ANTHRAX 40 - EPISODE 7 - AMONG THE LIVING

[@thrashmetalambassador]

"Among the Living" is one of the milestone records in metal history. 🤘🏼

[@cristianperez784]

It’s my favorite album from Anthrax

[@ArmourRules]

It really is. It's probably in my top 10 of all time.

[@adriandossantos4318]

My sentiments exactly.

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

@@cristianperez784 Agreed. It's their best, and that's really saying something, considering the catalog of albums!

[@ukaszczapiewski319]

Not only in metal history, bro! Masterpiece for sure!

[@albertpauley1710]

April 22, 1989 I went to the Headbanger's Ball tour. I am a Seneca Indian from NY state but had moved to Louisville Ky in 1986. I saw Anthrax and it changed my life. Me and my cousin were in the front row, right side. I will never forget when Indians started and Joey came out with his headdress. Me and my cousin got to high five Joey at the beginning of the song. Best concert ever for an 18 year old Native American. Thank you.

[@djek1976]

Epic

[@LauraSquirrel]

Lucky you. Living in southern Indiana, I wanted to go to that show so bad. But, I was only 12 at the time and my parents wouldn't take me. I was so pissed.

[@andrewvanhalen1984]

I wish there was more talk about Danny's guitar solos, he was one of the most important parts of the band!

[@shka-n1t]

Absolutely. I haven’t heard anyone that sounds like him before or since.

[@richardchacon1330]

Agreed, also looking forward to the part where Danny leaves and the other guy steps in. Now he’s gone and there’s another lead guy.

[@RJBurle]

When I was a teen, riffs caught my attention. Back then, the leads all sounded the same to me, except Anthrax. There was something almost mystical in the sound of Danny's guitar.

[@teutonicresistancetv6445]

@@richardchacon1330 According to him, they can't keep a lead guitarist because they treat them like shit

[@creepingdeath9795]

@@teutonicresistancetv6445 I always loved Danny and his playing, is that true the other guys treat the lead players like crap?

[@anemaldemomusic8182]

This whole album is a literal masterpiece

[@RJBurle]

I always saw "ADI/Horror of It All," as an overlooked gem.

[@TheComicbookguy78]

I always thought that's the song that shows perfection when everyone is at the peak of their ability and giving it their all.

[@troytromwell]

Me too! I had the album recorded on tape and couldn't fit those songs on it. I subsequently forgot about them for a few years. Heavy tunes!

[@paulcoffey7413]

Totally agree

[@Airola]

Too bad the first 5-6 minutes are slightly above average thrash, because the last couple of minutes are my favorite Anthrax minutes in their whole catalogue and fights for the best thrash moment ever made by anyone.

[@vhufhu]

It's honestly on the same level as Good Mourning/Black Friday but it doesn't get nearly as much love

[@nopuppetsounds5070]

Hellyeah, reverend Kane!!! Poltergeist 2 + Among the Living. Those were the days in cinema and concert. Saw Anthrax with Testament as special guest on Monday Oct 26th '87. Ticket No. 1187. I was 16 and had a BLAST!

[@DavidBuse]

This album literally changed my life

[@morello9580]

mine too awesome guys

[@beelzebob23]

Me as well. Remember the day fondly I first slipped ATL into the walkman.

[@robroblox8844]

Same

[@dustingilbert9991]

My number 1 anthrax record for sure, so much energy and drive to this record.

[@RJBurle]

When i was in the Marine Corps, I would hum the riff to "I Am the Law," on long marches. It kept me sane in an insane world. Thanks Anthrax!

[@troyskillman5397]

Thank you for your service and metal will never die!

[@fndjufri]

This album and "Spreading The Disease" are still my favourite Anthrax albums. Danny is an underrated guitarist. His solos on "Among" were so unique. He played like no one else, and nobody played like him. It sounded like he was on his own time and didn't care what the rhythm was playing but every note fitted perfectly, similar to Chris Poland in his Megadeth years.

[@robroblox8844]

Well said

[@lynnie5551]

Funny that there are so many comments on Danny's "timing" since he left to become a watchmaker. ⌚⌚⌚⌚

[@JosephTavano]

Wow that is a perfect way to describe it.

