10 Most Underrated Nu Metal Songs

Of all the biggest hits to come out of the nu metal era, Alien Ant Farm’s cover of Smooth Criminal has always been a point of contention. For fans, this was either the one time where nu metal decided to have some fun for once, or this was the sell out version of the genre that had no business being next to people like Korn or Coal Chamber. Alien Ant Farm weren’t concerned with sounding nasty all the time though, and Movies is just a good time from start to finish.

While most of the song isn’t nearly as catchy as the MJ song that they were cribbing from, those overdriven guitars and Dryden Mitchell’s whiny cadence feels right at home on this track. They believed in this song too, releasing different music videos for the track and even cosplaying as famous movie characters throughout history.

Which is strange considering that this is not a happy song, being about a breakup and spending so much time with your lover only to throw it all down the drain. For a band that always wanted to feel at home in the nu metal sphere, this is almost too adolescent to even qualify for a list like this. If anything, this song feels like one of the lesser pop punk breakup songs that somehow disguised itself as a nu metal track.