Eric Singer: See, heres an example of KISS influencing a band, then that band re-influencing KISS. Theyre almost influencing the influence in a way, in a kind of loop. When Anthrax did Parasite it made us sit back and say, Hey, that really fits in with what were doing today. So we made it a part of the set for our club tour. Gene: When I heard these guys do Parasite I had totally forgotten about the song. Then I heard them play the riff and I tried playing it again. I was like, That was a cool riff.
Quoted in HP Newquist, Anthrax meets Kiss, Guitar August 1993, p. 83 90, 92 94, 96, 98, 131.