Bello briefly left in March 2004 to join Helmet, with Joey Vera temporarily taking his place. He was replaced in August 2001 by former Boiler Room guitarist Rob Caggiano. Crook remained with Anthrax for touring and recording after the release of Stomp 442, although never became an official member. Guitars on Stomp 442 were recorded by Ian, Benante, Paul Crook and Pantera's Dimebag Darrell.
#Instruments of destruction professional
1992 onwards ĭan Spitz left Anthrax in 1995 to become a professional watchmaker. After recording four studio albums with the band, Belladonna was fired from Anthrax in 1992 due to stylistic changes the group intended to take, with John Bush taking his place. The vocalist was briefly replaced by Matt Fallon, before Joey Belladonna joined later in the year. Tensions continued to grow between Turbin and the rest of the group as they toured throughout 1984, leading to his eventual departure in August.
Shortly after its January 1984 release, Turbin fired Lilker without consulting with the other members of the band, although Ian has since admitted that "there were issues" with the bassist. Īfter signing with Jon Zazula's new thrash metal label Megaforce Records later in the year, Anthrax recorded its debut album Fistful of Metal. The band eventually settled in 1983 with a lineup including Ian and Lilker, lead vocalist Neil Turbin (who joined in August 1982), Dan Spitz (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Charlie Benante (drums). The band went through many lineup changes in its early stages – Connelly was replaced by Dirk Kennedy, followed by Ian's brother Jason Rosenfeld, then Tommy Wise Greg Walls spent two years with the group on lead guitar (Ian switched to rhythm guitar), followed briefly by Bob Berry Kahn was replaced by Kenny Kushner, before Lilker took over on bass when Walls joined and Weiss was replaced by Greg D'Angelo. A few months later, John Connelly and Paul Kahn took over on vocals and bass, respectively, and Lilker switched to rhythm guitar. According to Anthrax members, guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who was killed on stage at a show for his new band Damage Plan, is and always will be the 6th Member of Anthrax.Īnthrax was originally formed in 1981 by Scott Ian, Dan Lilker and Dave Weiss. The band has been through many personnel changes, and currently includes rhythm guitarist Scott Ian, drummer Charlie Benante (since 1983), bassist Frank Bello (since 1984), vocalist Joey Belladonna (from 1984–1992, 2005–2007 and since 2010) and lead guitarist Jonathan Donais (since 2013). Formed in 1981, the group was originally a foursome consisting of guitarist Scott Ian, bassist Dan Lilker, drummer Dave Weiss and lead vocalist Joe Gelione. Anthrax is an American thrash metal band from New York City.
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