[@michaellosert2285]

I remember when Among came out. It actually knocked me out of my socks! When I first meet my wife in July 87, I gave hear a copy of Among the Living. Even if she is not really a metal head, she still likes that record. Every time when we listen to The Indians, she looks at me me and says „you remember?“ That´s why this records is always really special to me. Also we went to an Anthrax show in 88, (I think it was the Among the living tour) here in Germany. A lot of memories!! Was it with Testament? I still love Anthrax, thank you for giving me these unforgettable moments!

[@THESNEAKERADDICT]

Among the Living helped me get through some messed up Sh!t as a kid, love these guys!

[@harolddeschenes4640]

You're not the only one man!

[@revsharp777]

Among The Living was life changing. It introduced me to thrash....and I was HOOKED! Thank you, guys. ❤

[@JCopland0331]

This was the album where I discovered the band. The tour was amazing! They played the Aragon in Chicago in December, 1987. Celtic Frost and Exodus opened and all three bands just crushed that night!

[@sloth4787]

I saw that show as well , in NY at the beacon theater . Caught them earlier , may of 87 I believe in the beginning of the touring for among... Club called Sundance on long island . Metal Church opened , touring for the Dark album. Fucking great show...next month graduated high school June 87. Lol, now we old....😂

[@JCopland0331]

@@sloth4787 I love the Beacon. Great theatre

[@Nghilifa]

@@sloth4787 lol, time flies eh? I wasn't even born in 1987!

[@sloth4787]

😂😂😂😎 Doesn't matter you still have the metal and are carrying it on . Fk yes ..😎🎶

[@rocker1889]

I caught a show from that tour in 87 at Tower theatre in Philadelphia

[@jymyben]

mr. bello... you nailed the bass tone big time on this one, it’s been a part of my bass sound gumbo since the day i first heard this record... thank you...

[@droidlittle582]

Agreed! His tone is friggin perfect on this gem of a thrash record.

[@neilmurrell281]

Lucky that Hatfield and Ulrich weren't mixing then.

[@metalben005]

Bello is my number one bass inspiration. He takes the groove of Geezer and the thrash of Cliff and fucking soars.

[@bear7076]

im a 15 year old drummer, watching this is inspirational as fuck and i play the songs on my legs with my old stix while i watch these vids. METALS NOT DEAD!!!!

[@Andrew2k-b5f]

9 year old metalhead and drummer here. Metal rocks! 🤘🤘🤘

[@ianripley87]

I'm a 15 year old bassist, and I couldn't agree more. long live metal! 🤘

[@bear7076]

wayyyy youngsters XD

[@michellerosebrown]

28 year old metalhead and a proud fan here. 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

[@dowens3781]

I remember when Master Of Puppets was released in early 1986, it immediately became my favorite metal album ever and I listened to it like 2 to 3 times a day for months. Towards the end of the year, Peace Sells came out and I got into that pretty deeply as well, but to me, Metallica had heavier more epic songs, a much heavier guitar, bass and drum sound, and of course far better vocals. Then Reign In Blood came out and I was totally blown away by the sheer energy, aggression, and intensity and listened to it everyday. Early 1987 rolled around and another incredibly good album from a "Big 4" band came out - Among The Living, which combined the heavy crunch guitar tone of Metallica, the raw energy and aggression of Slayer, some of the technicality and quirky riffs and time changes of Megadeth, and then a big dose of their own sound and style. Brilliant. And I was really getting into learning guitar and writing riffs at that time, so if was a big influence on me musically as well. Great fucking album! The creative inspiration, innovation and just overall awesomeness of that time period (1986/87) will never be matched again in metal history.

[@npg68]

It was an epic time to be young.

[@jymyben]

replace megadeth with S.O.D. and that would be my soundtrack for the next two years...

