Just getting into Anthrax...
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lovehunter
Repent!
Karina_666
Member
Among The Living, Spreading the Disease for starters. Then I'd recommend Persistance of Time and then Sound of White Noise. Shows how the band went from fast as lightning, to being thick as fuck.
dailyvault
35 and counting...
Personally speaking, I'd say start with "Spreading The Disease," since that's the album that put Anthrax on the map. Then just work your way through the catalog and grow along with the band. When you're comfortable with Anthrax, I'd go back and pick up "Fistful Of Metal". But that's just me.
JohnThrax
Pre Reunion NFMB member
thraxx
You'll Be in Hell With ME
DeathsHead
All Knowing All Seeing
I would get persistence of time first. That album to me is their finest work both on production value and song writing
Thrillho
I'm Freaking Out!!one!!
POT is hands down Joey's best record. I think WCFYA or SOWN is John's. Really, anywhere is a good place to start I guess. I started with ATL and Killer B's.
Metal Thrashing Mark
Member
Get the Anthrology it covers songs from Spreading to Persistence of time,it gives a wide range of what the early Anthrax is.
Carcassian
Utopian Blaster
THe Anthrology would seem tobe a good idea - see what tracks tickle your fancy from that, and then buy the corresponding albums...
For me, ATL is the most essential, but there really aren't any duffers in any of the three eras...
For me, ATL is the most essential, but there really aren't any duffers in any of the three eras...
Arg_Hamster
Not quite done yet...
For Joey-era Among the living, Persistence of time and for John era We come for you all or Sound of white noise.
no, no, no NO! Attack of the Killer A's, my friend! that way you get decent Bush tunes, decent joey tunes and the chance to prove to yourself joey sucks, without even having to change CD's! bargin!
spacebeer
Thrash Bastard
nafnikufesin
N.F.F.
Volume 8: The best album that nobody has heard
Follow it up with SOWN, Stomp, and then WCFYA.
And then cry in your beer that the band that created those masterpieces no longer exists in that form
Follow it up with SOWN, Stomp, and then WCFYA.
And then cry in your beer that the band that created those masterpieces no longer exists in that form
Carcassian
Utopian Blaster
nafnikufesin said:Volume 8: The best album that nobody has heard
Follow it up with SOWN, Stomp, and then WCFYA.
And then cry in your beer that the band that created those masterpieces no longer exists in that form
I'm the counterpoint to the above album. Get ATL, SOE, POT then STD.
After that get SOWN, WCFYA, and STOMP.
Personally, I'd get Vol 8. if you saw it cheap, but wouldn't make a bee line for it.
xxxcc (I just left my laptop out, and my two year old typed this!!)
I'm not convinced the Bush era is gone for good, so if you like those albums better, don't cry too much about it. I'd also take the oppurtunity of seeing the Joey era band play, b/c even though thety might not be everyones idea of the perfect thrax line up, you would be hard pressed to deny that theyre still an awesome outfit!
It's win / win really!
Whichever "era" Thrax you like best, the other is still great too! (i.m.o.)
Thrillho
I'm Freaking Out!!one!!
Arg_Hamster said:
I already said that! Just kidding....
Volume 8 is good too - but I didn't pick that up untill much later. And Stomp 442, jesus I think it's a great record, but, it took me a year to find one around here. BUT when I did, it was only $5 for the expanded version brand new.
Anyway, regardless of which singer tickles your fancy (did I just say that?) you still gotta pick up Among the Living and Spreading the Disease too, those songs are crushing. Everyone on here will admit that they love the Joey records, but only half the people on here will say they love Joey. To me it matters not, I love all of Anthrax's shit and it does not matter who is singing it, those older songs are just as much a critical part of their Library as all the songs they did with John Bush.
SSSSsssoooooo yeah maybe Killer A's isn't a bad place to start either - although I would hardly call it their "greatest hits," it samples songs from two different times of the band.
jdelpi
Imported Killer
stomp224 said:no, no, no NO! Attack of the Killer A's, my friend! that way you get decent Bush tunes, decent joey tunes and the chance to prove to yourself joey sucks, without even having to change CD's! bargin!
It's called Return of the Killer A's.
DarbysDad
Timmy! Timmy!!! Timmy!!!
CAI
weed up your life
jdelpi said:
LOL!! He made a mix between Attack of the killer B`s and Return of the killer a`s!!!!
Soon forgiven.
