Powerman 5000
Feb 23, 2014
The American nu metal band, Powerman 5000 (sometimes abbreviated to PM5K) will be releasing "How to be a Human" on March 3rd from their upcoming eighth album, Builders of the Future due out on May 6th.
Formed in 1991 and led by vocalist Spider (aka Michael Cummings, also know as Spider One or MC Spider, the younger brother of Rob Zombie), the Boston-based underground electro-metal band Powerman 5000 earned a popular cult following along the East Coast with the release of their 1994 indie debut album, True Force, and 1995's The Blood Splat Rating System, the latter of which appeared on Conscience Records. Two years later, the band moved to Dreamworks (and relocated to Los Angeles), where they released a revamped version of their debut as Mega!! Kung Fu Radio. They have released seven albums over the course of their career and gained their highest commercial success with 1999's Tonight the Stars Revolt!, which reached No. 29 on the Billboard 200 album chart while spawning the top 40 hits "When Worlds Collide" and "Nobody's Real". Their latest release, covers album Copies Clones & Replicants, came out in 2011 through indie label Cleopatra Records.