[@spudrph]

Enthusiastic confirm. Great time to be alive

[@iamgribs]

Anthrax had their own unique melting pot of influences! Sort of like Metallica, but very different also! Well said

[@dowens3781]

@@iamgribs Thanks. I must've been pretty buzzed, because I barely remember writing this - lol

[@samuelblinne6040]

My favorite anthrax album

[@brandocalrissian3294]

One of the five greatest metal albums ever recorded. Or as Joey would put it " a really great collection of tunes man".

[@mattbeels]

My favorite Anthrax! Among Among Among!

[@doc25000]

This is 1 of those albums that i can listen to everyday and never get sick of it.... This is a monster album!

[@martinsanchez3775]

This is Anthrax’s Master of Puppets. An amazing album.

[@dylangantdesign9186]

A true testament to what heavy music should be. A historic milestone of an album

[@davidom7607]

This record and SOD stayed on my turn table for months.

[@timrobinson9192]

🤘🤘🤘☮☮☮

[@jasong.9649]

This was the first Anthrax album I bought, and still my favorite. Greatest thrash record of all time! 🤘🏻

[@portuguesebeer5069]

One of the best thrash metal albuns EVER! Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘🇵🇹

[@smitty70ms1]

So cool and great to see and hear Dan Spitz talking to the camera about stuff. Miss hearing that guy play guitar! He's the man.

[@sdavis6806]

Charlie's drums always sounded amazing since fistful, out of all the bands from that era, especially the big 4,, his drum sound was always consistent and never sound dated like other band's, same as the guitar tone, Anthrax are genius! To me one of the most underrated Metal bands of all time!

[@TormentNJ-BlastedNJ]

ATL is the best of Anthrax 🤘🏻 Heavy as hell album too 🤘🏻

[@OrrinMonro]

I love this series!! We need another album and world tour as soon as possible!!

[@dragnasty540]

Damn, I hate when it ends!!!!!

[@ArmourRules]

I know. Each video should be at least 60 minutes!!

[@robertmancuso1883]

My favorite thrash album of all time. The whole thing is great. This one blew me away

[@remygaron8311]

Awesome record still to this day after 40 years i love that record it’s still move me has much when i was 15 years old love you guy’s and thank’s to Anthrax family👏👏👏🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🥁🥁🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@claudevieaul1465]

The earlier albums were good, but ATL really put the hook in me!! Those riffs, the grooves, the absolute wall of sound, ánd the humor... Love it

[@DEFKONSIXTYSIXlml]

I would definitely want to hear about the deep cuts on this album. I'm not knocking on Indians/Caught in a Mosh/I Am The Law but tracks like One World and The Horror of it All are just so damn oool. This episode needs to be 2 hours long! Masterpiece!

[@paulrooney7162]

The sound of my childhood, my first exposure to thrash, it was music that changed my life. I would not be the person I am today without this record. Absolute masterpiece that I still love to this day. Brings back so many memories of the 80`s. Thank you Anthrax

[@roymartin500]

Just what I was waiting for! Oh, that guitar tone & riffs. Drums are so good. 9th grade we drove up to Los Angeles and it was amazing. Great record and show. Frank Bello(rad bass tone)hit the nail on the head, there was an energy that was undeniable

[@juancolon887]

My favorite thrash band ever!! I would get into arguments with my friends who were Metallica, Megadeth and slayer fans more so than anthrax. I just loved the melodic riffs of anthrax, easy to sing along with and just jam too. Nobody else had songs like them.

[@patrickflannery7263]

My brother and I literally blasted this album from the rooftop. Unfortunately not many people heard it because we lived in the middle of Wyoming but All that mattered was we heard it We heard it loud! I even broke a horse to it The only horse ever that didn't have to listen to a country. later That day we would go skate what's up playing in one of the loudest ghetto blasters ever made we felt like we were spreading the disease. Thank you anthrax for all you do now quit putting these out there it's affecting productivity here. My lawn about eight or nine inches tall and here I am watching this!

[@Tapanga620]

A Skeleton In The Closet. I love that song!!!! But uh yeaaa Anthrax changed us with this album.

