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  NASA - NASA Dryden Pilot's Biographies - Herbert Henry Hoover
He was then assigned to a tactical group at Mitchell Field.
Because his position in the Army, as a Lieutenant, was temporary, he took the U.S. Civil Service exam in the spring of 1937, hoping to get a job with the Dept. of Agriculture.
When he accepted the job with Standard Oil, he said he didn't want to become what he called a "taxi driver," serving at the beck and call of corporate officials who wished to be flown from place to place.
www.nasa.gov /centers/dryden/news/Biographies/Pilots/bd-dfrc-p032.html   (856 words)

  
 Alien Ant Farm biography - 8notes.com
The band was involved in a bus accident while touring in Spain.
The driver died and the band members had several injuries, including a broken neck for lead singer Dryden Mitchell.
Finally in winter 2002, Alien Ant Farm returned to the studio to work on their next album called truANT, which was released in 2003 produced by Stone Temple Pilots' Robert and Dean DeLeo.
www.8notes.com /biographies/alien_ant_farm.asp   (291 words)

  
  Pollstar -- The Concert Hotwire
Two of Mitchell's vertebrae have been fused, he's gone through massive rehab and he wore a halo brace for three months.
Mitchell also said his fingertips have no feeling, which makes it hard to play guitar, and if he moves his head down, his arms fall asleep.
Mitchell said it will be a couple of months before Alien Ant Farm return to the studio.
www.pollstar.com /news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=2102   (191 words)

  
  Alien Ant Farm Booking Agent - Entertainment Agency - Talent Agency - Event Production - Entertainment Marketing
Mitchell was the most severely wounded of the quartet, suffering a fracture to his C2 vertebra.
Mitchell required surgery and was forced to wear a metal halo to restrict the movement of his head and neck during the long months of recovery.
Mitchell says "These Days," the first radio track off the disc, is "about realizing that things aren't bad even when they're bad." He elaborates: "When I think of it in relation to the accident, I realize, hey, don't sweat the small stuff.
www.indemandtalent.com /talent/artist.php?id=453055552   (1124 words)

  
 Ken Dryden's No. 29 retired by Canadiens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Canadiens raised Dryden's sweater number to the rafters of the Bell Centre during a touching ceremony attended by former head coach Al MacNeil and fellow goaltenders Vladislav Tretiak and Dave Dryden.
Dryden sat the entire 1973-74 NHL campaign over a contract dispute, opting to complete his law articling with a Toronto firm.
Dryden is the 12th player to have his number retired by the Canadiens.
www.cbc.ca /sports/hockey/story/2007/01/29/nhl-canadiens-dryden.html?ref=rss   (1587 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Alien Ant Farm Return   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Posted Sep 26, 2002 12:00 AM "I'm getting better each week," says Alien Ant Farm frontman Dryden Mitchell, in his first interview since a May bus crash that broke his neck, killed the driver, and injured the band and six crew members.
Mitchell made his first public appearance on September 7th, when he joined 311 onstage in Irvine, California.
As for the Ant Farm, Mitchell says it will be a couple of months before the band returns to the studio.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5933407/alien_ant_farm_return/print   (234 words)

  
 SoundAffects.net - CD Reviews
After a fatal bus accident in Spain in 2002 which killed their driver and seriously injured many of the band members and crew, a much longer hiatus for the band was planned.
However, when a routine band meeting was scheduled, frontman Dryden Mitchell (who sustained a broken neck in the accident) eagerly brought many newly penned songs to the meeting, which proved that you can keep a band down, but not down for long.
Mitchell's seemingly melodic screaming on the tracks was helped and enhanced by Robert DeLeo's ritual of preparing Mitchell for the daily dose of cayenne pepper on the lower extremities of the singer's body.
www.soundaffects.net /cdreviews/alienantfarm0703.html   (523 words)

  
 Alien Ant Farm - Up in the Attic Review - sputnikmusic
Explains Cosgrove: "When Dryden and I were fourteen, we loved a band called Spiderworks and we'd go to their shows all the time.
Vocally, Mitchell hasn't missed a beat, either: his chops and range are still there, and he can still sustain longer notes with his usual piss-and-vinegar gusto as well as maintain his mellower side.
Mitchell's wit also takes centerstage in the verses, with him remarking, "I've got friends in the highest places; they all got their goals.
www.sputnikmusic.com /review_9886   (1358 words)

