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This Heavy-Metal Thrash-Metal band was formed in 1981 in New York City
USA, three years passed along with several line-up changes and finally,
in 1984, two guitarists Scott Ian and Dan Spitz, bassist Dan Lilker, drummer
Charlie Benante and vocalist Neil Turbin debuted with "Fistful Of
Metal".
Lilker left the band before the release of the next album, 1985's "Armed
And Dangerous", bassist Frank Bello joined the band and Turbin was
replaced by Joey Belladonna.
That same year Anthrax signed a contract with Island Records who released
"Spreading The Disease", the record took them into The Billboard
200 chart for the first time.
Two years later, "Among The Living" climbed The Billboard Top
200 chart reaching the #62, followed the 6-track EP "I'm The Man"
that reached the #53 in U.S. chart and 1988's "State Of Euphoria"
which peaked at #30 in the same chart; the quintet became one of the most
acclaimed Speed-Metal Thrash-Metal band also in Europe.
In the early '90s they released two more charting albums, "Persistence
Of Time" and "Attack Of The Killer B's", both ranked in
the top 30 of The Billboard Top 200 list.
In 1992 Anthrax signed a new deal with Elektra, kicked Belladonna out
of the band and replaced him with John Bush, their first album with Bush,
1993's "Sound Of White Noise", peaked at #7 on Billboard's Top
200 Albums chart, it became their most successful effort to date and generated
"Only" which reached the #26 on Mainstream Rock Tracks chart
plus another Active Rock top 40 hit: "Black Lodge".
Two years later the co-founder guitarist Spitz departed from the band,
which continued as a four-piece, releasing "Stomp 442" but the
record missed the top 40 of Billboard's Top 200 chart and then split from
Elektra.
After a three-year hiatus, in 1998 the veteran Metal group issued their
eleventh LP, "Volume 8 - The Threat Is Real".
Anthrax resurfaced five years later, with a new line-up: Charlie Benante
on drums+guitars, Rob Caggiano as lead guitarist, Scott Ian on rhythm
guitar, Frank Bello on bass and lead singer John Bush; they released "We've
Come For You All" in May of 2003.
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