[@shaunbritton939]

Im loving these series anthrax are awesome

[@MYPOWERSTATION1]

When this album came out i was into Maiden, Rush, Ozzy, Danzig and my taste in Heavy music was open to new influences. I was fertile ground. I had a friend in JR High who got me into 2 of my most favorite things to this day. Thrash Metal and Pro Wrestling. He had Among the Living blasting when i visited him after school one day. Blown away. That album was my gateway to Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, Motorhead, King Diamond, OSO. Thank you Craig, and thank you ANTHRAX

[@herbertwest9626]

It's their very best album. The riffs, the punky/hardcore sound and the lyrics. Awesome.

[@Nephtin]

THAT was THE Album. And those crazy guys. Love them.

[@nickalexander7189]

One of my all time favorite albums I wish Dan Spitz would come back to the band

[@creamysauce7966]

Dan Spitz is dearly missed in Anthrax

[@iamgribs]

A classic. Just like Spreading the Disease. I was jamming along to this album on bass last night. Frank has great tone. A unique band amongst their peers in the Big 4 and other thrash bands. They embraced hardcore punk influeces more, but also had the Dio-esque vocals. And a bigger emphasis on light humor and optimism. Thank you Anthrax!!! Many of their songs in the soundtrack to my youth

[@brophmantube]

I have listened to Among the Living hundreds of times! LOVE THIS BAND!

[@joshupton5129]

I'm loving this series so many memories to so many anthrax albums keep it up lads horns up thrash metal has been the soundtrack to my life 44years young

[@cuzned1375]

ATL was my intro to Anthrax. To this day, if i’m in an Anthrax-with-Joey mood, i reach for _Among the Living_ or _Worship Music_ .

[@JosephTavano]

Worship and For All Kings are so good. Impressive they can produce at such a high level after all these years.

[@freeinsults4940]

Flashback June 1st 1991 Vancouver Canada. Clash of the Titans only Canadian date. The lights went out, the chairs on the floor were all tossed into a giant pile and I climbed on top and bounced to the music. There was not 1 person that didn't notice me. I had the best spot in the arena. I was 15' off the floor! I would be shocked if there was no film of me having fun that night!

[@JB0528]

This was the album that introduced me to Anthrax. One of my friends stole a tape from the record store and made copies for everyone he knew (sorry Anthrax!). It shaped my taste in music for the next 35 years. We became desperate for more. Got the back catalog, got into more bands like this. Started looking in the magazines at what band shirts these guys wore so we could find influences or peers. We all knew the Big 4 at that point but bands like D.R.I. or Charged GBH were new to us and opened up a bigger rabbit hole as we found all this music that a bunch of dumbass kids in the suburbs of Philly had never been exposed to. My love for punk rock can be directly attributed to finding this band. Saying Among the Living changed my life is not an understatement at all.

[@whatthehellisANSKY]

My favorite album from Anthrax! Changed my musical life🤘🤘

[@samuelblinne6040]

Caught in a mosh and among the living and Indians are my favorite songs

[@doc25000]

Among The Living, Is 1 of the all time greatest thrash albums ever created.... Also was the first time for me seeing an Anthrax show in SoCal back in early 88' at the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa CA. and getting to meet Frank and Scott on the bus after the show in the parking lot was just killer! Scott was mellow and all smiles, Frank was, FRANK! They were both thankful, It was a great night....ANTHRAX FUCKIN' RULES!

[@r.edward5701]

This is the album that set the hook and still listen to, to this day and still feel 13

[@lukytur.5363]

Hallo Thrash Fans,ich bin schon 35 Jahre Thrash Fan.Immer wieder toll die 4 großen Bands zuschauen.

[@tapereturnbeats5612]

What a Masterpiece!

[@ryansampley8162]

Man I love these episodes! Brings back so many memories.🤘

[@trendmassacre8423]

My first and favorite Anthrax album. This is one of the best thrash albums ever created!

[@paulwatson3185]

One of the defining albums of my teens, thanks guys

[@thomasfarmer1730]

Always liked Scott’s enthusiasm,it’s inspiring.

[@susiv]

One of the BEST albums in the history of the music. Kill'em All and Among the Living, my favourite albums. Regards from Spain.

[@harolddeschenes4640]

One of the greatest metal records of all times!

