In the clip below, shot on September 27th in Chicago, IL at the Vic Theatre, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian conduvts a rig rundown for Premier Guitar's Rebecca Dirks. Ian shows off his signature Jackson guitars, his Randall amps, and an assortment of pedals that he brings on the road:

If there were any years more pivotal and ground-breaking for New York's own ANTHRAX, then the past two would certainly be considered key for Joey Belladonna, Frank Bello, Charlie Benante, Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano. So much has transpired between 2010 and 2012 for Anthrax; their album Worship Music (released in 2011) got stellar reviews and was named one of the best metal albums of the year by boatloads of media outlets. That album has already sold three times as many copies as their last album (it's sitting at 100,000 units) and more than any other of their releases in the last decade. Worship Music would debut in the Billboard top 200 charts at #12. The band would also be prominently featured on the now historic Big 4 shows in New York and California and The Rock Star Energy Mayhem Festival and more.

BraveWords.com correspondent Matthew O'Shaughnessy (from WVOX.com's Metal Mayhem) recently caught up with bassist Frank Bello about the "serious hunger" fans have for the band.

BraveWords.com: You have commented before on a new Anthrax record of covers. What's the latest with that?

Frank Bello: "Any Anthrax fan who has been around us knows we like to jam other songs during sound checks; what we did we recorded a bunch of songs we grew up on. We did 'Smokin'' from BOSTON which is a great classic song and 'Anthem' from RUSH - we are all diehard Rush fans. Just fun songs but I want people to be surprised. We are thinking about re-releasing Worship Music next year with some of these B-sides on it which is cool. It's just a different side of us; and I think people always want to dig into that."

BraveWords.com: I understand Anthrax has been incorporating some vintage tracks into the live set, songs you haven't played in a while.

Frank Bello: "Yeah, we've been doing that so far. With Anthrax, the good thing about this band it doesn't like to stand still with its set-list. You have your obvious ones that you have to play otherwise people get pissed. We like to mix it up. The great conversation we have is about two hours before the show; "Alright what are we doing?". And we all just look at set-lists and say let's try this. That's the fun part nobody sees. Yeah, you'll have your classics but we always like to throw in a curveball. So you don't know."

BraveWords.com: Anthrax has been quite active showcasing Worship Music on the road for the past year and a half, including the Big 4 shows and The Rock Star Energy Mayhem Festival where you headlined the second stage playing a special high-energy, non-stop, bare bones guerilla set at super-sonic speed.

Frank Bello: "It was!  I'm telling you there are two tours to me in my life that were very special - we've done alot of touring throughout our years . The Big 4 you have to put right up there. But the Mayhem tour because of the impact that it brought; seeing these fifteen and sixteen kids and younger along with our own audience coming to these shows which is a really beautiful thing. That tour was exactly what we wanted to accomplish. Doing 40 minutes on the second stage and just making the newer people who haven't seen Anthrax get it. I think we did the right thing thankfully. All I could say is for forty minutes of Anthrax it's exactly what we wanted to accomplish. I mean I literally didn't even get to have a drink between certain songs. Some shows it was one hundred and eight degrees on stage! The impact of the Mayhem Tour I'm seeing now. We see a buzz again. People are saying we are back. This band has a serious hunger to achieve and I am really psyched about it."

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