ANTHRAX 40 - EPISODE 11 - STATE OF EUPHORIA

[@stuandkristengreen1000]

Euphoria is one of my all time favorites! I played it to death.

[@LoveLiveRockingPodcast]

It's 2024 and THIS was the album that took me from pop-hard-rock radio songs (Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Cinderella) to listening to FULL albums and diggin' into a whole band's discography. For years it was my absolute favorite album of all time! Still cannot believe they don't play 4-6 songs off this masterpiece (NOT including AntiSocial) on EVERY Tour! This is the record that defined me going from child to adolescent!

[@Scodrom]

My favorite Anthrax album

[@Renoroc]

You can't improve on this album, it's a perfect document of where Anthrax was at the time.

[@scurrie666]

Good Album

[@kentakeura1617]

STATE OF EUPHORIA is AWESOME and is one of my favorits espcially Antisocial!!! :D

[@leerawlins8770]

These episodes are amazing......11 episodes for 7 years ....by my reckoning we should have around 60 episodes before we get to the 40th year ....if my maths are correct 🤣🤣🤘🤘🤘keep em coming Charlie.....amazing

[@davidschroeder1171]

Well, that explains why I always thought something was lacking from State of Euphoria. From the day it came out and I first listened to it, I really enjoyed it, killer songs, great grooves, catchy lyrics; but, I always felt like it could have been better. Thanks for another history lesson. Bring on episode 12.

[@TavisAllen]

My childhood friend, who was on-trend with music, * had "State of Euphoria" on cassette. This was my introduction to Anthrax. We would've be 10-11 at the time. Most memorable to me was the brightly-colored cover art, the cello intro to "Be All, End All", and "Schism", but mostly for its title. I would go on to purchase "Persistence of Time" on CD. * He was big into hair metal, most likely due to its popularity. When acts such as Vanilla Ice and Bell Biv DeVoe became popular -- for context, we grew up in Brownsburg, Indiana -- he abruptly jumped ship and made the switch. Thus, I never really knew what he was truly a fan of. I stayed the course.

[@dalienaustin3143]

My favorite album It literally hanged my life forever Still my favorite metal album Tightest Drums and Guitars But I do get what Y’all mean about how you feel about the album, either way love it, love you guys and the memories of this time period

[@chadlutzke5509]

Charlie...if this unsatisfied feeling still persists regarding the album, you guys should do now what you wish you could have done back then. Then, after tweaking the songs, release it as STATE OF TWO-PHORIA.

[@WhyTheHorseface]

Great idea, great title!

[@superblondeDotOrg]

YES PLEASE why not go back and do "STATE OF EUPHORIA PT.2 THE RE-IMAGINING" 🤘

[@arvispinkletter5324]

The original version of Anti-Social is almost like a new wave song ; it's out of that era of punk that wasn't quite as guitar-centric. What Anthrax did with it was more "traditional" punk but mixed with metal things as well, and it really dialed up the adrenaline to a manic level, kind of unlocking a potential in the original song that the original didn't quite reach. That main riff... my god.... I was obsessed with that for a while.

[@eyeexaggerate7687]

First song I ever played on “drums” (kick snare tom that I traded a bike for) was Mamakin in the early 80s. Once the bpms started to rise I felt more and more at home. Fast forward to now and I remember every single nuance of every damn anthrax (and most other) albums. The other 3 bands of the day we’re super-inspirational but something about the anthrax records stuck like hell

[@handidrummed]

The first Anthrax album I ever heard. My sister had it when I was a kid.

[@deepcreep98]

State of Euphoria introduced me to thrash back in the day. I was blown away and still love it. Hearing it for the first time is one of my favorite childhood memories. I was 12 years old when it was released and I bought it with my school lunch money on a whim. It literally changed my life by putting me on a new musical path.

[@robertfields2906]

Now It's Dark 2 would be really rad!! Loving this whole series!

[@binface9]

I watched Blue Velvet for the first time a few years ago and I couldn't believe it when I realised that's where Now It's Dark came from. Then came the "warm fucking beer" speech sampled on Mr Bungle's first record! I'm sure they're not the only well know bands influenced by that film.

[@craigpatrick1]

Great flick scared me as a kid finally got it when I was older

[@keefriff99]

Cool story about Trust…that photo of Steve Harris with the Trust shirt means that he knew of Nicko’s drumming before he joined Maiden.

[@qdaveq6597]

I'm sure he would have known him from Pat Travers too.

[@keefriff99]

@@qdaveq6597 Definitely!

[@TormentNJ-BlastedNJ]

I really like this album only thing I wasn’t crazy bout was the yellow funny looking album cover . It looked silly IMO It reminds me of the bad artwork of the first album .This is one of my top 5 Anthrax albums . The intro is classic & songs are heavy as hell ... Thank you.

[@barbarianblood2316]

I bought this tape at US1 flea market (Jersey) the day after it came out. I love it.

[@arvispinkletter5324]

I remember seeing Blue Velvet for the first time, a year or two after this album came out. I had no idea where the song came from, until key moments in the film arrived.... that was really exciting and cool for me. What a psychotic character to base a song around!

[@jjennings1209]

Still a great album!

[@arvispinkletter5324]

"13".... I thought that thing was hilarious. I want to hear what all the inside jokes are in that song. A few years ago I finally heard "Peace Dog" by the Cult... and I laughed my ass off. I didn't know what was coming, but I recognized it as soon as I heard it. Finally the chanting from "13" had context.

[@waltermiller249]

They were rushed and didn't givec100% and they still made a great album!

[@MrDhilrd]

My first Anthrax show. Opening for Ozzy at the Dallas Reunion arena.

[@rejeancomeau77]

Yes.... I will say it again here. Respect the NOT ! And I will NOT stop saying it !!! NOT !

[@WhyTheHorseface]

Another tune Anthrax should cover a la “Anthems” is “Don’t Fight It” by Kenny Loggins and Steve Perry. Heard it the other day for the first time in years and thought, “wow anthrax could really do a killer version of this”.

[@roymartin500]

The song "13" is one of the songs that Scott is referring to as not finished.

[@Joker-cr6jt]

😂

[@roymartin500]

@@Joker-cr6jt meat loaf..heave hoe..meat loaf..heave ho Da da daa Repeat for 45 seconds haha

[@weforever137]

Fucking classic tune

[@theburningred01]

Great album! P.s... never heard of the movie Blue Velvet till now lol...will have to check it out

[@deepcreep98]

It's weird but check it out.

[@jymyben]

where is the friday episode?

[@TheConsciousEvolutionchannel]

Dude "Blue Velvet" was a fucked up movie, lol!

[@BillyBongwaters]

One of my Faves dudes Record so well it has such great Dynamics...and FRANKS bass never sounded better...This Record Really made you listen DEEP into your band,,,, and hell ya I did.... I dug deep and still do

[@123612100]

Call me crazy but I think anti-social is the weakest song on the album. I'd take make me laugh over anti-social any day.

[@willd4731]

It kind of bothers me when bands that I admire openly admit that they put out an inferior product to their fans. If they knew that only half the songs on state of euphoria were good, why didn't they charge half of the list price instead of standard MSRP? Or just make it another EP. Can we get a retroactive refund guys? Or credit towards the next album?

[@chrislambden2689]

I need to find the cassette my dad bought me over 30 years ago then

[@superblondeDotOrg]

That is not how the music "Business" works especially back in the years when they wrote & released it.

[@123612100]

It's a great album though.