[@jjennings1209]

Crazy story about how Caught in a mosh came from😉 Dan👍🏼

[@Jim-be8sj]

I was at that show in Denver he mentioned with people all over the stage. I think that was the best metal show I ever saw in terms of the energy of the band. The pace was called the Rainbow Music Hall.

[@societydwellingifd766]

*_I'm really diggin these stories. Y'all are taking me back to better days._* 🤘🏻💀🤘🏻

[@allendean9807]

I’ve heard people for years extol the virtues of Appetite for Destruction, stating how it doesn’t have one bad song on it.... and I’ve always told them to take a listen to Among the Living.... i can listen to that album front to back, and never skip a track. It’s Anthrax’s Melissa. Their Black Metal. Their Ride the Lightning. Their Alive 1...

[@soggysoup2087]

Digging the Venom and Mercyful Fate reference. You nailed it, man. Among the Living is legendary.

[@allendean9807]

@@soggysoup2087 one of the best shows i ever saw was Motörhead, Venom and Mercyful Fate, Sacramento, CA during the Black Metal tour.... what a night....

[@voss451]

Even now, some 35 odd years later it STILL sounds as good as anything else out there today.

[@jasonwooler801]

yeah boys!!! thats the album I first heard, before Master, before reign, before them all. All killer, no filler. The 80's were good years for metal.

[@timrobinson9192]

Indeed ... I really miss the 80's to 90's rock/metal/thrash times. Then came Nu-Metal ... couldn't get into any of that, and I did try.

[@neilmurrell281]

Love Among the Living,nice to see Dan on here, Dan you rocked on the Reunion tour I was at Sheffield England in a tiny venue called the Corporation Club it was the best concert I've ever been to and Dan was superb.

[@carlosjtorotorres5451]

One of the highlights of your epic Thrash Metal career & with songs like “I am the Law”( which is about the extreme comic book character Judge Dredd),👨‍⚖️ 📚 📖 “Caught in a Mosh” & the self explanatory “Indians” about the ever conflicted world of the Native Americans , you really showed your intense evolution 🌎

[@3peckeredgoat735]

Love this album, I rember listening to it for the first time in my super religious aunts house on her old school record player, classic.

[@10INCHCRUSHER]

This album is just beyond amazing.

[@coda514]

In my opinion a perfect album from start to finish. I just tracked it down on vinyl ( had to buy it from Europe) it was worth every penny. Now I own it in all it's glorious formats.

[@mikegallagher2732]

Those of us that grew up as teenagers in THAT particular Era were apart of something that will NEVER happen again... SOOOOOO fucking fortunate to be a part of it !!!!! AMONG IS A FUCKING MASTERPIECE.... NOTHING could touch it when it came out ... FOREVER THRASH ..

[@tipusage]

Absolutely brilliant album. So good that till now they haven’t been able to top it.

[@dean1618]

The main riff of among the living has gotta be 1 of my favourites. This album is probably my favourite anthrax album.

[@Hotgarbage100]

Love this awesome fuckin' cd!!! It came out my Junior year of High School and we listened too it constantly. Me and 3 friends went to see Kiss and Anthrax at the Spokane Coliseum. The first thing we saw was Dan Spitz ride a skateboard across the stage wearing a Tweety Bird T-Shirt with his Camo Flying V. We laughed our asses off, it was all so badass!!!! Thanks Anthrax for the memories!!!

[@sixstringer3783]

This was THE record that blew things wide open our band at the time was listening to this 24 - 7 it changed the music we were playing big time it was on 🤘🤘🤘

[@opinionmaximus]

(Like I said in an earlier video) I remember buying this album (and Ride the Lightning on the same day in Aug '87) and it LITERALLY changed my life. From that day I was hooked, a metal fan FOR LIFE. I tell younger people all the time that metal fans are DIEHARD. Most of us "Big 4" fans have been fans for almost 40 YEARS!!! How many of these kids in the 20's that like pop or whatever like the same band they liked 5 years ago? I STILL listen to "Among" WEEKLY. EASILY in my top 10 favorite albums of ALL-TIME! 🤘

[@steve.b.23]

Indians was the track that introduced me to Anthrax. I heard it on Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show on Radio 1 some time in the late 80s. Haven't looked back.

