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ANTHRAX
CURRENT NAME	Anthrax
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	New York, New York, USA
STATUS	Active
FORMED IN	1981
LABEL	Nuclear Blast
GENRE	Thrash metal
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2004-03-05, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2008-10-31, 15:17

Band biography

Anthrax was formed in 1981 in New York, USA. They were managed by Johnny Z (Jon Zazula), head of the indie label Megaforce Records and in 1984 they released their debut album called "Fistful Of Metal". They band underwent several line-up changes with the members going on to form other bands with a similar thrash metal sound. With increasing popularity Anthrax signed with Island Records in 1985 (actually Megaforce merged with Island but remained as the label name). In the early days they were a rather traditional 80's metal band but they soon developed their unique and groundbreaking speed/thrash metal sound which made them one of the biggest American thrash metal bands alongside Metallica and Megadeth. In 1993 they signed a new deal with Elektra, a label owned by the gigantic Warner Corporation which they again left in 1996 since they didn't care enough about the band. Between 1996 and 1999 they were signed to Ignition Records but they went out of business since their distributor didn't want anything to do with them any longer. In April 2001 Anthrax signed a new deal with the major German metal label Nuclear Blast for their new album. The band name Anthrax is a cow desease which they had read about in biology class.

Current members Add - Fetch
Frank Bello	1984-2004, 2005-	Bass	See also Helmet
Scott Ian	1981-	Guitars	See also S.O.D.
Charles Benante	1981-	Drums	See also S.O.D.
Dan Nelson	2007-	Vocals

Former members Add - Fetch
Dan Spitz	1983-1995, 2005-2007	Guitars
Joey Belladonna	1985-1992, 2005-2007	Vocals
Matt Fallon	1984-1984	Vocals
Neil Turbin	1981-1984	Vocals	See also Neil Turbin's Deathriders
Dan Lilker	1981-1984	Bass, guitars	See also Brutal Truth, Hemlock, Holy Moses, Necro, Nuclear Assault, Ravenous, The, S.O.D., Venomous Concept
Greg Walls	1981-1983	Guitars
Dave Weiss	1981-1981	Drums
Paul Kahn	1981-1981	Bass
Kenny Kushner	1981-1981	Bass
John Connelly	1981-1981	Vocals	See also Nuclear Assault
John Bush	1993-2005	Vocals	See also Armored Saint
Greg D'Angelo	1981-1983	Drums	See also Cities, White Lion
Rob Caggiano	2003-2005	Guitars

Session musicians Add - Fetch
Mike Tempesta		Guitars	Session member 1995-1997.
Paul Crook		Guitars	Session member since 1995.
Joey Vera		Bass	On tour 2004-2005. See also Armored Saint, Fates Warning, Invasion, Seven Witches

Buy Anthrax albums

Official releases Add
1984	Fistful Of Metal	Megaforce Records
1985	Armed And Dangerous	Megaforce Records
1985	Spreading The Desease	Megaforce Records
1987	Among The Living	Megaforce Records
1987	I'm The Man	No label
1988	State Of Euphoria	Megaforce Records
1989	Penikufesin	No label
1990	Persistence Of Time	Megaforce Records
1991	Attack Of The Killer B's	No label
1993	Sound Of White Noise 6.5 / 10 Read our review here	Elektra Records
1995	Stomp 442	Elektra Records
1998	Volume 8: The Threat Is Real	Epitaph Records

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