Stickers are now available for purchase in the online store.
          The metallic stickers are available in packs of two for the low
          price of $3.00 so order yours today. You can visit our online
          store by clicking here.

          A new contest has been added to the site. You can now
          Enter to Win a poster autographed by The Crystal Method.
          We're picking a new winner every day through so get your
          entry in now! Plus, at the end of the month, one winner will
          the Grand Prize - one of The Crystal Method logo record bags
          / backpacks!

          Some new "Photos of the Week" are up now. Click here and
          take a look to see what the guys have been up to in the
          studio.

          The Family Values Tour 1999 album was released on May
          23rd. The album features the track "Keep Hope Alive" by The
          Crystal Method as well as songs from all the other artists on
          this past year's tour including Limp Bizkit, Filter, Method Man
          & Redman, Staind, and Primus. Please visit the Family Values
          page at www.geffen.com/familyvalues where you can get more
          information about the album. You can also download a Family
          Values digital postcard. If you would like to purchase a copy
          of the album, please click here and order it from CDNow.

          Our contest winner for the personzalized Gold Album has
          been announced! Please visit the contest page today to see
          who the winner is and view the video clip of the band picking
          the winner! Photographs of our winner with his new Gold
          Album will be here soon.

          We have just updated the Video page with new music videos
          in streaming Real Video. In order to watch the videos, please
          make sure you download the latest Real Player from
          Real.com. Thank you.

          The guys are currently in the studio working on their second
          album which should be due out soon. When more information
          is available, we will post it here so keep checking back!

          The Crystal Method's album, "Vegas," has been certified
          GOLD selling over 500,000 units! Congratulations to everyone
          who has helped with the success of The Crystal Method.
 
 
 

          Click the links below for past interviews with the Crystal
          Method, reviews of their album and live shows, and other
          Crystal Method related articles.

          Interviews & Articles

             The Crystal Method
             An interview with electronicmusic.com

             Method Men
             An interview with Grid Magazine

             The Crystal Method Basks In Early Success
             Article from August 1997

          Album Reviews

             Review of Vegas
             From DKS Magazine
MUSIC: Electronica's new American wonder buzzes with live
  performances
 

  By Mike Prevatt

  Daily Bruin Senior Staff

  Eight months ago, the electronic music
  (or "electronica") hype went full throttle
  with albums from such artists as Prodigy,
  the Chemical Brothers and Orbital. Now,
  with the surprise critical and commercial
  success of those bands, Britain is
  gloating about their hot exports. But
  where is the American electronica
  experience?

  Enter the Crystal Method. Hailing from
  Las Vegas but now a part of the L.A.
  electronic music scene, duo Ken Jordan
  and Scott Kirkland have found
  themselves with a recording contract, the
  lead single off of the "Spawn"
  soundtrack, a spot on the upcoming
  "Electronic Highway" tour (coming to Los
  Angeles on Sept. 12) and a good chance
  to develop an audience in the midst of
  electronica's buzz. And much of this has
  caught the band by surprise.

  "Y'know, it's weird because when we
  signed with Outpost and when we were
  starting to make the record and
  everything, we were just going along as
  normal as we had been for the past few
  years," Jordan says, "Then, while we
  were making the album, all of a sudden
  people started paying attention to this
  kind of music. There's plenty of other
  electronic artists!"

  When the Crystal Method signed with
  Outpost, it did generate hype, mainly
  because the band is the first American
  electronic outfit to garner attention. They
  join the ranks of Prodigy and Chemical
  Brothers in that they have been thrust
  into the limelight even before their
  albums were released. Now, things are
  building to a higher level with their new
  album "Vegas" (available Aug. 26) and
  their hit single with industrial band Filter
  for the movie "Spawn."

  "The guy who put together the 'Judgment
  Night' soundtrack came up with the idea
  for this," Jordan says. "And Filter was
  originally asked to do a track with Moby,
  but they heard our track and wanted to
  do it with us. It was kind of scary when
  our manager told us it was gonna be the
  first single." The single, "(Can't You) Trip
  Like I Do" is one of many songs on a
  soundtrack which showcases the
  electronic sound. The Crystal Method
  also found a place on the MTV
  compilation, "Amp," which showcases
  electronica artists and DJs.