  
 Metal Masters - News & Press Releases - Alien Ant Farm Singer Is Still Recovering   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Two of Mitchell's vertebrae have been fused, he's gone through massive rehab and he wore a halo brace for three months.
Mitchell also said his fingertips have no feeling, which makes it hard to play guitar, and if he moves his head down, his arms fall asleep.
Mitchell said it will be a couple of months before Alien Ant Farm return to the studio.
www.metalmasters.net /npr-alienantfarmsinger.html   (151 words)

  
 ALIEN ANT FARM STAR FACING SURGERY | News | NME.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Alien Ant Farm singer DRYDEN MITCHELL is likely to undergo surgery on his injured back while hospitalised in LONDON.
Dryden Mitchell was the most badly hurt of the bandmembers, with initial reports suggesting he suffered back injuries.
Mitchell has not traveled back to his native US with the rest of the group, instead opting to come to London for treatment.
www.nme.com /news/alien-ant-farm/11670   (427 words)

  
 Shoutweb.com - Interviews - Alien Ant Farm: A Little Bit Antsy
KROQ played it at one in the morning on one of the specialty shows and Mike and I were in the apartment listening to it and I was like, "Oh my God!" It's the same song but it sounded all crisp and weird.
Dryden: We wrote a song before that but it was gay so this is our first song.
Dryden: I had a problem in the studio with my throat and I went and saw this opera singer.
www.shoutweb.com /interviews/alienantfarm0301.phtml   (1339 words)

  
 The Leader
Dryden Mitchell, lead singer for Alien Ant Farm, yelled out to the crowd "You know we aren’t a punk band right, we were on Warp Tour, but we aren’ t punk, and that was a really punkish thing to do," in response to the moshers, crowd surfers, and the paraphernalia being thrown on stage.
When Mitchell did not stop singing and started walking away from the guard, the crowd responded with cheers and applause, obviously unaware that something serious could happen.
Although, once the finger was found and Gwen, who Mitchell says will forever be in debt to, was taken out of there, the show did go back on finishing up with, "Summer" and their popular cover of Michael Jackson’s "Smooth Criminal".
www.elmhurst.edu /~leader/archives/Sept19/entertainment/enter2.html   (888 words)

  
 AOL Live Transcipts
Dryden Mitchell: There was actually a rock 'n' roll band name superstore in a city called San Bernadino, where you could purchase any rock 'n' roll band name.
Dryden Mitchell: Funny story was that I was in a folk band before this band and I was a guitar player, and being a fan of female singers I actually found a great female singer to sing the songs that I wrote, and she never showed up to practice.
Dryden Mitchell: All the bands that I would pick to support us would be heroes of mine, and then I would feel guilty and foolish and stupid to have them open for us.
www.aol.com.au /site/website/aolproducts/aol_live/transcripts/aaf.php   (1368 words)

  
 CRAVEONLINE: Dryden Mitchell - Alien Ant Farm / music interview
Mitchell took their immediate success in stride and was determined not to get overwhelmed by the hype around “Smooth Criminal.”
Mitchell narrowly escaped permanent paralysis, was put in traction and faced months of rehab.
Mitchell revealed that he recently recorded a song with Nick Hexum of 311 and they are kicking around the idea of doing an entire record together.
www.craveonline.com /music/articles/00004782/dryden_mitchell__alien_ant_farm.html   (1006 words)

  
 Alien Ant Farm Mike Cosgrove
However, Mitchell was able to recover, but has to live with the numbing pain.
MG) That was one of the tunes Dryden brought in and it was also the first song written on the record.
It’s weird because we’re known as this “jokey” band, but Dryden has a lot of really cool stuff that is personal and I think that song shows a piece of him.
thecelebritycafe.com /interviews/alien_ant_farm_2006_06.html   (1286 words)

