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Powerman 5000
Background information
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Genre(s)	Alternative metal Industrial metal Punk rock
Years active	1991 – Present
Label(s)	DRT Entertainment Megatronic Records Dreamworks Records / Interscope Records
Website	http://www.powerman5000.com
Members
Spider One Siggy Sjursen Johnny Rock Adrian Ost

Powerman 5000, frequently referred to as PM5K, are a Boston-based alternative metal/punk rock band formed in 1991. Frontman Spider One (Michael Cummings) is the younger brother of Rob Zombie (Robert Cummings).

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early Years 1.2 Dreamworks and Tonight the Stars Revolt! 1.3 The Band's Transformation 1.4 Destroy What You Enjoy 1.5 The Powerman Influence 2 Band Members 2.1 Current Members 2.2 Past Members 3 Discography 3.1 Studio Albums 3.2 EPs 3.3 Compilations 3.4 Single Chart Positions 3.5 Music Videos 3.6 Other Tracks 3.7 Appearances in popular culture 4 External links

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 1991, 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 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 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.

Powerman 5000 was credited for playing the song Almost Dead in the game Shadow the Hedgehog, which can be found in the album Lost and Found : Shadow the Hedgehog Vocal Trax. Powerman 5000 has also released tracks to games, such as FreQuency (with its sequel, Amplitude, MX vs. ATV Unleashed, Gran Turismo 3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder, SX SuperStar and WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW. Frequency featured "Danger Is Go!", off of their Anyone For Doomsday album. MX vs. ATV Unleashed featured "Heroes and Villains", THPS2 featured "When Worlds Collide", SX SuperStar and Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder featured "Bombshell" (and was a WWE theme for the Dudleys and was modeled by TNA for the same team during their TNA run) and Smackdown! vs. RAW featured "Riot Time", "The Last Night on Earth", and "The Way It Is", all of which have close sound to their Transform album. Their hit song Action was also the title track for the EA Sports game NASCAR Thunder 2004. Moving on into movie soundtacks, Powerman 5000 recorded "Ultra Mega" for the Dracula 2000 soundtrack, "The End is Over" for the Titan A.E. soundtrack, a remix of "Son of X-51" for the Bride of Chucky soundtrack, a cover of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax" for the Zoolander soundtrack, and included a live performance of "Get On, Get Off" for the Scream 3 Soundtrack.

• Spider One - Vocals
• Siggy Sjursen - Bass
• Adrian Ost - Drums

• Johnny Heatley - Guitar
• Terry Corso - Guitar
• Adam Williams - Guitar
• Mike Tempesta - Guitar
• Dorian Heartsong - Bass
• Allen Pahanish - Drums
• Jordan Cohen- Percussion
• Lamar Lowder- Producer
• Brian Collymore- DJ

• The Blood Splat Rating System (1995) (Later revamped as Mega!! Kung Fu Radio)
• Mega!! Kung Fu Radio (1997)
• Tonight the Stars Revolt! (1999)
• Anyone for Doomsday? (2001)
• Transform (2003)
• Destroy What You Enjoy (2006)

• A Private Little War (5 song cassette, 1993)
• True Force (1994)
• The Korea EP (2005)

• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Vol. 1 (2004)

Year	Song	Modern Rock Tracks	US Mainstream Tracks	Album
1999	"When Worlds Collide"	18	16	Tonight the Stars Revolt!
2000	"Ultra Mega"	-	38	Dracula 2000 Soundtrack
2000	"Nobody's Real"	23	18	Tonight the Stars Revolt!
2001	"Bombshell"	-	26	Anyone for Doomsday?
2003	"Free"	38	10	Transform
2003	"Action"	-	27	Transform
2006	"Wild World"	?	?	Destroy What You Enjoy

• "Wild World" (2006)
• "Action" (2003)
• "Free" (2003)
• "Relax" (2001)
• "Bombshell" (2001)
• "Supernova Goes Pop" (2000)
• "They Know Who You Are" (2000)
• "Nobody's Real" (1999)
• "When Worlds Collide" (1999)
• "Organizized" (1998)
• "Tokyo Vigilante #1" (1997)

Plans have been made to create a video for Return to the City of the Dead from the Destroy What You Enjoy album. Confirmed by Spider One himself on the official Powerman 5000 forum.

• Almost Dead (Lost and Found: Shadow the Hedgehog Vocal Trax and Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave Soundtrack)
• Creep (Radiohead Cover)
• Get On, Get Off (Scream 3 Soundtrack)
• Give Me Something I Need (Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave Soundtrack)
• Heroes and Villains ( MX vs. ATV Pc-Game)
• Relax (Zoolander Soundtrack)
• Rise (Full Version)
• The Son of X-51 Remix (Bride of Chucky Soundtrack)
• The End is Over (Titan A.E. Soundtrack)
• The Next Great Failure of Man (Tonight The Stars Revolt! Demo)
• Treat Me Like A Stranger (Was supposedly going to be on Destroy What You Enjoy)
• Ultra Mega (Dracula 2000 Soundtrack)
• Where We Belong Tonight (Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave Soundtrack)

"Bombshell" was also featured in Freddy Vs Jason and Alien vs. Predator .

"Ultra Mega" was featured in Dracula 2000 .

"Strike the Match" was featured on an episode of Beverly Hills 90210, with Tori Spelling as the star of the video.

Patrick Star of SpongeBob SquarePants is a fan of the band Stingray 5000, which is a spoof of Powerman 5000.

The songs "Riot Time", "The Last Night on Earth", "The Way It Is", and "When Worlds Collide" are all on WWE Smackdown! vs. RAW.

• Official Powerman 5000 Website
• Powerman 5000 on Myspace
• DRT Entertainment
• Megatronic Records Website
• Powerman 5000 Fanlisting