ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian spoke with Kyle Anderson from EW.com recently about a number of topics. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

EW.com: With the Yankee Stadium show and the new album out, is this the busiest week in Anthrax history?

Ian: "It very well could be. It started last Tuesday, and now it’s really ramping up.

EW.com: What’s your big fan moment during the Big Four shows?

Ian: "As far as SLAYER goes, I always look forward to 'Postmortem' and 'Raining Blood'. I always look forward to 'Angel of Death'. I’ve seen them play those songs probably 200 times since 1987, and I never get tired of them. Seeing METALLICA play 'Master of Puppets' is always epic. It’s like summer camp. I get to hang out with my friends and play these insane shows. It’s just the best possible scenario."

EW.com: Your band has had its ups and downs, but is it gratifying knowing the demand for the Big Four has been so great?

Ian: "Having weathered the ’90s, which was a terrible time for this music, and having been able to get through that and see this new millennium come by and see the scene get stronger and stronger again, it feels great. I always will attest it to the strength of this audience that loves the music. It didn’t matter what the media was touting as the next big thing. At some point around ’94 or ’95, Rolling Stone said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers were the future. I think that was the last issue of Rolling Stone I ever bought. Why would heavy metal ever go away? This has always been the alternative. When Lollapalooza launched and they called that alternative, we thought, 'All these bands are on the radio. What’s that an alternative to?' The music we play, the music you’re gonna see the Big Four play, is the true alternative. I don’t see the CHEMICAL BROTHERS playing Yankee Stadium on Wednesday."

Read the entire interview here.

Anthrax, along with the other members of the Big - METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH - hit Yankee Stadium in the Bronx tomorrow (September 14th).