  
 Interview
But, Singer, Dryden Mitchell suffered the worst injuries with a fractured C-2 vertebra (the same vertebrae Christopher Reeve broke) requiring surgery which entailed fusing two vertebrae and screws to be drilled into his skull.
Mitchell said that he didn't want to exploit this horrific ordeal by writing songs specifically about the accident for the album, but he did confess to writing at least one song about the tragedy.
The accident may have left Mitchell with a few physical scars on his neck and forehead, but it is the emotional scars that remain the hardest to deal with.
www.ballbusterhardmusic.com /hard_talk/08-2003/aaf.html   (1020 words)

  
 MuchMusic.com | News
Good news from the Alien Ant Farm camp, it appears that singer Dryden Mitchell is coming back from the effects of a bus crash in May. The crash, which killed the bus driver, left the band and crew injured and Mitchell with a broken neck and nerve damage.
Though he still finds it difficult to play guitar because his fingertips are dead, he seems to be on his way to recovery.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, the singer says that Alien Ant Farm are in no hurry to return to the studio, but they should be back in business within a couple of months.
www.muchmusic.com /news/story.asp?id=12753   (173 words)

  
 andPOP | With A New Guitarist, Alien Ant Farm Returns
Singer Dryden Mitchell thinks current fans will be pleased with the new material and others will also be impressed with what they hear.
Mitchell said he's still in pain every now and then, but he tries to ignore the pain and not complain about it too much.
Mitchell said the band is traveling and doing interviews across the U.S., and hopes to add Canada to the itinerary.
www.andpop.com /article/6321   (684 words)

  
 FM 102/1 Independent. Alternative. Radio.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Mitchell required surgery and was forced to wear a metal halo to restrict the movement of his head and neck during the long months of recovery.
That was confirmed when Mitchell and Robert DeLeo began working closely together to determine what would produce the definitive vocal take: “Every time I’d go in to sing, Robert would pour cayenne pepper on my nuts; I would pull my balls out and he’d sprinkle cayenne on ‘em,” Mitchell illuminates.
Mitchell says “These Days,” the first radio track off the disc, is “about realizing that things aren’t bad even when they’re bad.” He elaborates: “When I think of it in relation to the accident, I realize, hey, don’t sweat the small stuff.
www.rock102one.com /bandbio.asp?ID=7   (1545 words)

  
 defyUnlearn.com::Online Music Magazine
This band has been to hell and back, having been through a bus accident that left their singer, Dryden Mitchell, with a broken neck, and less than a year later, having their guitar player, Terry Corso, quit, in the middle of a tour.
Mitchell introduced the song by saying, “This is because child molestation is still cool.”, eliciting laughter from the audience.
Mitchell also had his own brand of eccentricity, a more subdued style than the gregarious Zamora.
www.defyunlearn.com /reviews.php?id=125   (694 words)

  
 Mitchell, Sterner, Guidinger, Glasser, Merkel, Atkins, Atkinson Genealogy - Person Page 50   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
She was the daughter of Rev Francis Marbury and Bridget Dryden.
Rev Francis Marbury married Bridget Dryden, daughter of John Dryden and Elizabeth Cope, circa 1588/89.
Bridget Dryden married Rev Francis Marbury, son of William Marbury and Agnes Lenton, circa 1588/89.
home.comcast.net /~h.mitchell/SecondSiteHM-p/p50.htm   (1661 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / Music / Alien Ant Farm regroups, sows new seeds of rock
Guitarist Terry Corso suffered a broken leg, but Mitchell's neck was broken, and he was eventually flown to London for an operation.
Mitchell has lost 40 percent of the range of motion in his neck, but he's back rocking.
When he was well enough to sing again, Mitchell and the Ant Farm joined forces with the DeLeo brothers (who had never produced for another band), and work went quickly on "TruANT." The record overflows with great hard-rock grooves.
www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2003/11/28/alien_ant_farm_regroups_sows_new_seeds_of_rock?mode=PF   (1002 words)

