if Alien Ant Farm wrote "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE"

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[@BaronVonQuiply]

You're currently several of my favorite bands

[@PaulSpades]

+1

[@jr2904]

Great comment

[@Quietus31]

Best comment possible

[@justinbrown5384]

My thoughts exactly

[@alyssastead6202]

bruh too accurate 🤣

[@skeletalmesh9872]

There's an alternate dimension where this was the cover they made instead of Smooth Criminal

[@drakes1515]

Why instead and not just made it as well? I like their version better than Michael Jackson's. Lol

[@zephyr30]

and it's not in American Pie but in Destination Final

[@jmckennedy]

Their only mistake. 😢

[@iamaraindog385]

Instead Machine Head covers it on The Burning Red.

[@toymachine2328]

Smooth Criminal was a cover?

[@jesteroffire]

Getting the inflection at the end of every line is just 👌😩

[@macglocky]

The extra Dryden syllable

[@DarkestofTimes]

@@macglocky lol

[@smokejc]

Spot on

[@luhmayo647]

eee-AH

[@jacktaylor4970]

i can’t fathom how well this works, and the voice is damn near identical. awesome work lad!

[@PrinceRooster]

This is the answer to a question I never thought I needed to know.

[@waverider744]

yea

[@PaladinLostHour]

The way you emulate Dryden's vocal tics - the elongated trailing syllables, the way adds a phantom short a on words with a "by" sound like my and bye. I'm not sure if you're naturally good at it or study like a fiend, but either way, it's impressive.

[@romeomartinez5317]

When u grew up in the era of deftones, incubus, alient ant farm etc. It comes naturally, atleast for me. Another band that does a style like this is Relative Ash

[@PaladinLostHour]

@@romeomartinez5317 yeah there's certain aspects that are common to like driving and say like Chito Moreno or Stephen Richards from Taproot, but Dryern does have some really distinct vocal tics as well.

[@Sildara]

Glocky, your talent is scary. Well done, sir

[@jeffyjeff1]

How had I not realized that Incubus and AAF were distant cousins until hearing you emulate both

[@Pendarr]

Both were fans of Primus, maybe some crossover there? lol

[@canyounotmydude9155]

SoCal alt-rock/alt(nu)-metal sound. Hoobastank sounded like that too for a bit and Linkin Park emulated *some* stuff from it (since they're literally from the same place in LA County as Hoobastank and Incubus) 311 pretty much started the sound, though they're from Nebraska lol.

[@TwoAcresandaMule]

@@canyounotmydude9155 wow. never knew that.

[@bsquinney]

Thinking the same thing!

[@TheBrandonn]

@@canyounotmydude9155 Saw LP and incubus live together back in 2011

[@werefox85]

Good idea suggested to the right person. Mac is obviously an Alien Ant Farm fan. They way he plays the AAF non radio/mtv style so well makes it clear he know his way around an AAF cd.

[@madelinehoyle1059]

Literally when the vocals kicked in I was like "YES HE'S A FAN!" 😂 He nailed it.

[@kingbeepis3880]

This song has MAD Whisper vibes. Down to the cadence. Man knows his B sides.

[@jameswhite5076]

Agreed. I think people overlooked AAF because of the radio stuff (even though i love 'movies' and find it nostalgic) but it's far from what the band is really like

[@seemourbutts6679]

CHIMES USED TO BREAK MY WISH

[@doylerudolph7965]

@@jameswhite5076 This video tells me I should listen to more AAF. I love Smooth Criminal and like These Days, but this Incubus style is even more my jam.

[@vicedetsYT]

I'm absolutely in awe how you nailed the vocals

[@RedSpiralHandTV]

Damn!

[@stincomanadam]

If MUSE sang California Girls.

[@RandomDude647]

holy fuck i want this now

[@-GrnDZer0-]

Katy Perry or Beach Boys?

[@laurenkaitlyn6341]

Not a bad idea!

[@fionamilway5628]

Yes please!!!