[@CSmith-wz1gd]

This (+ G n' R's "Appetite") was the album that we played non-stop in '87. A milestone in the genre.

[@manic5150]

"I'm the walking dude! I can see all the world"!

[@andros.7827]

No doubt about it among the living is my favorite album of Anthrax of all time is a completly masterpiece love this documentary is awsome. 👏👏🇲🇽🇲🇽

[@00mesilasa00]

This album is pure 🔥. Pleease... Release this album on vynil again!!

[@saltpeter7429]

Old Anthrax is great, that's why we are here. But... holy shit! The last two Joey albums have been outstanding. Some bands, Uh hum, who will remain nameless, are kind of just a shadow of their former selves, not really bringing it that hard anymore. I find myself being like, "oh this is cool, sure it's not 1988 but this is as good as we can get today." I dont feel that way with Anthrax, I dont have to cut em slack for age. WORSHIP MUSIC and ALL KINGS are relevant, genuine asskicking heavy metal offerings. Very vibrant and energized. Megadeth came back out of left field a few years back and started kicking into gear as well. I will never outgrow my love of Metal. Thanks Anthrax.

[@briandonahue3663]

Another great tour! This one was crazier than Spreading tour! So glad I grew up when I did.and not a cell phone 2 to be seen!

[@danzemacabre8899]

Holy shit! They took the sound and energy from S. O. D. side project and injected it into Anthrax. I seriously don't know how i survived my youth when this album came out.

[@baphometazrael1892]

Honestly this album among a few other thrash and death records helped me get through and figure out some shit as teen and into my early 20’s. I listened to it for the anger and pain and shit and now I can finally appreciate it.

[@checkyourhead37]

Scott Ian looks genuinely shocked like wtf we were responsible for creating a zeitgeist ? Brilliant album

[@aboutthemetal8783]

Among the living was my favourite thrash metal album right up until the release of for all Kings. THANK you anthrax for the soundtrack to my teens, and the soundtrack to my success in my life, no band ever has written an album after 1995 that actually sounds even better than the most popular successful album they ever made, (until anthrax released for all Kings) I salute the five of them and the amazing songs they were able to make together, also the only singer for anthrax is Joey Belladonna, so glad they were able to sort things out, after the idiot convention reunion tour had finished, joey almost walked away in to history, so glad that wasn't the case.

[@daryldazen704]

Hellzz yeah!!! ....keep them coming!!!

[@ThePrincipeShinobi]

I Am The Law is a certified headbangers song, that riff is so fucking chunky and big is almost insane, and then you have the riot that is the solo section. Anthrax really did their thing on Among The Living

[@teutonicresistancetv6445]

They did, and it was their last good Album

[@K1ng1995]

First time I heard Indians... whoa

[@iamgribs]

YOU WON'T FUCK AROUND NO MORE! I JUDGE THE RICH, I JUDGE THE POOR!

[@diracio]

Still listen to this album v frequently! Amazing

[@troyskillman5397]

This album changed my life as a teenager first time I heard the intro to among the living I screamed for joy!

[@Chord_The_Seeker]

To me “Among The Living” is Anthrax’s masterpiece. It’s their “Moving Pictures”.

[@oggeeboggee]

The great band, great album, great music, great times!

[@angeltorres2233]

El mejor álbum de thrash metal de la historia.

[@jimmychan9837]

A dislike? You got to be kidding. The best Metal album of them? Nop. Must be justin's fans 😅

[@MrJimbojamez]

Four of them now, dunnowhy

[@steve.b.23]

14 as I type. Trolls? Bots? Idiots?

[@Ferklaus]

The best album ever !!

[@ArmourRules]

Possibly. It's definitely in my top 10 of all time.

[@Bewar3them00n]

I was a big 2000AD and comic book fan, of course I was in the demographic! this album hit the sweet spot, energetic, fun, didn’t take itself too serious, yet still had something to say. Saw them on tour in 87 & at Donnington Monsters of Rock, great times