Anthrax: Last News

Foo Fighters performing with Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian’s 12-year-old son has been shared online.The clip, which you can view below, shows Revel playing Pat Smear’s Les Paul alongside Dave Grohl and the rest of the band.“Rev gave Pat the day off. He deserves it. He’s the nicest guy ever.

Dave Grohl is set to release a Bad Brains cover with Anthrax‘s Scott Ian and Charlie Benante for Record Store Day 2024.Back in November last year, Anthrax teased a collaboration with the Foo Fighters frontman on their social media. The band shared a photo with Grohl and captioned it: “New album is going to be awesome #FooThrax”.Now, it’s been revealed that Grohl will team up with Anthrax co-founder Scott Ian and drummer Charlie Benante for an exclusive Record Store Day 7 inch.

Anthrax and Kreator have announced 2024 UK and Europe co-headlining tour with the bands promising “So much fucking metal!”The 18-date-run will kick off at the O2 Apollo in Manchester on November 11. From there, the two bands will make stops in Wolverhampton, London, Dublin, Glasgow, Paris, Düsseldorf, Munich, Esch-sur-Alzette, Zurich, Milan, Stuttgart, Berlin, Budapest, Katowice, Frankfurt and Hamburg.

Anthrax’s Scott Ian celebrated his 60th birthday in style on New Year’s Eve, inviting a list of famous friends for an “epic” party jam.The festivities took place at the Galpin Speed Shop in Van Nuys, California, and Ian’s eye-watering guestlist included Metallica’s Robert Trujillo, Robb Flynn from Machine Head and Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains.Ian’s Anthrax bandmates Charlie Benante and Frank Bello were also in attendance, as was Fall Out Boy’s Andrew Hurley and Whitfield Crane from Ugly Kid Joe.The group all took part in a communal jam session. Check out footage from the night below.Writing about the night on Instagram, Ian said: “Greatest birthday party entrance of all time.

Anthrax have begun teasing tantalising details of their new album including a potential Dave Grohl guest appearance.The legendary metal band last released music in 2016 with ‘For All Kings’, and have recently been unveiling new details about their forthcoming twelfth studio album. The band took to Instagram to post a photo with the Foo Fighters and Nirvana legend.“New album is going to be awesome,” they wrote, adding the hashtag: #FooThrax.A post shared by Anthrax (@anthrax)Drummer Charlie Benante also posted his own set of photos to social media: “Thanks to [Grohl] for coming by and giving us a jolt.

Anthrax have cancelled their 2022 European headline tour, citing logistical and financial issues.The New York heavy metal band had been due to play numerous shows across Europe following their upcoming run of dates in the UK, which is still set to begin as planned on September 27.Taking to their official social media channels, however, Anthrax wrote: “Sadly due to ongoing logistical issues and 2022 costs that are out of our control, we have no other option but to cancel the European leg of our upcoming 2022 tour.“We will however be coming to the UK as scheduled.”Ticketholders can get a full refund at their post of purchase – see the announcement post below.A post shared by Anthrax (@anthrax)As Consequence Of Sound notes, one fan in the comments section suggested that the cancellation could have been a result of low ticket sales.Anthrax replied: “Rest assured, there were zero issues with sales. Check out the news over there for a few minutes.

Chuck D joined Anthrax onstage for a performance of ‘Bring The Noise’ – watch fan-shot footage of the moment below.The Public Enemy rapper joined the metal band last Friday (July 29) at the Hollywood Palladium in LA after Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian teased the collaboration to fans.“Imagine if you guys could fucking yell so loud, it could fucking conjure Chuck D on this stage,” Ian shouted into the mic. “Let me ask you again Los Angeles… can you bring the noise?!”Watch footage below.‘Bring The Noise’ was originally released by Public Enemy in 1987 and was the lead single from their second album, ‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’ (1988).Anthrax then covered the song in 1991 and incorporated Chuck’s vocals into their rendition.

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian and his 10-year-old son Revel have paid tribute to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins by covering a trio of the band’s songs.In a brief video posted to Ian’s Instagram account, he and his son perform segments of ‘Low’, ‘Stacked Actors’ and ‘Run’, with Scott on guitar and Revel behind the drum kit.“We’ve been jamming our favourite Foo’s all week,” Ian wrote in the video’s caption. “Healing our hearts with the power of rock.

Mastodon, Anthrax, Dethklok and Municipal Waste have joined forces for a cover of British heavy metal legends Judas Priest’s ‘Screaming For Vengeance’.The cover, released via Two Minutes To Late Night on YouTube on Monday (February 28), sees Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor take on vocal duties as he puts on his best Rob Halford impression, complete with studded leather pieces and aviator sunglasses.Gene Hoglan (ex-Testamanent, Dark Angel) takes on the drums, while Anthrax’s Jonathan Donais and Dethklok’s Nili Brosh play the guitars. Municipal Waste and Cannibal Corpse member Phil “LandPhill” Hall takes on bass, while Gwarsenio Hall provides support on guitar and vocals.Watch the cover below.The ‘Screaming For Vengeance’ cover is Two Minutes To Late Night’s 56th entry into its star-studded remote cover series, which began at the start of the pandemic.

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian has paid tribute to his father-in-law Meat Loaf, who died last week aged 74.The legendary musician and actor – real name Marvin Lee Aday – passed away on Thursday (January 20), according to a statement posted on his official Facebook page. A cause of death is not yet officially known.Ian – who is married to Meat Loaf’s adopted stepdaughter, Pearl Aday – shared a pair of photographs on his Instagram account yesterday (January 24).The first image showed the late singer with Pearl and her sister Amanda, while the second is of Meat Loaf and his grandchild (Ian and Pearl’s son).“There are so many stories to tell, and I know they will all be told over time,” Ian captioned the post. “For now, what I know is that Meat’s legacy will live on through his family – Pearl, Amanda and Revel.“Their forever love for their father/grandfather (Papa Meat) outweighs the heaviness of their hearts.

Exodus should join the annals of thrash metal legends commonly branded the “Big Four”, which in addition to Ian’s own band, sports Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth.He made the claim during an appearance on the podcast No Fuckin’ Regrets With Robb Flynn, hosted – as its name implies – by Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn.Citing Exodus’ 1985 album ‘Bonded By Blood’ as “the best debut record of the five of us”, Ian said (as transcribed by Blabbermouth): “The powers that be, like the mayor of heavy metal — maybe Lars [Ulrich, drummer of Metallica] needs to get a phone call — and he can decree that the ‘Big Four’ needs to officially be changed to the ‘Big Five’.“It always bugged me that Exodus doesn’t get the representation and the credit where

Anthrax have announced they will bring their 40th anniversary tour to the UK and Europe in 2022.The thrash icons, led by singer Joey Belladonna, will kick off the 28-date jaunt in Birmingham on September 27, before subsequent stops in Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Nottingham, Bristol and a huge London show, where they’ll head to the O2 Academy Brixton on October 8.“It sure has been a long time since we rock’n’rolled in the UK and Europe, but we’re coming back soon to bring the noise to all of you guys,” said drummer Charlie Benante of the shows.“Being that we can’t get over there until 2022, we’re going to make sure that every show will be an eventful one.

Anthrax celebrate four decades together this year, and to celebrate they’re hosting a global livestream event.The band, who formed in July 1981, will be premiering their livestream event from midnight BST on July 17 2021.The livestream will see Joey Belladonna, Scott Ian, Frank Bello and Charlie Benante perform an extensive setlist pulling songs from throughout their four decades together.“I was a 17-year-old metal-head kid from Queens when I started this band,” said Ian in a press statement, who is the band’s sole original member remaining.“I am a 57-year-old metal-head kid from Queens about to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this band.

Anthrax are on the cusp of their 40th anniversary together, and the band have promised fans “something big” for the occasion.Anthrax was formed in New York City in July 1981 by Dan Lilker and Scott Ian, who remains the only original member still active in the band.Speaking to eonmusic, current Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante revealed some details about how the band intend to mark the occasion.“Well, we’re working on something big for June, maybe July, which is going to commemorate our career, and we’re putting that together now,” Benante said.“It may be like a livestream type of thing, and it’s going to consist of a lot of songs, and a lot of songs that we’ve probably never played before.