ANTHRAX Guitarist Scott Ian Talks Formative Years - "We'd Play 'Ace Of Spades' Faster Than MOTÖRHEAD Because We Weren't Good Yet"
February 15, 2015, 9 years ago
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Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian is featured in an extensive three-part interview with Guitar Interactive. He discusses his signatures sound, the formative year of Anthrax, and offers his advice on becoming a professional musician.
Anthrax are currently working on a new studio album, their follow-up to 2011's Worship Music. A new from of Charlie Benante's drum tracking sessions can be viewed below:
Anthrax, along with producer Jay Ruston, is currently in a Los Angeles studio recording the follow-up to their 2011 Grammy-nominated album, Worship Music.
The band - Charlie Benante/drums, Frank Bello/bass, Joey Belladonna/vocals, Scott Ian/guitars and Jon Donais/guitars - have been writing and demo'ing new songs over the past few months and plans to record well into the year.
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The as-yet-untitled album, the band's eleventh full studio collection, is set for a 2015 release (Megaforce Records). This video clip was filmed the first day of recording:
Stay tuned for updates.