Editing Powerman 5000 (section)

=== '' Copies, Clones & Replicants {{noitalic|and}} Builders of the Future ''(2011–2016) ===
[[File:DJ Rattan 2014.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|DJ Rattan]]
The band announced on May 23, 2011, that they had started work on a new album. On July 24, 2011, Powerman 5000 released a cover of [[Devo (band)|Devo]]'s "[[Whip It (Devo song)|Whip It]]", a cover of "[[Space Oddity]]" by [[David Bowie]] on July 28, 2011, and a cover of Van Halen's "[[Jump (Van Halen song)|Jump]]" on July 31, 2011, on their website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://powerman5000.com/ |title=Powerman 5000 |publisher=Powerman5000.com |access-date=April 11, 2014}}</ref> Released by [[Cleopatra Records]], ''Copies, Clones & Replicants'' included covers of other [[New wave music|new wave]] songs such as [[The Fixx]]'s "[[One Thing Leads to Another]]" and [[Eddy Grant]]'s "[[Electric Avenue (song)|Electric Avenue]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/copies-clones-replicants-mw0002186672 |title=Copies, Clones & Replicants - Powerman 5000 &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |date=September 9, 2011 |access-date=April 11, 2014}}</ref>

On July 11, 2012, Spider began teasing a new song by posting on his Twitter that "Someone sneaked a camera in the studio tonight and filmed the speaker while it blasted a new Powerman 5000 tune!".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/therealSpider1/status/223306522002853889 |title=Twitter / therealSpider1: Someone snuck a camera in the |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=April 11, 2014}}</ref>

Their album ''[[Builders of the Future]]'' was released on May 27, 2014, and was co-produced/co-written by guitarist Nick Quijano Sci55ors, as well as engineered and co-produced by Evan Rodaniche (Evan9), both former guitarists.<ref name="powerman5000.virb.com">{{cite web |url=http://powerman5000.virb.com/blog/14003716 |title=POWERMAN 5000 &#124; NEWS. &#124; BUILDERS OF THE FUTURE |publisher=Powerman5000.virb.com |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413132106/http://powerman5000.virb.com/blog/14003716 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The band was set to play a co-headlining tour in the US with [[Wayne Static]] in November with [[American Head Charge]] supporting them until Wayne's death in November 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Static-X Frontman Wayne Static Dead at 48|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/static-x-frontman-wayne-static-dead-at-48-20141102|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><ref name="Co-headline tour">{{cite web|last1=Bowar|first1=Chad|title=Wayne Static + Powerman 5000 team up for fall 2014 co-headlining tour|url=http://loudwire.com/wayne-static-powerman-5000-fall-tour/|website=Loudwire.com|publisher=Loudwire|access-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Coroner Says No Foul Play Expected in Death of WAYNE STATIC|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/coroner-says-no-foul-play-expected-in-death-of-wayne-static|website=Metalinjection.net|date=November 10, 2014|access-date=November 15, 2014}}</ref>