I was lucky enough to be able to hear/see an advance of MMD. Before I say anything everyone should go to your cd collection, find Live The Island Years, and trash it (helpful hint-i'm using mine for a beer coaster). You'll never listen to it again (and I don't want to hear from all the Joey fans, John is THE singer for Anthrax). Very few live albums have that "event" feeling. My favs are Kiss Alive!, Skynyrd One More From The Road and Lizzy's Live and Dangerous. They have a larger than life vibe to them. For me this is right up there, it's one of my favorite things Anthrax has ever done. Everyone's been asking for a live album with John. We got that, and a whole lot more.
The mix on this is amazing, you can hear everything. A good comparison is Zep's How The West Was Won, it has that clarity. You hear drum fills and guitar flourishes that usually get lost in the muddy sound of a live show.
By the time they get to the second song, "got the time", they're on fire, you know you're in for something special and it doesn't let up. You can feel the adrenelin. "Time" is a song i've been wishing they'd droop for years, but it's great on here. In fact all the other songs that I was kinda "tired" of (mosh, anti, indians and especially noize) have a new life on here.
The song for me that stands out the most is "inside out". Best version ever, hands down. It's faster, but it really works like this. I wish they'd play it that way all the time. "Safe Home" is another one that gets the adrenelin rush treatment. It's not a bad thing, it gives you another version of a great song.
On "nobody knows anything" Charlie shows everyone that it can be done live (take that Lars).
"Refuse" on album, I like, but in the live setting it's a monster. In "I am the law" there's one point where Rob is doing the solo and the look on his face is like, how fast are we gonna play this?, but he keeps up. Priceless.
It's great having a live version of "be all.." too, i'm so glad they started playing it again. Any songs I didn't mention wasn't for any reason, it's just one of those albums where there's highlights all over the place and you just take it as a whole, because when it's this good, that's all you can do. Everyone's going to have different songs they wish were on here (hell, I won't be happy until I make the set list). These are the songs they played that night and they're great versions. That's it.
I can't tell you how many times i've seen Anthrax, I lost count somewhere back in '87. I wish I was at this one though. I'm jealous of each and every on of you that were there.
I didn't really talk about the dvd, but it doesn't matter. This is a great live album, to be able to watch it is just the cherry on top. Don't get me wrong, the dvd is great. You can tell Charlie had a big hand in the whole thing. It's a dvd geeks dream. The extras are different, not just the same old thing. If Charlie is this involved in the box set, and keeps his "fan" approach to it, it'll be one of the better ones.
If it's gonna be a new beginning for Anthrax, without Frank, then there couldn't have been a better ending than this....METAL
The mix on this is amazing, you can hear everything. A good comparison is Zep's How The West Was Won, it has that clarity. You hear drum fills and guitar flourishes that usually get lost in the muddy sound of a live show.
By the time they get to the second song, "got the time", they're on fire, you know you're in for something special and it doesn't let up. You can feel the adrenelin. "Time" is a song i've been wishing they'd droop for years, but it's great on here. In fact all the other songs that I was kinda "tired" of (mosh, anti, indians and especially noize) have a new life on here.
The song for me that stands out the most is "inside out". Best version ever, hands down. It's faster, but it really works like this. I wish they'd play it that way all the time. "Safe Home" is another one that gets the adrenelin rush treatment. It's not a bad thing, it gives you another version of a great song.
On "nobody knows anything" Charlie shows everyone that it can be done live (take that Lars).
"Refuse" on album, I like, but in the live setting it's a monster. In "I am the law" there's one point where Rob is doing the solo and the look on his face is like, how fast are we gonna play this?, but he keeps up. Priceless.
It's great having a live version of "be all.." too, i'm so glad they started playing it again. Any songs I didn't mention wasn't for any reason, it's just one of those albums where there's highlights all over the place and you just take it as a whole, because when it's this good, that's all you can do. Everyone's going to have different songs they wish were on here (hell, I won't be happy until I make the set list). These are the songs they played that night and they're great versions. That's it.
I can't tell you how many times i've seen Anthrax, I lost count somewhere back in '87. I wish I was at this one though. I'm jealous of each and every on of you that were there.
I didn't really talk about the dvd, but it doesn't matter. This is a great live album, to be able to watch it is just the cherry on top. Don't get me wrong, the dvd is great. You can tell Charlie had a big hand in the whole thing. It's a dvd geeks dream. The extras are different, not just the same old thing. If Charlie is this involved in the box set, and keeps his "fan" approach to it, it'll be one of the better ones.
If it's gonna be a new beginning for Anthrax, without Frank, then there couldn't have been a better ending than this....METAL
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