My opinion is that the idea for this reunion sucks
and blows. As you'll see further down, this whole thing just rings with an air of falseness. I've seen 'Thrax with Joey and John; and Joey, in my opinion, just doesn't have the sheer charisma onstage that John has, as was proven at the beginning of the
Sound of White Noise tour at the first show in Tijuana at Iguanas. I've seen John perform with them more than I've seen them with Joey. John's just better at it.
VoreLord said:
I guess that depends on how you define success. If you've seen the Soundscan figures, Anthrax's records sales drop exponentially with each subsequent release:
ANTHRAX - Sound Of White Noise: 511,105
ANTHRAX - Stomp 442: 114,974
ANTHRAX - Volume 8: 77,858
ANTHRAX - We've Come For You All: 61,561
Looking at these figures is it a suprise that they're doing this reunion ? It isn't called The Music BUSINESS for nothing folks.
See, this is what it's all about. As good a live act as Anthrax is with John, they can't pull in the numbers like they used to, either through sales of discs or tickets.
The band getting back together with Joey, Dan and Frank just feels completely wrong and being done for all the wrong reasons. To me, it simply feels like the band is throwing John, Rob and the fans under the bus.
And, apart from all the negative commentary that I've seen here, I haven't even heard much reaction from people in general regarding this reunion, even from my friends. Either news of this isn't getting out, or nobody cares.
Rumor has it that this was the only way that Sharon would let them on the Ozzfest. I've been listening to 'Thrax since 1985 when one of the football players at my high school turned me on to them. Looks like I'll be wandering the concourse area buying shirts from Room 13 and from the other bands. I really have no desire to see this reunion.