Editing Alien Ant Farm (section)

===''TruANT'' (2003–2004)===

Alien Ant Farm soon returned to the studio to work on their next album, ''[[Truant (album)|Truant]]'', which was released in 2003 and produced by [[Stone Temple Pilots]]' [[Robert DeLeo|Robert]] and [[Dean DeLeo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1470463/stone-temple-brothers-to-pilot-alien-ant-farm-album/|title=Stone Temple Brothers To Pilot Alien Ant Farm Album|last=Widerhorn|first=Jon|date=March 10, 2003|website=mtv.com|access-date=September 22, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923031735/http://www.mtv.com/news/1470463/stone-temple-brothers-to-pilot-alien-ant-farm-album/|archive-date=September 23, 2016}}</ref> The video for "[[These Days (Alien Ant Farm song)|These Days]]", the first single from the album, was filmed on top of a nearby building during the Red Carpet at the 2003 [[BET Awards]]. "[[Glow (Alien Ant Farm song)|Glow]]" was a mainstream radio success, achieving long lasting Top 20 success in New Zealand. Two months after this album was released, however, their record label closed its doors. This hindered the album's popularity over time,{{Fact or opinion|date=July 2024}}  and the album was much less successful than their platinum-selling debut.

In October 2003, guitarist Corso split with the band citing "irreconcilable differences".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/alien-ant-farm-5-1379231 |title=ALIEN ANT FARM GUITARIST QUITS |date=November 3, 2003 |website=NME.com |access-date=March 3, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303225115/http://www.nme.com/news/music/alien-ant-farm-5-1379231 |archive-date=March 3, 2018 }}</ref> Victor Camacho (a long-time friend of the band and guitar player) immediately joined the band and completed the remainder of the Truant tour until the band returned home. Joe Hill was named the new guitarist in 2005 (formerly of Spiderworks).

In 2004, the band recorded the song "Dark in Here" for ''[[The Punisher (2005 video game)|The Punisher]]'' video game. The band was forced to wait for [[Geffen Records|Geffen]] to allow them to record another album (after [[Universal Music]] bought DreamWorks and assigned the band to its Geffen Records label).