Alien Ant Farm & the genitalia case

2023-01-06 by Fernando Alves | 42 Comments
Alien Ant Farm vocalist, Dryden Mitchell, was charged with battery by a 45-year-old Miami fan after allegedly taking his hand and moving it toward his groin during 'Smooth Criminal' (Michael Jackson cover). The genitalia incident occurred on October the 29th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.



The man filed a complaint against Dryden Mitchell on November 15th with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.

According to Metal Injection, "[The fan] stated the reason for the delay in making a police report was because the incident was not sitting well with him. [He] did not feel this was proper behavior to do in front of all the concertgoers and also stated there were kids in the crowd as well. [The fan] advised he wanted to report the incident to police."




For more detailed info please read Metal Injection's full article:
https://metalinjection.net/metal-crimes/alien-ant-farms-vocalist-charged-with-assault-after-allegedly-moving-a-fans-hand-toward-his-genitals

Tagged: Alien Ant Farm

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Josh D.
January 6th 2023
18141 Comments


I mean, not appropriate behavior, but I feel like the fan is being a dork tbh.

Josh D.
January 6th 2023
18141 Comments


*shaking in a PTSD spasm two months later, thinking about Dryden Mitchell's dick*

HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

MoM
January 6th 2023
5994 Comments


I can’t believe his name’s Dryden

Eons
January 6th 2023
3778 Comments


what does him being a miami sports fan have to do with it?

gschwen
January 6th 2023
995 Comments


Incident starts around 2:45 in attached video

OwMySnauze
January 6th 2023
2666 Comments


Nothing to see here.. no eggplant bandit on the loose

hobblepot
January 6th 2023
3000 Comments


I mean it’s not cool to do that, hope he gets a fine or something cos that would upset me as well

gryndstone
January 6th 2023
2975 Comments


i dont know about this one folks

henryChinaski
January 6th 2023
5191 Comments


well, at least now I know these guys are still around

Nomos2
January 6th 2023
2132 Comments


man I believe the validity in accusers' feelings, and by the sounds of things this was pretty fucking gross, but I watched the video and it's kind of...nothing? it lasts three seconds and is a sketchy accusation at best.

TheEnygma
January 6th 2023
149 Comments


did it in front of a crowd, so instead of a smooth criminal, it's just...criminal?

JoyfulPlatypus
Contributing Reviewer
January 6th 2023
1237 Comments


He thought it was so important to report this because "there were kids at the show" but waited like 3 months to do it huh

MoM
January 6th 2023
5994 Comments


What kid wants to hear Alien Ant Farm? 🤨

deathschool
January 6th 2023
29477 Comments


Dryden are you okay?

JoyfulPlatypus
Contributing Reviewer
January 6th 2023
1237 Comments


@MoM - it's weird to say it out loud but I effiing LOVED Alien Ant Farm growing up. Their popularity peaked right when I was a kid.

MoM
January 6th 2023
5994 Comments


I don’t blame you! i was just being cheeky. I’ve never checked out their stuff, so I’m not even sure what they sound like

bananatossing
January 6th 2023
2657 Comments


Grabbing your crotch publicly is dumb but maybe he was just trying to mimic Michael Jackson.

Edit: Oh, my bad. I see what happened now.

pennyroyal22
January 6th 2023
146 Comments


truANT is a legit masterpiece, and their first album was pretty good too.

I kind of don't have an opinion on how this turns out though. The incident based on the video didn't look like much but it's also hard to tell precisely what the motive was based on a video from so far away. It looked like just poorly calibrated performance movements to me but what do I know.

pennyroyal22
January 6th 2023
146 Comments


Eh on a second watch (at full screen this time) there's definitely a bit of weirdness going on. But Dryden Mitchell always seemed pretty fuckin weird anyway

Teal
January 6th 2023
672 Comments


I can understand why the fan was upset, although I wouldn't have taken this type of incident to that level. What's the endgame here? An apology? Money?

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
January 6th 2023
6419 Comments


wow, this band still exists?

ConcubinaryCode
January 6th 2023
8132 Comments


Not having people think it's ok to do to a fan?

AnusNballs
January 6th 2023
201 Comments


I can assure you that he’s guilty

gschwen
January 6th 2023
995 Comments


I love the Anthology album. It’s good front to back. Smooth Criminal is overplayed but that aside it’s a great cover.

MantisTobogganMD
January 7th 2023
497 Comments


If a random stranger (which Dryden basically is) did this, would it be acceptable?

Supercoolguy64
January 7th 2023
12005 Comments


The singer has been doing this for a while, pretty sure I saw an old live vid from like ‘09 where he straight up flashes his junk while playing this song

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
January 7th 2023
29666 Comments


no way his real name is dryden lol

DavidYowi
January 7th 2023
3512 Comments


wonder if this will get this band taken off Sick New World lmfao

this band keeps taking Ls. I remember news articles about how the guitarist got arrested for beating up and audience member for throwing a bottle of piss at him

chemicalmarriage
January 7th 2023
4737 Comments


Retarded bullshit goes down in Florida fucking shocker

YoYoMancuso
Emeritus
January 7th 2023
19776 Comments


michael jackson - sexual harassment

Calc
Contributing Reviewer
January 7th 2023
17999 Comments


this isn't exactly an L. It's more an lol since nothing will happen. The poor victim will get harassed online and that's it.

KevinKC
January 7th 2023
1598 Comments


It's "funny" how behaviours that you have to cope with on a daily basis at school between 11 and 18 years old becomes reasons to charge someone once you're an adult.
I'm not saying adults are whuss (even if they totally are), I'm saying school is trash.

botb
January 7th 2023
19789 Comments


You can’t do shit like this to 45 year old men in Florida, they’re gonna be too afraid they’re gay after they like it

MantisTobogganMD
January 7th 2023
497 Comments


And the thread somehow devolves into politics. Good job.

ToSmokMuzyki
January 7th 2023
14915 Comments


botb with ahrd fax

reaching up to hold his hand was already kinda gay in the first place

GhostShelter
January 8th 2023
1540 Comments


^the only crime.

foreverendeared
January 8th 2023
14745 Comments


Grow up, children.

botb
January 8th 2023
19789 Comments


“ And the thread somehow devolves into politics. Good job.”

Seems like you might need an extra large tissue for your magnum tears my guy

botb
January 8th 2023
19789 Comments


“ this band keeps taking Ls. I remember news articles about how the guitarist got arrested for beating up and audience member for throwing a bottle of piss at him”

Not to defend like dudebro behavior but if someone throws a bottle of piss at you I feel like beating them up is an understandable reaction

MoM
January 8th 2023
5994 Comments


“Not to defend like dudebro behavior but if someone throws a bottle of piss at you I feel like beating them up is an understandable reaction”

Shit, beating them up might be doing the general public a service if they’re going around pissing in bottles and throwing them like molotovs

MantisTobogganMD
January 8th 2023
497 Comments


Uh OK botb. Not sure how making a simple statement about a clearly non-political article being politicized is considered crying but do you boo.

Hendoi
January 9th 2023
857 Comments


Dryden



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