[@streetsurgery]

Sounds fantastic. The transition between the yell and more melodic singing is perfect.

[@ramsoomair]

AAF always goes harder than they needed.

[@kylemills9192]

remember when they got arrested for crashing the BET Awards to film the video for "These Days"?

[@kishascape]

@@kylemills9192those were the days

[@jordanregan5301]

100% nailed it! The world needs more AAF covers!

[@burningtheevidence8038]

It's missing some crazy bassline, but apart from that I'd say 9.5 out of 10 points and I don't blame him because emulating Tye's playstyle is nearly impossible ;)

[@streetxjammingdualxscreens9228]

@@burningtheevidence8038bro it’s totally possible! Just tricky/challenging 😉 Les Claypool on the other hand…

[@burningtheevidence8038]

@@streetxjammingdualxscreens9228 Well Les Claypool is technically phenomenal, but in my opinion he misses the elegant yet goofy funk Tye has incorporated in his playstyle.

[@psychzach1588]

You're quickly becoming half of my playlist

[@jjdees]

This is the cover nobody knew they needed, until they heard it. 1000000000000000000 out of 10

[@kyco1122]

Ya he’s great

[@scottmacneil7109]

Sounds like Incubus aswell. Pretty sick!

[@crazyhuckman1]

I was thinking the same thing

[@freedomgesus4634]

Jesus this slapped so much harder than i expected. Bro your channel randomly came up in my feed and now i cant stop watching. Crazy talent man.

[@davidpearson6916]

If Presidents of the United States of America wrote Birdhouse In Your Soul

[@blunderbass851]

👀

[@PaulGuy]

What a strangely perfect combo.

[@RocketDogShawn]

I came back just to say I would love to hear this

[@Azihayya]

That sounds fire.

[@deevolutiojr]

My first concert was They Might Be Giants. Upvote this more.

[@letsseethat3198]

If creed wrote a thousand miles by Vanessa Carlton

[@subiebro2803]

That guitar tone holy moly 🤝

[@josephgillespie7298]

FILTER vibes on that tone

[@mortamarkahn]

This is objectively one of the most well done covers on the platform. FANTASTIC work!

[@bsevilla23]

That chorus is SO JUICY. I could listen to a 10 hour repeat of that alone. Great cover.

[@jessedeleon4123]

Like starburst it’s sweet

[@lockingdiff]

I've been regularly listening to everything you've got on Spotify and adding this one to the mix asap. Absolutely incredible. 👏👏👏 You've captured the Anthology sound spot on (specifically "Wish").

[@itswhzly]

My god this is so good I wish you did tutorials on vocal production because your attempts to match the vocal processing techniques are fucking GOLD like GOLD my god we don’t deserve you

[@zero11010]

If the B-52s covered Beautiful People.

[@YouTubecansuckit]

Omfg yasss

[@BioMusing]

If Slipknot wrote ironic

[@asuka_the_void_witch]

amazing lol

[@SGhosht]

If Alanis wrote wait and bleed

[@michaelvreeken4542]

Seriously hoping this one’s makes it to Spotify. One of my favourites and I think some of your best work

[@danielprince229]

Dude. This is so good. That is an understatement. This is like it should have always been made this way. But that’s still an understatement. You are so talented at basically everything you cover at meeting the feel of the original and yet your energy and commitment to making the song as stylistically enjoyable as possible is something I just haven’t found in all my years watching covers. You’re the best at this.

[@ReadAndReturn]

This definitely has "Forgive & Forget" vibes written all over it.

[@SeNo_JeKuL91]

Brooo you definitely killed this one!!! 🤙

[@XilonVampyR]

When I first read I saw ''Genie In A Bottle'' and I said oh hell yeah tat's gonna sound sick, but then I started to listen and said ''wait a minute'' but nonetheless great cover, you always deliver propperly

[@zadtheinhaler]

NGL, a metalized Genie In A Bottle would go damn hard too!

