DEATHRIDERS, featuring ex-ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin, have announced two shows in California with ex-NITRO guitarist Michael Angelo Batio as part of the NAMM Metal Jamm 2010. They are as follows:

January

17 - The Common Ground - Riverside, CA
23 - Angels Corona - Corona, CA

More details will be revealed soon.

For information of Deathriders go to here this location. For more on Batio click here.

Following is an excerpt from a recent interview with Turbin conducted by Rockpages.gr. An excerpt discussing Turbin's Anthrax past is available below.

Rockpages.gr: The name of the band is an obvious reference to your past and the album that you recorded with Anthrax (Fistful Of Metal). Is it really a blessing or a curse to have your name linked with such an established act?

Neil Turbin: "The fact of the matter is that I’m linked with the fucking name whether I like it or not. I have every right to use the name…after all, I wrote the song. You know, once you get involved in something successful, then people automatically link you to that period of your life. It’s like the case of an actor who finds himself tied up in a role and people almost refuse to see him playing any other role. They put you in a category! Deathriders is an original metal band and if people or even Anthrax don’t like the name or the attitude of the group…well, fuck’em!"

Rockpages.gr: You were a member of Anthrax for almost two years. What was the reason behind your departure?

Neil Turbin: "I was a member of Anthrax from August 1982 up until August 1984. I was a member of Anthrax for exactly two years. The reason I left…well, there were a number of things, actually. The whole relationship started to deteriorate after a while, there was definitely backstabbing from certain people who chose to hang around with other people instead of focusing in the band. I was into metal, focused on music while Scott Ian and Charlie Benante formed an alliance and Dan Spitz just followed. In a matter of months it was simply a case of them versus me. It was very difficult to deal with them, because it was obvious that we wouldn’t get along and they were also more interested in other things than music, at least back then. We didn’t establish a trusted friendship within the band, that’s for sure!"

Go to this location for the complete interview.