ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian recently spoke to Ultimate Classic Rock about how he first discovered KISS. Ian said (see video below): "I was at the epicenter. I bought
Well
Let me backtrack
Before I even bought KISS 'Alive!'
I heard 'Rock And Roll All Nite' on the radio in my parents' station wagon as a kid. loved the song like, flipped out over the song. I was, like, 'I've gotta hear that again.' But you're at the mercy of the radio; it's not gonna come right back on. And then saw KISS on TV within the week or something; I had no idea what they looked like. And then I see them on TV with the costumes and the makeup. As, at the time, an 11-year-old whose life revolved around music and comic books and horror movies, there it is all wrapped up in one fiery, bloody package. It couldn't have been more perfect. I mean, that was
it literally was
That was a needle right to the cortex. I mean, forget even shooting in the arm. It was, like, right there. And they owned my soul for the next three and a half years, basically. And it formulated just so much about
It was my gateway drug into other music, 'cause, before KISS, Elton John was my favorite thing and music my parents listened to, whether it was SIMON & GARFUNKEL and DOOBIE BROTHERS and stuff like that
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But KISS was my first thing; I bought KISS 'Alive!' with my own money; it was, like, the first album I ever bought with my own money. And that opened the door. And then, not long after KISS, I was listening to Ted Nugent and CHEAP TRICK and the RAMONES and BLACK SABBATH and
you know, just always looking for more stuff."Ian's autobiography, "I'm The Man: The Story Of That Guy From Anthrax", was released on October 14, 2014 via Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.For "I'm The Man", Ian worked with Jon Wiederhorn, co-author of the books "Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History Of Metal" and "Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen". Wiederhorn is a senior writer at Revolver and a regular contributor to Guitar World, Noisey.com, eMusic.com, and Yahoo Music! He has also worked on staff at Rolling Stone, Guitar, Guitar.com, and MusicPlayer.com.Released on November 13, 2014 via Megaforce Records, Ian's "Swearing Words In Glasgow" DVD is a full performance recording, filmed towards the end of his "Swearing Words" tour in Glasgow, Scotland, and was funded by a wildly popular PledgeMusic campaign, which surpassed its goal with the help of gracious and dedicated fans.
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