[@HelloIamClay]

Fuck yeah. Genie in a Bottle x AAF

[@vipe650r]

So I'm not the only tired brain here.

[@toymachine2328]

Same. "Is that how that goes? Seems familiar, but it's not what I was thinking it'd be."

[@punky100]

I didn't want to comment because I thought I would be the only one, but alas, here we all are lol

[@chadg2422]

This cover is absolutely insane.

[@ryanrobinson4072]

This is really good. Most people will never actually get to know that AAF is pretty damn good. Unless you look for them you’ll only hear a played out smooth criminal. I glad you took on the better parts of the band. Great take on this. As always…..super impressed. You’re extreme talents are much appreciated

[@tristanedwards7302]

Completely agree - Their first record is SO good. Heaps of bangers. The Smooth Criminal is what it is, but their original songs are awesome

[@sean501st]

Alien ant farm is my favorite band. Listen to them even to this day. And this is 100% on point. Thank you for this!

[@uBeR10]

Seems like some Coheed and Cambria influence

[@pablocallizob]

If Chevelle wrote Last Train to London

[@ganjajon]

Yeahhhh dude! Get it Glocky

[@channelname9734]

You imitated Dryden's vocals so well 😭 (delivery sounds just like from " Whisper") Good job!

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

That was so AMAZINGLY cool. I'd love to hear you do 'if Arctic Monkeys wrote Eye Of The Tiger."

[@wigglyfruit4708]

Yes 👏

[@kingokaze]

If Smashing Pumpkins wrote "I'm So Sick" by Flyleaf

[@Ernestoficial.x]

Incubus - I Want It that way (BSB)

[@GregJustDontCare]

This is currently my favorite version of this song

[@smokedog9677]

If someone told me this was Alien Ant Farm I would not even question it.

[@matticusrenwood]

It took me up until the pre chorus to realise this wasn’t Genie In A Bottle

[@unburdenmusic]

You're creating some unbelievable music.

[@justinkyle5091]

All of his vids are best played at 3:45 in the morning

[@williammurphy6104]

These are the best covers because you completely transform them more than what normally happens when one band covers another. You can barely tell this is the same song.

[@roxyathena]

You really did this song justice. Excellent job!

[@federicocunese]

How AAF underappreciated is... Please keep it coming! More AAF covers!!!

[@ferrangracia1754]

Nailed it! How you get from scream to clean vocals at the verses, wow!

[@lildoge7100]

You actually nailed their style without too much reference to “Smooth Criminal.” You’ve done your listening. ❤

[@JS-ij3ks]

This guy needs to release every single one of these mashup covers. So fucking good!!

[@RunDM3]

Absolutely wild how you can emulate.

[@senbonzakurakageyoshi662]

Man, that riff was awesome!!!

[@lithix2940]

I need this on Spotify asap. what a banger!

[@nativetoe]

I’m getting Earshot vibes out of this as well. Awesome work🙌

[@Stoke3847]

If Deftones wrote Mexican Radio

[@ben-d]

Lol, I read "Genie in a Bottle" and was confused at first...

[@ToastontheEastCoast]

I'm glad I'm not the only one whose brain did this, lol.

[@aliasxn]

lmao same

[@MatthewPusey44]

As someone who only knows AAF for that one very popular song, I didn't know they were heavier!

[@lu5445]

Getting hints of Incubus too, loving it

[@HelloIamClay]

Good lord, son. Yes.

[@nickloper2542]

Holy shit, this couldn't get any better! Love it!

[@bazumafoo886]

DUDE, I LOVE Alien Ant Farm!

