Yeah but that's also a nice way of publicly saying "I told 'em to fuck off"...
I don't really blame him. I am going to miss him in this band so much - but the band is over in my eyes anyway. After 13 years of friendship, they stabbed him in the back for some out of touch with reality, delusional cheeseball that they knew for only 8 years, what seemed like forever ago.
I am glad John said no, in a way - but I really wanted him back in the band too - but I suppose at some point there's just no going back (which is something Anthrax should have realized the first time they tried to do the 2 singer tour in 1998).