Ant Farm

I was hooked.

After the video ended, I grabbed my keys and headed to the record store to buy the Alien Ant Farm album.

Four years after "Smooth Criminal" Alien Ant Farm is set to release its third album, "Up In the Attic" July 18; however, the band hit several road bumps on the way.

In 2002 the band was involved in a bus accident in Spain. All members of the band were injured, but none worse than lead singer Dryden Mitchell. Mitchell fractured his C2 vertebra, the same injury Christopher Reeve suffered. However, Mitchell was able to recover, but has to live with the numbing pain. In 2003 the group released its second album "TrueAnt," but the album failed to live up to expectations.

Then the group was dropped from its record company, Geffen and picked up by New Door/Universal. If that wasn't enough, guitarist Terry Corso quit the band, citing "irreconcilable differences," and Joe Hill was named the new guitarist.

But, after a lot of hardship, the band has come out stronger and is set for its third album and release of a music DVD July 18. Alien Ant Farm drummer Mike Cosgrove talks about the band's past, new album and future.

AL) You guys got an album coming out July 18, how excited are you for that?
MG) Actually, really excited. It's been a long time coming. We've had this record done for about a year. And coming from DreamWorks to Geffen