[@jimlthor]

Nice. Glad you posted the full version of this

[@hessanscounty3592]

As someone who grew up listening to the Police and Sting, I appreciate this reinterpretation a lot! Keep up the good work. 😸

[@netherhound1843]

Kinda sounds like taproot. Not a bad thing

[@coldwynd]

If the B-52's wrote "Know Your Enemy" by RATM

[@greenedog22]

I love the Tay Zonday “I move away from the mic to take a breath” thing you got going on there 🤣🤣

[@Isibar]

Little bit of Incubus in it ❤

[@EvermoreTheNightmare]

Dude, if you played this for somebody and told them it was Alien Ant Farm, they would actually believe it and not question anything. You're damn good at singing like Alien Ant Farm. I think it's better than your Deftones . You need to do more songs in the style of Ailen Ant Farm.

[@SporadicX2]

Absolutely fantastic! You have incredible talent!

[@dedballoons]

Jesus Christ you're an excellent arranger.

[@Azihayya]

Choose one: - If Muse wrote Running Up That Hill - If Pink Floyd wrote Army of Me

[@martamaszkiewicz341]

I want To hear this Running up that Hill, brilliant!

[@FAFO.K7NG]

YES!!!! If anyone here hasn't listened to AAF, Check these songs out: S.S. Recognize These Days Glow they're versatile and have a lot of different styles. These are 3 favorites of mine

[@CMSnyder80]

I wasn't sure how you would pull off Dryden's vocal stylings but am amazed how you did it. Not just the mannerisms but even sounded quite like him. The music is a perfect 'mashup' and the vocal work.... I know this is the second song where my comment focuses on the vocal performance and while I do vocals in my band, I am more a guitarist/songwriter so the fact that I keep feeling the need to comment on the amazingness of the vocal work really says something.

[@BudgetFilmmaking]

Excellent vid. Please Breaking Benjamin! Maybe Ain't No Sunshine, or Total Eclipse.

[@JakeTheMDog]

If Deftones wrote I Write Sins Not Tragedies

[@richie4421]

Just discovered you and now can’t get enough!! LEGEND !!!

[@alexmcleod4252]

I want an album of all the covers you do. I really enjoy them, thank you!

[@matthewjelley8523]

Amazing! Got their sound so well

[@klaudiajaniuk9104]

this is too good I can't even, thank you so much for your effort

[@Splitgage2600]

So sick..you nail it every time. You have something no one else on KZbin comes close to.

[@sisyphusboulder4819]

dope yo!

[@kaulitzbill]

This is one of your absolute best. 🤩

[@dontbother957]

This is OUSTANDING. Lifetime subscriber to your channel .

[@slandshark]

This is a complete masterpiece of mix ups. I love The Police and Alien Ant Farm.... This was too good.

[@miljansimonovic]

Dude, you are insanely talented! Listening to your work has put me in such an elated emotional state, and reignited the love for the bands of my youth! You have such a knack for expressing the nuances of each of their unique sonic signatures, while also adding your creative touch to each song. I really hope that the original band members get to hear these versions, I am sure they would be stoked!

[@jmparchives8826]

a remix i didn’t realize i needed. phenominal

[@toadiscoil]

Another awesome rendition. Brilliant

[@LittleKiksadi]

Broooo. You nailed it again! More Alien Ant Farm please!

[@definfected]

Fantastic work my dude!! Thanks for sharing!! Much ❤ Mac!!

[@seanhoeft8223]

Your currently all I want to hear. Transitions are great, flow is awesome. I haven't felt like that with alternative rock in a long time. Thank mane

[@r0beert102]

this works out really well, you rocked this! hoping it comes to a streaming service!

[@josephcusack5190]

i've been casually "finding" your mashups. you've got my attention now. well played Sir. you smashed this.

[@user-td4gh6kj2z]

Dude this just got me listening to Alien Ant Farm and reliving growing up their all day today. You continue to crush these!

[@demo1613]

Dude all of your covers are so forking good.

[@atreidespendragon]

Dang, homeboy put all his skill points in charisma

[@JawasRandomStuff]

i need this on spotify so bad, this is epic. Well, all of your stuff is :D

[@datoneguy3726]

this amount of talent is insane.

[@jakethedrummer2814]

Bro this might be the best thing I’ve heard so far this year. You’re killing it my dude.🤘🏼