charlie interview,great read
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Good interview. Seems pretty honest. I like how he mentions punk as being an influence on thrash, I think that point gets overlooked a lot. Coming from a punk/metal/heavy music background, it's pretty clear to see how thrash started from all that. Just what Charlie says, metal needed a kick in the ass at the time and I think it's the punk influence that's most responsible for bringing that.
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Eternal Terror: Do you think the metal scene struggles because of this lack of hunger sometimes?
Benante: I think the metal scene struggles... How can I put this it without sounding bad? Most true metalheads are not the most open-minded people when it comes to music. They like what they like and they want that — and you have to deliver that. If you go a little left field, I don't know, man, that's taking some chances there and you have to deliver. With this record, it is truly a heavy metal record. There's no other influence on this record other than hard rock and heavy metal.
I get what he means. Some metal fans are pretty set in their ways as far as what "metal" is. You see it here everyday. "Not thrashy enough", "too grungy" etc...
While I get the idea of wanting your favorite bands to sound a certain way, there's nothing wrong with expanding your horizons a little bit.
Benante: I think the metal scene struggles... How can I put this it without sounding bad? Most true metalheads are not the most open-minded people when it comes to music. They like what they like and they want that — and you have to deliver that. If you go a little left field, I don't know, man, that's taking some chances there and you have to deliver. With this record, it is truly a heavy metal record. There's no other influence on this record other than hard rock and heavy metal.
I get what he means. Some metal fans are pretty set in their ways as far as what "metal" is. You see it here everyday. "Not thrashy enough", "too grungy" etc...
While I get the idea of wanting your favorite bands to sound a certain way, there's nothing wrong with expanding your horizons a little bit.
Yes. That's why acusations of sell-out are flung out left,right and center in the metal scene.
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COMMENT | they do accept outside influences......
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but generally more in the underground than the kind of audience that Anthrax had traditionally courted.
and it's no surprise why fans avoided 'Stomp 442' like the plague in 1995.
it was shit alt-metal crossover. wasn't done well at all.
that's probably maidenboy's fav. Blabbermouth-comment ever.
COMMENT | they do accept outside influences......
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but generally more in the underground than the kind of audience that Anthrax had traditionally courted.
and it's no surprise why fans avoided 'Stomp 442' like the plague in 1995.
it was shit alt-metal crossover. wasn't done well at all.
that's probably maidenboy's fav. Blabbermouth-comment ever.
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So true.
Anyone know what he's talking about when he mentions being concerned with Danny's health?
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Thrashard
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i think anybody interested in Anthrax already knows why they fired Don Nelson but what we will never get to know is 'Who shat Who?'.
I recall seeing a video interview with members of Anthrax when Nelson was in the band. Scott Charlie and Frank look really pissed and annoyed at Nelson.
I don't believe the shit stories. Personally speaking, if someone shit on me, I wouldn't fire him. I'd probably attempt to kill him.
Perhaps when they listened to the album with Nelson and got wind that Big Four was becoming a reality, they decided that this dude was not what they wanted to represent Anthrax at Big Four or on a new LP.
I don't believe the shit stories. Personally speaking, if someone shit on me, I wouldn't fire him. I'd probably attempt to kill him.
Perhaps when they listened to the album with Nelson and got wind that Big Four was becoming a reality, they decided that this dude was not what they wanted to represent Anthrax at Big Four or on a new LP.
Thrashard
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Don Nelson is an 80's Thrash Metal-icon, with him on vocals they'd be the biggest band of the big four. *NOT*
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"Most true metalheads are not the most open-minded people when it comes to music."
That's the most honest and most true sentence that has EVER come from his mouth...
That's the most honest and most true sentence that has EVER come from his mouth...
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