Anthrax
Biography
Nearly as much as Metallica or Megadeth, Anthrax were responsible for the emergence of speed and thrash metal. Combining the speed and fury of hardcore punk with the prominent guitars and vocals of heavy metal, they helped create a new subgenre of heavy metal on their early albums. Original guitarists Scott Ian and Dan Spitz were a formidable pair, spitting out lightning-fast riffs and solos that never seemed masturbatory. Unlike Metallica or Megadeth, they had the good sense to temper their often serious music with a healthy dose of humor and realism. After their first album, Fistful of Metal, singer Joey Belladonna and bassist Frank Bello joined the lineup. Belladonna helped take the band farther away from conventional metal clichés, and over the next five albums (with the exception of 1988's State of Euphoria, where the band sounded like it was in a creative straitjacket), Anthrax arguably became the leaders of speed metal. As the '80s became the '90s, they also began to increase their experiments with hip-hop, culminating in a tour with Public Enemy in 1991 and a joint re-recording of PE's classic "Bring the Noise." . After their peak period of the late '80s, Anthrax kicked Belladonna out of the band in 1992 and replaced him with ex-Armored Saint vocalist John Bush — a singer who was gruffer and deeper, fitting most metal conventions perfectly. Subsequently, their sound became less unique and their audience shrank slightly as a consequence, and after signing to Elektra for 1993's Sound of White Noise, the group left the label after just one more album, 1995's Stomp 442. At that point, Anthrax — now a four-piece consisting of Ian, Bush, Bello, and drummer Charlie Benante — built their own studio in Yonkers, New York, and after a three-year hiatus returned with their Ignition label debut, Volume 8: The Threat Is Real. Anthrax's very first "hits" collection was released in 1999; titled Return of the Killer A's: The Best Of, it was also their first release for the Beyond label. The album included a cover of "Ball of Confusion," which featured a duet between current frontman Bush and former vocalist Belladonna. A proposed tour that was to include both vocalists was announced, but on the eve of its launch, Belladonna pulled out, reportedly for monetary reasons. The tour carried on, as Anthrax signed on to participate in a package tour during the summer of 2000 with Mötley Crüe and Megadeth, but left the tour after only playing a handful of dates.
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Top Songs |
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1. | I Am the Law | Among the Living | 5:54 | $1.29 | |
2. | Bring the Noise | Attack of the Killer B'.. | 3:31 | $1.29 | |
3. | Indians | Among the Living | 5:41 | $1.29 | |
4. | Got the Time | Persistence of Time | 2:44 | $1.29 | |
5. | Antisocial | State of Euphoria | 4:26 | $1.29 | |
6. | Bring the Noise | Love Metal - 12 Classic Hea.. | 3:46 | $1.29 | |
7. | I'm the Man (Def Uncensored Vers.. | I'm the Man - EP | 3:04 | $1.29 | |
8. | Bring Tha Noize (feat. Public Enemy) | Anthrology: No Hit Wonders .. | 3:31 | $1.29 | |
9. | Howling Furies | Fistful of Metal | 3:55 | $0.99 | |
10. | Across the River | Fistful of Metal | 1:26 | $0.99 | |
11. | Anthrax | Fistful of Metal | 3:29 | $0.99 | |
12. | Death from Above | Fistful of Metal | 5:10 | $0.99 | |
13. | Soldiers of Metal | Fistful of Metal | 3:00 | $0.99 | |
14. | Subjugator | Fistful of Metal | 4:42 | $0.99 | |
15. | Panic | Fistful of Metal | 4:02 | $0.99 | |
16. | I'm Eighteen | Fistful of Metal | 4:06 | $0.99 | |
17. | Metal Thrashing Mad | Fistful of Metal | 2:42 | $0.99 | |
18. | Deathrider | Fistful of Metal | 3:12 | $0.99 | |
19. | Howling Furies (Collector's Rare.. | Armed & Dangerous | 4:05 | $0.99 | |
20. | Soldiers of Metal (Collector's R.. | Armed & Dangerous | 3:05 | $0.99 | |
21. | Panic (Live) | Armed & Dangerous | 3:43 | $0.99 | |
22. | Metal Thrashing Mad (Live) | Armed & Dangerous | 2:49 | $0.99 | |
23. | God Save the Queen (Studio - Non LP) | Armed & Dangerous | 3:00 | $0.99 | |
24. | Raise Hell (Studio) | Armed & Dangerous | 4:00 | $0.99 | |
25. | Armed and Dangerous (Studio) | Armed & Dangerous | 6:04 | $0.99 | |
Top Music Videos |
1. Madhouse
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6. Gung-Ho
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