''Farmclub.com'' is an American

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, which aired on

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. It was broadcast from January 31, 2000 to June 15, 2001. The show's content featured "it" musical artists of the moment and promoted unsigned bands through national exposure and website interaction, with such featured moments as the return of

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, in which

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substituted for the late Eazy-E. ''Farmclub.com'' signed artists to real record deals and put their albums out through partnerships with Interscope,

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, Universal, and other labels. The unsigned artists were selected from viewer votes from their website of the same name. Hosted by model/actress and former

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1996 Ali Landry and former MTV VJ Matt Pinfield, the show's label signed artists such as: British DJ Sonique, and rock bands Dynamite Hack and Sev. The exposure also helped other bands obtain mass audience appeal leading to subsequent record deals such as Dog Fashion Disco and heavy metal band

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. ''Farmclub.com'' had a short lived partnership with

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in late 2000.

Artists who performed on ''Farmclub''

*20 Dead Flower Children *

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*Audra & The Antidote * Bad Religion *

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* Bone Thugs-n-Harmony *

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* Creed *

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* D12 * Disturbed *

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* Dog Fashion Disco *

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*Dragon Fire * Dr. Dre *Eastcide *

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* Eve *Excon *Gargantua Soul *

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* Headstrong *

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*Insolence *IPS * Jay-Z *

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* MDFMK *

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later known as inus.Driverafter signing with Universal. *Monster Zero *Moisture *

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* Mystikal *

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*The New System (Nik Sharp & Eric Bice of Suburban Tragedy) *

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* P.O.D. *

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*Powderburn * Primus *

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*Rapnexx *RK aka the Fugitive * Sev *

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*Skycopter9 * Sonique *

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*Steaknife *

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*Stone Temple Pilots *

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*Sundaze *

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*Spine *

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* Three Six Mafia * Trucker * U2 * U.P.O. *

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*The Warbers

Artists signed by Farmclub

* Alley Life - 1999 * Sonique - October 1999 * Deep Obsession - February 2000 * Sev - June 2000 *

Bionic Jive ''Armageddon Through Your Speakers'' is the major label debut of rap metal band Bionic Jive. Track listing # "Who's Your God, Pt. 1" # "Shut 'Em Down" # "Pump" # "I Shot Lucifer" # "Hands to the Roof" # "Swarm" # "Break the Chains" # "Freaks" ...

* Fisher * Dynamite Hack * Moisture

Music from the show

After the demise of the show from television, Farmclub.com continued to exist online and through the release of an album entitled ''Live and Unreleased from Farmclub.com''.

Track listing

# N.W.A. – "

Nuthin' But a "G" Thang "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" is a song by American rapper Dr. Dre, featuring fellow American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, on Dre's debut solo album, ''The Chronic'' (1992). The album's first single, "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang," reaching number 2 on the ...

" # Eminem – "

The Real Slim Shady "The Real Slim Shady" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his third album ''The Marshall Mathers LP'' (2000). It was released as the lead single a month before the album's release. "The Real Slim Shady" was Eminem's first song to reach num ...

" # Limp Bizkit with Method Man – " N 2 Gether Now" # DMX – " Party Up" # Nelly – " Country Grammar (Hot...)" # Staind – "

Mudshovel "Mudshovel" (originally "Mudshuvel") is a song by the American rock band Staind. It was released in 1996 as the first single from ''Tormented'' and then released as the third single from their 1999 studio album ''Dysfunction''. It reached number ...

" # Mystikal – " Shake Ya Ass" # Ja Rule – "

Between Me and You "Between Me and You" is the first single from Ja Rule's second album, '' Rule 3:36.'' The single features Christina Milian and was released on June 16, 2000 to radio. The song was his first major crossover hit, peaking at #11 on the ''Billboard' ...

" # Powerman 5000 – " Nobody's Real" # Eve – "Love Is Blind" # Nickelback – "

Leader of Men "Leader of Men" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback. Written by band members Chad Kroeger and Ryan Peake, it was featured on the band's second studio album ''The State'' in 1998. Upon the album's reissue after the band signed with Roadrunner ...

" # Mýa – "

Case of the Ex "Case of the Ex" (sometimes subtitled "Whatcha Gonna Do") is a song by American singer Mýa. It was written and composed by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and his songwriting partners Traci Hale and Thabiso "Tab" Nkhereanyne for Mýa's second stu ...

" # D12 – " Shit on You" # SEV – "Same Old Song" # ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – "Richter Scale Madness" # Bionic Jive – "Pump" # Alley Life – "That's the Way We Roll"

External links

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