  "It's cool because people are opening
  their ears more to new sounds," Jordan
  says. "It's not like anyone who's been
  making this kind of music is really doing
  anything to cross over to the mainstream.
  Is it because everyone has home
  computers and are less afraid of
  technology?"

  But does the overkill hype of electronica
  worry the Crystal Method?

  "I think one thing America and American
  media do extremely well is promoting new
  things. But at the same time, it
  sometimes can automatically become
  something that will go out of style ... That
  kind of scares us. We'd rather this music
  be an established kind of music that
  people listen to forever."

  "As long as people keep making good
  records, I don't think people get sick of
  it."

  The Crystal Method keep a modest yet
  realistic attitude about potential success
  in their music genre. "More than anything,
  we'll continue to make records, Jordan
  says. "I guess if we put out a record and
  it only sold one or two ... we'd probably
  wouldn't get to make anymore. We'd be
  at McDonald's or something." So far, the
  hype has paid off. The Chemical
  Brothers' "Dig Your Own Hole" debuted
  on the Billboard Top 200 at No. 14, and
  Prodigy sold 200,000 copies of "The Fat
  of the Land" the first week. For other
  electronic artists used to their genre's
  anonymity, this comes as a surprise.

  "No. 1 Prodigy!" Jordan exclaims. "I could
  not believe this! This band had
  'Firestarter' out a year ago in Europe and
  they couldn't fucking get arrested in this
  country! They were dropped by their
  (American) label and then one year later
  ... they debut at No. 1. That's
  phenomenal."

  "It's a little more on the pop formula
  structure," Jordan continues. "It's like a
  four-minute pop song ... we've never tried
  to do regular vocal/verse/chorus hit
  songs."

  "Pop electronica" has caught the eye of
  artists like David Bowie, the Smashing
  Pumpkins and U2, whose current
  electronica-influenced album, "Pop," was
  used by the media to help jump-start
  electronic music sales.

  "I remember hearing how U2 was going
  to put out some sort of electronic-techno
  album," Jordan says, "and I never heard
  that record! I think ("Pop") was cool,
  though, because they still sounded like
  U2. I think they would have been stupid
  to come out and be a techno act."

  Does the Crystal Method see any truth to
  the critics' claims that electronic music
  artists are faceless except for the
  Prodigy's charismatic Keith Flynt, thus
  hampering real big sales potential? "I
  think (they're) absolutely right. I mean, it
  used to be that the biggest problem with
  this kind of music was that no one knew
  who the fuck made it!" A lot of the
  "faceless" backlash comes from the live
  presence of techno artists who surround
  themselves with machinery and mixing
  tables on stage, making them almost
  immobile. The Crystal Method aim to be
  different, playing music on stage rather
  than appearing to play back tapes. "From
  the beginning, we wanted to be more of a
  performing band," Jordan says. "We
  don't surround ourselves with gear."

  Touring and a live presence can help
  make upcoming artists into rock stars.
  However, with the Electronic Highway
  tour coming up, the Crystal Method looks
  primed to make a connection without the
  arrogance and ego-trip - something
  difficult to accomplish for electronic
  bands.

  "We played New Orleans," Jordan says,
  "and it was an incredible amount of
  people. And, they were just so into it! It
  was incredible. But we're both fucking
  insecure and cynical, so I don't think
  either of us will ever think we're 'rock
  stars.' We'll think, 'Cool, we did something
  good.'"

  The Crystal Method will play Sept. 12 on
  the Electronic Highway tour at the San
  Bernardino Fairgrounds. Call (213)
  480-3232.
 

  OUTPOST RECORDINGS

     Ken Jordan (left) and Scott Kirkland
         of The Crystal Method play in Los
    Angeles on the "Electronic
          Highway" tour Sept. 11.