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Comrades,
Here I sit basking in the afterglow of the Anthrax 'Behind The Music'. And what a wonderful episode of said program.
Here's my review:
I loved it with one exception.
Let me explain.
I thought the story played out really well. They really gave you a lot of info in 44 minutes (that's how long the show actually is without commercials). Our story was different than the usual 'drugs, rehab' story line. Most 'BTM's are focused on one or two people in the band and their problems. Ours was a group story of adversity, challenge, fighting and persevering. I had forgotten how much shit we'd been through until it all started to come back during the interview process for the show. We've fought for everything we've gotten over the last twenty years. That's just us. Like Frankie says in the show, "we're not gonna cower down, fuck that, we're gonna fight." Or something close to that. Anthrax, the eternal underdog. There was a lot of music too. They used a lot of different songs and they used them well. I loved the pieces of 'Horror Of It All' cut to the Chernobyl footage.
My one gripe comes early on and it's personal. It may not affect the story for most people, but to me it means a lot. The narrator say's how I started the band right out of high school. What he should have said was: "High school friends Scott Ian and Danny Lilker started a heavy metal band called Anthrax named after......etc etc."
They left Danny out. That sucks.
There would be no Anthrax if it wasn't for Danny Lilker.
Can you hear me?
THERE WOULD BE NO ANTHRAX IF
IT WASN'T FOR DANNY LILKER.
Like I said, it's personal. We started the band together. Now I know they only had 44 minutes to tell the story and it's not a 'Rockumentary'. That one line would've made all the difference. It would be accurate. I'm just setting the record straight.
One gripe out of a possible who knows how many is very good. I thought all the guests were great. My mom was hilarious. Jonny Z was perfect. I love when he disses our first demo. Lonn was insightful. He was there with me at Ground Zero. That's how he knows that story. Kirk was good. And tan!
Chuck D was awesome. Just having him be a part of the show was so big for us. Still to this day I trip out over what we did together. To see it, on film, it's surreal. Who knew? And when Chuck says "Anthrax never got the due respect they deserve for making that first big bold step into the world of rap", that puts a smile on my face. Thank you Chuck, that's huge.
I thought the way they were able to tie our story together with 9/11 and the anthrax scare without it being gratuitous was done really well. It's 2002. To quote John Bush, "WE ARE THE REAL ANTHRAX NYC!!" We aim to reclaim what was and still is ours. All in all, a great job.
Thanks to Lisa and Aaron and Bruce for taking good care of us. One more thing on 'BTM'. We hope to put it out on DVD with much more story.
What else is happening?
John started singing today. Drums, bass, and rhythm guitars are done. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It looks like we are going to sign with the label we've wanted to be on. A great 'Safe Home' for us. That's a song title. Stay tuned. I'll announce it shortly.
We were supposed to go to South America for a 'Thrash Of The Titans' show in April. As of now, it's off. There seems to be a lot of confusion on the South American end. We want to go back to Brazil really bad. For sure with this new record. Chile too.
I'm picking 'Lord Of The Rings' for best pic but I think 'A Beautiful Mind' will win. Russell Crowe will win best actor. Peter Jackson should win best director but Ron Howard will take it. I wanted Steve Buscemi for best supporting actor for 'Ghost World'. He didn't get nominated. Fuck that category. Jennifer Connelly for best supporting actress. Best actress? I don't know yet. 'Amelie' will win best foreign film. It better. Jean-Pierre Jeunet rules. See 'Delicatessen' and 'City Of Lost Children'. I just got the limited edition 'Evil Dead' DVD in the latex 'Book Of The Dead' packaging. Awesome! A must have.
Also the first season of 'Larry Sanders'. Oh, and see 'Sexy Beast' with Ben Kingsley. A great Brit gangster pic. Ben Logan is a hard man. The first two episodes of the new season of 'Six Feet Under' were great. What a great show. And 'The Osbournes' was hilarious. Fucking hilarious. Ozzy trying to work the remote was priceless. Jack sang a bit of 'Ass Kickin' Fat Kid' from 'Run Ronnie Run'! I wrote that song! Cool. Too bad that movie may never come out. From my limited point of view, the people at New Line are retarded. And on the subject of never coming out, our live album should be out sometime between now and never.
That's it for now my friends.
See you soon.
