By Metal Dave Glessner As the singer for Watchtower, Dangerous Toys, Broken Teeth and a million others, Jason McMaster has made more connections than Tiger Woods during his decades in the heavy metal trenches. As his friend and part-time publicist for many of the past 16 years, I’ve often been along for the ride when Jason re-connects [...]
Posts Tagged ‘anthrax’
Rewind: Armored Saint Delivers A Memorable Back Room Gig With McMaster, Dio, ‘The Pole’
Posted: 16th November 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: anthrax, armored saint, broken teeth, dangerous toys, dio, jason mcmaster, joey vera, john bush, phil sandoval, ronnie james dio, the back room, watchtower
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Ask Anthrax: What’s Your Favorite Album?
Posted: 25th October 2011 by admin in Quotes and ChatterTags: alive!, anthrax, beatles, charlie benante, frank bello, iron maiden, kiss, rob caggiano, the number of the beast, white album, worship music
THE DEVILS YOU KNOW: Anthrax from left to right: Frank Bello, Scott Ian, Rob Caggiano, Charlie Benante and Joey Belladonna. How much does Charlie love the Beatles? Read his album pick and then pay attention to his shirt. By Metal Dave Glessner 2Fast2Die is still stark raving euphoric over the new Anthrax album, “Worship Music.” It’s so [...]
Anthrax 1991: My Private Afternoon Concert
Posted: 18th October 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: anthrax, emo's east, frank bello, hemisfair arena, iron maiden, joey belladonna, judas priest, san antonio
BREAKING THE LAW? Moments after I got this picture taken with Anthrax singer Joey Belladonna, I was escorted off the premises by an all-too-familiar cop. Yeah, it was worth it. By Metal Dave Glessner The above photo was taken at San Antonio’s Hemisfair Arena (RIP) when I snuck into soundcheck on the afternoon of an Iron [...]
Review: Anthrax returns with ‘Worship Music’
Posted: 10th September 2011 by admin in ReviewsTags: among the living, anthrax, Big 4, charlie benante, frank bello, joey belladonna, rob caggiano, scott ian, worship music
DARTH VADER’S STREET TEAM: Scott Ian, Frank Bello, Joey Belladonna, Charlie Benante and Rob Caggiano wear their allegiance to the dark side (Photo by Andy Buchanan) By Metal Dave Glessner After two decades of unsung persistence and a round of flip-flopping singers, Anthrax finally reclaims its thrash-metal glories on new album, “Worship Music.” Eight years in the tumultuous [...]
Billy Milano: Speaking Plain English
Posted: 6th April 2011 by admin in Quotes and ChatterTags: anthem, anthrax, billy milano, charlie benante, danny lilker, gross misconduct, headhunters, m.o.d., method of destruction, red, scott ian, speak english or die, stormtroopers of death, surfin' m.o.d., u.s.a for m.o.d., white and screwed
By Metal Dave Glessner For a guy who burst onto the scene like a Human Resources wrecking ball, Billy Milano is actually a fairly mild-mannered gent (or at least he is to me). Debuting some 25 years ago as the barking-mad, politically incorrect, psycho loudmouth for seminal crossover thrashers, Stormtroopers of Death (S.O.D.), Billy and his [...]
A Weekend With Anthrax Singer John Bush
Posted: 17th January 2011 by admin in Every Picture Tells a StoryTags: anthrax, armored saint, jason mcmaster, john bush, killeen, megadeth, motley crue
The photo above looks calm enough, but it’s surrounded by some crazy before/after stories. Thanks to my pal Jason McMaster and his longstanding friendship with mighty metal singer John Bush (above), I’ve had awesome access to Anthrax (and Armored Saint) over the years. Obviously, great access = great stories, but not everything is caught on [...]