''Anyone for Doomsday?'' is the third full-length album by American rock band

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Background

The album was originally slated as the follow-up to 1999's ''

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''. Spider has said in interviews that the album was dropped because it sounded too much like the previous album and that he wanted to release something fresh and different instead of repeating himself. During this time, however, conflicts began to arise causing longtime members Dorian 27 (Dorian Heartsong) and Al3 (Allen Pahanish) to leave the band. As a result, the album went unreleased for many years. The album was available for a while on Powerman 5000's official website through Spider One's record label, Megatronic Records. The promotional copies featured artwork that was different from the copies available on the website. The album however was taken down for legal reasons. The album is now available in full on

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and the physical copy of the album has become a collectors item.

In other media

*"Bombshell" served as the only single from the album. It has also been used in several notable events, such as the theme song for the

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during the last 18 months of their first

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tenure. It also appeared on the ''

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'' soundtrack and in the 2001 film ''

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''. It was also used in '' NHL Hitz 20-03,'' '' Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder,'' and '' SX Superstar''. *"Danger Is Go!" is featured on the

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Track listing

*The song "The Future That Never Was" ends at 4:35. After 30 seconds of silence (4:35–5:05), a

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starts; it's a strange transmission-like sound with some additional beats before cutting off completely. * The original version of "Rise" can be found on demo versions of the album. * "Disease of Machinery" is sometimes listed as "Machines for the Living" on the back

Credits

* Adam 12 – guitar * Al 3 – drums * Terry Date – producer * Dorian 27 – bass * Spider One – vocals * M.33 – guitar *

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– producer *

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– A&R

Chart positions

Singles - ''

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anyone for Doomsday? Powerman 5000 albums Cyberpunk music 2001 albums Albums produced by Ulrich Wild Albums produced by Terry Date DreamWorks Records albums