After a tweet featuring the band's 2001 'Smooth Criminal' video went viral, we spoke with singer Dryden Mitchell about their lone hit: 'It was kind of a flex.'
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The video is still so much fun to watch. The band is performing in a boxing ring on a lawn, you’re all doing the anti-gravity tilt from the original “Smooth Criminal” video, a kid is dancing in an MJ-like surgical mask, there’s a monkey in your lap. It’s a lot! If I remember correctly, either MTV or our label DreamWorks was trying to connect us with some soundtrack for the WWE. … Although [the song] didn’t tie into wrestling at all, that’s where the ring came in.
When you asked if we had any reservations of how it would be received, the only person we were mindful of was Michael Jackson himself. We were kind of worried. We sent the video to MJ to get his nod of approval. And he commented back that he didn’t really dig the kid with the mask. I think MJ wore that mask because of all of his failed surgeries. We were like, “Oh s—, maybe we should remove it.” We were already on tour.
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