Scott
http://anthraxtheband.com/nfws.htm
Or:
Comrades,
Here I sit basking in the afterglow of the Anthrax 'Behind The Music'. And what a wonderful episode of said program.
Here's my review:
I loved it with one exception.
Let me explain.
I thought the story played out really well. They really gave you a lot of info in 44 minutes (that's how long the show actually is without commercials). Our story was different than the usual 'drugs, rehab' story line. Most 'BTM's are focused on one or two people in the band and their problems. Ours was a group story of adversity, challenge, fighting and persevering. I had forgotten how much shit we'd been through until it all started to come back during the interview process for the show. We've fought for everything we've gotten over the last twenty years. That's just us. Like Frankie says in the show, "we're not gonna cower down, fuck that, we're gonna fight." Or something close to that. Anthrax, the eternal underdog. There was a lot of music too. They used a lot of different songs and they used them well. I loved the pieces of 'Horror Of It All' cut to the Chernobyl footage.
My one gripe comes early on and it's personal. It may not affect the story for most people, but to me it means a lot. The narrator say's how I started the band right out of high school. What he should have said was: "High school friends Scott Ian and Danny Lilker started a heavy metal band called Anthrax named after......etc etc."
They left Danny out. That sucks.
There would be no Anthrax if it wasn't for Danny Lilker.
Can you hear me?
THERE WOULD BE NO ANTHRAX IF
IT WASN'T FOR DANNY LILKER.
Like I said, it's personal. We started the band together. Now I know they only had 44 minutes to tell the story and it's not a 'Rockumentary'. That one line would've made all the difference. It would be accurate. I'm just setting the record straight.
One gripe out of a possible who knows how many is very good. I thought all the guests were great. My mom was hilarious. Jonny Z was perfect. I love when he disses our first demo. Lonn was insightful. He was there with me at Ground Zero. That's how he knows that story. Kirk was good. And tan!
Chuck D was awesome. Just having him be a part of the show was so big for us. Still to this day I trip out over what we did together. To see it, on film, it's surreal. Who knew? And when Chuck says "Anthrax never got the due respect they deserve for making that first big bold step into the world of rap", that puts a smile on my face. Thank you Chuck, that's huge.
I thought the way they were able to tie our story together with 9/11 and the anthrax scare without it being gratuitous was done really well. It's 2002. To quote John Bush, "WE ARE THE REAL ANTHRAX NYC!!" We aim to reclaim what was and still is ours. All in all, a great job.
Thanks to Lisa and Aaron and Bruce for taking good care of us. One more thing on 'BTM'. We hope to put it out on DVD with much more story.
What else is happening?
John started singing today. Drums, bass, and rhythm guitars are done. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It looks like we are going to sign with the label we've wanted to be on. A great 'Safe Home' for us. That's a song title. Stay tuned. I'll announce it shortly.
We were supposed to go to South America for a 'Thrash Of The Titans' show in April. As of now, it's off. There seems to be a lot of confusion on the South American end. We want to go back to Brazil really bad. For sure with this new record. Chile too.
I'm picking 'Lord Of The Rings' for best pic but I think 'A Beautiful Mind' will win. Russell Crowe will win best actor. Peter Jackson should win best director but Ron Howard will take it. I wanted Steve Buscemi for best supporting actor for 'Ghost World'. He didn't get nominated. Fuck that category. Jennifer Connelly for best supporting actress. Best actress? I don't know yet. 'Amelie' will win best foreign film. It better. Jean-Pierre Jeunet rules. See 'Delicatessen' and 'City Of Lost Children'. I just got the limited edition 'Evil Dead' DVD in the latex 'Book Of The Dead' packaging. Awesome! A must have.
Also the first season of 'Larry Sanders'. Oh, and see 'Sexy Beast' with Ben Kingsley. A great Brit gangster pic. Ben Logan is a hard man. The first two episodes of the new season of 'Six Feet Under' were great. What a great show. And 'The Osbournes' was hilarious. Fucking hilarious. Ozzy trying to work the remote was priceless. Jack sang a bit of 'Ass Kickin' Fat Kid' from 'Run Ronnie Run'! I wrote that song! Cool. Too bad that movie may never come out. From my limited point of view, the people at New Line are retarded. And on the subject of never coming out, our live album should be out sometime between now and never.
That's it for now my friends.
See you soon.
Scott
