Great Production? Stomp and vol 8 are great productions? This is Anthrax we are speaking of here. Can you at least understand that Anthrax changed their style of music almost overnight. It wasn't some kind of natural progression. If you have followed Anthrax since long before SOWN you would see this. The vocalist doesn't have much to do with it as you think.
Anthrax HAD a unique style. They were different than almost all other Thrash bands. Next thing you know they are playing power groove / pantera wanna be sounding songs. John Bush is not that aggressive. Again if I wanted to hear aggressive I would go listen to Phil Anselmo himself, or take it a step further and go listen to Sepultura. I grew up listening to metal and am huge fan of death and thrash metal. When I hear Anthrax do Only or Safe Home I want to vomit.
While I do like John Bush's voice i would never associate him with being 'aggressive'. That argument just doesn't fit well with me. If Sepultura needed a new singer John Bush wouldn't be on my list of possible replacements. Or Testament, Exodus, or any other "Agressive" Thrash band
When John Bush joined the band they started writing songs that were much less aggressive than anything they did previously with Joey. So why would the band bring in an 'aggressive' vocalist but then change their music to be far less 'aggressive' than it was before he joined the band?
You would think if they wanted to bring in an 'aggressive' singer they would have at least backed it up by writing songs that were more aggressive than before he joined the band.