  
 Zippy - dryden
Dryden was born in the village rectory of Aldwinkle near Oundle in Northamptonshire,
John Dryden (August 19 {August 9 O.S.}, 1631 - May 12 {May 1 O.S.}, 1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic and playwright, who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to...
Kenneth Wayne Ken Dryden, PC, MP, BA, LL.B (born August 8, 1947, in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author and retired National Hockey League goaltender.
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 Alien Ant Farm Mike Cosgrove
However, Mitchell was able to recover, but has to live with the numbing pain.
MG) That was one of the tunes Dryden brought in and it was also the first song written on the record.
It’s weird because we’re known as this “jokey” band, but Dryden has a lot of really cool stuff that is personal and I think that song shows a piece of him.
www.thecelebritycafe.com /interviews/alien_ant_farm_2006_06.html   (1286 words)

  
 Tompkins Cortland Community College- TC3 News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
DRYDEN, NY – TC3 men's soccer players Benjamin Kalweit and Mitch Munson have been named to the NJCAA Region III All-Region team.
DRYDEN, NY – TC3 women's soccer players Ashley Finton and Karisa Eaton have been named to the NJCAA Region III All-Region team.
DRYDEN, NY – For the second straight year, the TC3 women's soccer team has earned an invitation to the NJCAA Region III playoffs.
www.sunytccc.edu /abouttc3/news.asp?Category=1&Offset=9   (1756 words)

  
 The Varsity - Smooth criminals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Mitchell describes their music as “ex-girlfriend rock, at least lyrically.
Mitchell admits to getting a little carried away at times with the practical jokes.
Mitchell says, “If I really felt like our careers were at stake, I would never try and ruin it...we have a good thing going on here.” Cosgrove agrees: “Everything is our playing, first and foremost, and everything else around it is just a ditch day...it’s cool”.
www.thevarsity.ca /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=c75e2418-f161-49b8-88ae-76932e3415f7   (833 words)

  
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Singer Dryden Mitchell and the other three members of hard rock band Alien Ant Farm were hospitalised after their bus collided with a truck on a highway, killing their British driver.
Mitchell was under observation for a neck injury at Campo Aranuelo hospital in Navalmoral de la Mata, said Jose Puig of the Universal Music Group, which distributes the band's records.
The DreamWorks Records statement said Mitchell sustained back injuries, Corso had a broken ankle, Zamora had foot injuries and Cosgrove suffered cuts and bruises.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/printArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/05/23/1022038453713.html   (282 words)

  
 Universal Music Enterprises :: Alien Ant Farm Returns With Platinum-Selling Band's Third Major Label Album, UP IN THE ...
Mitchell and Cosgrove admit the fl cloud of the bus crash hovered over their 2003 album truANT.
Says Cosgrove in admiration, "Dryden is so committed and strong to do what he does with all that pain." In July AAF took to the road once more for 20-plus shows to support the release of truANT, produced by Dean and Robert DeLeo, best known as the guitarist and bassist for Stone Temple Pilots.
"When Dryden and I were 14, we loved a band called Spiderworks and we'd go to their shows all the time," says Cosgrove.
sev.prnewswire.com /entertainment/20060515/LAM05015052006-1.html   (1841 words)

  
 Loserkids.com - Alien Ant Farm - Music, Biography, Discography, CD, DVD, Downloads, Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Though Mitchell was no longer in danger, the band itself was in limbo -- until he started writing songs again.
Says Cosgrove in admiration, "Dryden is so committed and strong to do what he does with all that pain." In July AAF took to the road once more for 20-plus shows to support the release of truANT, produced by Dean and Robert DeLeo, best known as the guitarist and bassist for Stone Temple Pilots.
"When Dryden and I were 14, we loved a band called Spiderworks and we'd go to their shows all the time," says Cosgrove.
www.artistdirect.com /lks/artist/bio/0,,1114726,00.html   (1370 words)

  
 ALIEN ANT FARM STAR BATTLES BACK | News | NME.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Dryden Mitchell says he still finds it difficult to play guitars...
Alien Ant Farm singer DRYDEN MITCHELL has said that he still finds it difficult to play guitar following the injuries he sustained in a bus crash earlier this year.
Dryden Mitchell was the most badly hurt of the bandmembers, with back injuries, fracturing his C2 vertebra.
www.nme.com /news/alien-ant-farm/12634   (294 words)

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