ANTHRAX Drummer Charlie Benante - "There Was A Moment While Recording Where I Listened To Joey Sing, And I Knew Right Then That Anthrax Was Back"
October 10, 2011, 13 years ago
ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante is featured in a new interview with David Hens at Examiner.com. An excerpt is available below:
Q: As amazing as Among The Living is, I think Worship Music is the best sounding Anthrax album yet. What were your expectations when you first began recording?
Benante: "We didn’t really have any expectations. By about the fifth song, we could feel the record starting to take shape, and we were able to go back and rewrite anything that didn’t work. A lot of what we had in the beginning stayed, because we knew it sounded the way we wanted it to."
Q: How does it feel to have Joey Belladonna back in the fold?
Benante: "It’s awesome, you know? Back in the early '90s, we were different people and not as mature as we are now. Some unwise decisions were made, but you just have to roll with it. There was a moment while recording where I listened to Joey sing, and I knew right then that Anthrax was back. I immediately said, "That sounds like Anthrax.'"
Go to this location for the complete interview.
Worship Music, ANTHRAX' first studio album in eight years and its first with vocalist Joey Belladonna since 1990's Persistence Of Time, has hit the charts in several countries around the globe.
Anthrax hits the road beginning October 14th on a five-week, coast-to-coast tour with TESTAMENT and DEATH ANGEL. The itinerary for the tour is as follows:
October
14 - Orbit Room - Grand Rapids, MI15 - Congress Theatre - Chicago, IL
16 - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
18 - The Cotillion - Wichita, KS
19 - Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO
22 - Nokia LA Live - Los Angeles, CA
23 - Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA
24 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA
26 - Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM
28 - South Side Music Hall - Dallas, TX
29 - Emo's East - Austin, TX
30 - Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
November
1 - House of Blues - Orlando, FL2 - Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale - FL
4 - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC
5 - Fillmore Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
6 - The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD
8 - Northern Lights - Clifton Park, NY
10 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
11 - Palladium - Worcester, MA
15 - Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY
17 - Stage AE - Pittsburgh, PA
19 - Rave - Milwaukee, WI
