ANTHRAX Guitarist Scott Ian - "In The End It Just Kind Of Helps If People Underestimate You"
March 1, 2014, 10 years ago
Currently on a successful solo Speaking Words tour in North America, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian spoke with Chicago Now's Jim Ryan about the experience. An excerpt from the interview is available below:
Q. In my experience, metal fans are some of the biggest music fans – and not just of metal but of all kinds of different genres, of music in general. So it seems like this tour, with all of the different stories you're telling, would lend itself well to that. Do you think that metal fans get kind of unfairly stereotyped though?
Ian: "There’s definitely a stereotype when it comes to everything involving metal. Still - to this day - people who don’t know any better definitely have an image in their brain of the stereotypical metal fan, metal band, whatever it is. But to me, that’s fine. It’s always better to fly under the radar because then you tend to be able to get away with a lot more sh-t. Just think I’m stupid or think our fans are stupid. That’s fine with me because in the end it just kind of helps if people underestimate you."
Go to this location for the complete interview.
Remaining Speaking Words dates are as follows:
March
2 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live4 - Boston, MA - Hard Rock Cafe
5 - New York, NY - BB Kings
6 - Syracuse, NY - Lost Horizon
7 - West Warwick, RI - Manchester 65
8 - Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall
