ANTHRAX 40 Episode 2 - FISTFUL OF METAL - NO LIFE TIL PANCAKES!

Episode 2
Directed & Edited : Jack Bennett
Produced by Mike Monterulo
Featuring : Scott Ian, Charlie Benante, Frank Bello, Dan Spitz, Danny Lilker, Johnny Z, Neil Turbin, Roger Miret and Ross The Boss
Friends, Music Elite & Former Members To Contribute Series Of
Video Testimonials Starting May 3rd leading Up To Official July 18 Anniversary Celebration To Culminate With A Special Anthrax Livestream Event Offering A Set List That Will Span The Band’s Career
For all info Head to - Anthrax.com
Each week beginning May 3, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and wrapping on the band’s official founding anniversary of July 18 Anthrax will offer “Anthrax 40 for 40," a series of episodes that features former band members, fellow musicians, colleagues, and industry veterans sharing behind-the-scenes stories of working with the band, and what Anthrax’s legacy has meant all these years on.

[@thewitchfindergeneral]

Best thing on KZbin right now, 2 episodes in and so far it's brilliant

[@metalhammer5]

Lol..

[@onairmastering]

Seen the Enslaved series on Norwegian TV? it's also amazing!

[@thewitchfindergeneral]

@@onairmastering No I didn't yet, thank you for the recommendation! I will definitely check it out, it sure looks interesting

[@HEMZbEATS]

hard out my bro

[@deanstanley2125]

Dan Lilker, low key metal genius

[@walterthompson9903]

Fistful of Metal is a Metal Classic . Also Dan Spitz rules

[@creamysauce7966]

Dan Spitz. irreplaceable.

[@KeithORourke]

I love hearing Scott Ian talk about music. It doesn't matter what band, you just hear his passion for the music.

[@maceutke]

This needs to be on dvd with live and unreleased stuff on cd along with it

[@jeffreyschroder8004]

Yes!

[@impendingdoom385]

100%

[@theartofpablo0110]

i fucking LOVE that Anthrax is doing this series. this is so fucking interesting

[@LambChopper678]

This is so cool 🤘🏻

[@MrDtaylor099]

Choppa!

[@saucer1017]

Omg it’s Choppa

[@deathlike_silence.0267]

Hey man, pls do an Anthrax tone video. One of the classic albums :)

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Yo, WTF... Watch the BEAT!!

[@putridabomination]

Not as cool as your covers \m/

[@axxessmundi]

Dan is the Man. FOM stands epic. Turbin's vocals was a Halford & Paul Stanley love child. Benante was double kick king in the 80s.

[@JeremyTikiSnob]

Agreed.

[@ThemFuzzyMonsters]

👍🏻

[@Sam_artsy80]

Benante still is double kick king. Fistful is awesome. Blasting it right now !!!!!

[@tonymcnamara9368]

This is priceless metal history being told!

[@dirtbikesicehockey4788]

can't wait until we hear about Among The Living...late 86 into early 87 was an incredible time for Thrash...glad I was there

[@chrisbenson3322]

Johnny Z. Godfather of American Metal. MUCH respect.

[@bjspenn3798]

Thank you Anthrax. This is great reliving the growth of the band. Brings me right back to trading cassette tapes and finding you. More bands need to do this. Talking to you Overkill.

[@samuelblinne6040]

Very underrated album

[@metaldams78]

My excitement level for these episodes is mirrored by Neil Turbin’s screams that get higher and higher in “Death From Above.” I never heard even Halford touch that. The fact this is being done for each album is great. Thanks guys, this should be a fun series.

[@rejeancomeau77]

I agree. The pitch of is notes and tone is totally crazy.

[@AgoraphobicNews]

And guess whtat? Now I have to listen to the whole Fistful of Metal!

[@WickedKnightAlbel]

Legends. Hope this series gives a mention to S.O.D. too

[@ReigningOnYourParade]

Anthrax needs to release all three demos, and the 7' on CD/vinyl...and maybe a remaster.

[@metaldams78]

The 7 inch is a bonus on the Armed and Dangerous CD. The demos, yes, would make a cool release.

[@ReigningOnYourParade]

@@metaldams78 Cant even find the demos on bootleg. Dont really need the 7', but that would be so cool.

[@Fireglo]

They don't need to. Only diehard fans buy that crap. Most people aren't interested in buying a compilation of demos lmao.

[@THESNEAKERADDICT]

I remember buying this tape when I was a kid 🤘🤘

[@matthewblackwood4704]

I met Danny Lilker at Milwaukee metalfest decades back, cool dude.

[@zim1966]

I met Danny in Detroit at Harpos he was walking down the street back to the club from a store we were lined up out by the back door cool guy, &a tall MF'r

[@adamschulte4119]

I met him at the urinal next to me at an SOD show in Cleveland. Turned to me, gave the horns with his free hand and simply said “metal!”

[@matthewblackwood4704]

@@adamschulte4119 I met Hellhammer at a urinal next to me at the same show. Odd thing was there was like 20 open urinals and he walked up right next to me to use it.

[@botany500kojak]

He got my friends and I on the guess list for a full Nuclear Assault tour as we were following it in 89.

[@JakubVencl]

Fistful of metal is still one of the most powerful thrash metal records. LEGENDS!

[@anthraxrocks2003]

Thanks for the years of great music keep rocking Anthrax is forever

[@dowens3781]

Great to see Neil Turbin, Danny Lilker and Dan Spitz giving commentary here. I was really disappointed when they replaced Neil - Joey's a great singer, but Neil's voice was more raw and powerful IMO, which fit better with the band's aggressive thrash metal style. And Dan Spitz was like the thrash version of Randy Rhoads - the band was never the same after he left.

[@twikirobot6897]

Agree with all of that ^.

[@mroc7113]

These videos are great ! Cool seeing Danny Lilker get his flowers, he’s consistently one of the most underrated musicians in the history is Metal .

[@aaronazagoth6373]

I can’t imagine how cool Anthrax would be if Dan stayed in the band. But we got Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth and S.O.D. thanks to his awesomeness.

[@patrickofarrell8758]

Frank is a great bass player and live performer. Nothing against Dan

[@metalben005]

@patrickofarrell8758 yeah the anthrax we know is thanks to Frank. Dan is really fuckin cool tho. His bass tone on Handle With Care is so good

[@mihautalaska5355]

Oh man, make these episodes longer! I'm loving it!

[@jjennings1209]

Great guys, just great!👍🏼 Would like to hear a little more from Dan Spitz

[@dowens3781]

Dan rules! Love his Randy Rhoads-esque lead style.

[@xNolaNerdx]

Greatest thrash band ever! And still my favorite band of all time.

[@Skycladatdusk78]

Hopefully they remaster Fistful Of Metal, all the remasters from Spreading The Disease through Persistence Of Time sound incredible and would love Fistful Of Metal to get a sonic upgrade too.

[@darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth]

I didn't get into the Rods until decades later, which was a mistake! Totally underrated band.

[@grindfap79]

Dan Lilker is the most talented heavy music player in the world. Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, SOD, Brutal Truth...you NEED to recognize it...cheers from Brazil...

[@MVProfits]

Dan writing so much of that album.. and then kicked off days before it comes out. Wow. Talk about harsh! Yet they reunited on SOD and produced a gem for the ages.

[@ZaxDrumsandGolf]

40 years congrats and I have been listening to you all at least 30 years if not longer!! This is such a cool series!!

[@mastersword427]

So happy to hear y'all playing the classics in E standard again! Doing the 40th Anniversary special live set in that tuning would be the cherry on top! 🎸

[@TheStrykerProject]

I'm so stoked for these videos. Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@SheaRecordmetal]

Damn it these episodes are awesome.! Deathrider is still one of my favorite Anthrax tunes!

[@markdevlin6442]

These are so good! Like the Mandalorian of metal, I need more!! I've kept Anthrax with me since 1987. Anthrax forever

[@klimbo666]

This is so amazing. Having Neil Turbin talking, wow! Great album, so underrated! This serie is a must, thanks !

[@dM-xz8fu]

Such a huge part of my childhood! Awesome!!!

[@HEMZbEATS]

This is so amazing. For me personally Anthrax was no1 in my big 5 (Anthrax Metallica Megadeth Slayer Testament). Thank you Anthrax for finally letting us share the journey.

[@shanemyers235]

I love to hear the untold stories of my favorite bands!!!

[@samuelblinne6040]

Fistfull of metal is a great album

[@freeheeler00]

These guys always - ALWAYS - came across as honest, even if they were never my favorite.

[@chriswalker-jones3928]

Thank you so much for spending the time to put this together. I really got into the band at Among The Living (give me a break, I was born in '81!), and the early years stuff is so cool.

[@entertherealmofchaos]

Charlie made lockdown bearable. Brilliant history lessons by the way.

[@pholly]

I love Deathrider, it's still one of my favorite Anthrax songs.

[@josephdennany2634]

I've always felt Charlie was 100 years beyond all drummers ...crushed me as a young drummer...to this day I measure all drummers to him...including myself

[@eyeexaggerate7687]

For a guy who doesn’t watch television I sure care about these episodes 😁 - edit: this was a brilliant way to roll this out.

[@rejeancomeau77]

I totally agree and feel the same here . Cheers

[@eyeexaggerate7687]

@@rejeancomeau77 salut ✌🏼

[@rejeancomeau77]

@@eyeexaggerate7687 Respect and Salut de Percé , Québec, Canada

[@eyeexaggerate7687]

@@rejeancomeau77 Winnipeg, ici - vous connaissez Saint Félix de Valois? j'ai visité cet endroit en ‘88.

[@rejeancomeau77]

@@eyeexaggerate7687 cool ! No I didn't visit that place yet. I living at the far end of the peninsula or the mouth of the St-Laurence River . It takes 12 hours for go to Montréal and it sucks. . But for go see Anthrax. .. no problem. :)

[@joefisher1972]

It would be cool if you guys made a shirt with all those album covers on it! That would rule!

[@jhonny2chains788]

These guys are the only ones to tell us how reliant Metallica was on Dave.

[@MrRudeboy212]

So cool to see Ross the Boss. Love Manowar 🤘

[@rosiegratz8377]

Congrats boys!!!🤘🤘🤘love me some Anthrax!!

[@impendingdoom385]

I really want Charlie's Anthrax hoodie! Killer🤘🤘🤘... I would also like to have his talent.

[@railroadtube]

Great idea to do an update to the VH1 - Anthrax - Behind the Music. Enjoying the series!

[@TheComfortInStatic_Official]

This is the greatest shit I've ever seen on KZbin in the history of the internet.

[@resolve222]

John Z. 🤘 "We're not worthy"! Lol ANTHRAX RULE THRASH 💜

[@ivi13]

My 1st introduction to Anthrax was on the Joe Franklin show-I believe Scott said “put your speakers out the window and turn it up” So I took the black n white tv I had and put it in the window & turned it up.

[@buzzsaw1103]

Only 1 complaint - I wish these episodes were longer - cause they are super interesting! Love all these details about the early early days! Can't wait for the upcoming episodes!!!

[@stephenblake2196]

ABOUT TIME!!! The need to come back and the time is now!! If they tour people will come !!! Bring rock in the light?? It's not dead!! Just deprived???? Bands come out to play???

[@scaramcnamara689]

what they're "not" saying is that a thousand other metal bands were present at that time. anthrax was getting a lot of attention when everyone was struggling to put out demos in nyc. they all had the same dream. anthrax were very lucky to find themselves in that ideal situation

[@miguelramalho8792]

This is just getting better and better 🤘

[@jonnyjonny1384]

I would love to see them talk about I’m the Man haha

[@michaelkapty3529]

Loving these episodes!!

[@Diggerdog2nd]

Damn I can't wait for the next episode. This is awesome !

[@anthonysuski9248]

Awesome!!!😎

[@pvdguitars2951]

Best Anthrax album by a mile. Damn, best trash album ever IMO. It blew me away when it came out, I fell in love with every song and I still listen and enjoy it all the time!

[@twikirobot6897]

Best album? Yes it is. *thrash

[@Joker-cr6jt]

Fistful of metal has nothing on Spreading the disease

[@alexsackman5122]

I love it, saw them opening for Metallica at the Aardschokdag festival in zwolle The Netherlands in 87, that was a gig, remember that Spreading at the Disease álbum, I think Celtic Frost, Metal Church and Laaz Rockit where on the Bill.👌🤘🤘🤘😈

[@whatarefriends4]

Scott Ian is the coolest guy

[@zeketrick]

Time for a MOVIE about Anthrax!

[@bicarbonateyoda3205]

Hopefully there will be a bonus episode after the For All Kings one announcing a new album!

[@bmoviefanatic]

another great one.

[@aboutthemetal8783]

We need episode three now now now.

[@American_Heathen]

The first Anthrax song I learn on guitar was Howling Furies. After that I started studying Danny Spitz guitar work

[@todddreed3107]

Boys yer Killin us Makin us wait lmfao this shit is awesome

[@jasonlong592]

Love it

[@theabbot88]

HEAR THE SCREAMS FEEEL THE BITE WE RIDE WITH DEATH TONIIIIIIIIGHTTTTT

[@sajon44]

What a fantastic insight into one of the greatest metal bands of all time. The walk through the history is amazing absolutely love it 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@samuelblinne6040]

Awesome

[@rcintro1489]

Dammit I want more!!!!!!! How many are there?

[@thechickenskull]

The video description shows the episodes & their release dates.

[@rcintro1489]

@@thechickenskull I did end up seeing that that, but thanks you rock!

[@mikerichardson7261]

Anthrax and Metallica were touring with their first LPs. They were playing at the University of South Carolina, and Metallica did an interview at WUSC-FM. The DJ asked James about the title "Kill 'Em All", specifically who they wanted to kill. James answered, "I dunno. The hosers or whoever". I remember thinking, "There's no way in hell THESE guys are gonna go anywhere". I'm glad I was wrong!

[@Flying_turnip187]

The only problem is that these episodes are too short. Rock on!!

[@danieldavis1949]

For me, the best Anthrax album.....Fistful of metal

[@rob666-rob]

Danny Lilker's VB tray....awesome.

[@vigilante351]

Love these videos!

[@nazamarcos]

Wow... I first got in touch with Anthrax music through an unauthorized press of Fistful Of Metal made by a record store here in São Paulo in 85. It was the only way to have an Anthrax record in Brazil back then. I fucking loved that album. They had everything I wanted in my dream band. Shortly after that, I got cassette recordings of "Armed and Dangerous", "Spreading the Disease" and that's it: I WAS HOOKED FOREVER. I didn't have any pictures, lyrics, or album covers. All I had was their music and it was more than enough for the musical journey I was after. In 2021 they are still one of my biggest references and sources of inspiration as a band, as musicians, and as composers. To me, since Fistfull 'til this day, they have always been a band who is ALWAYS taking Metal to the next step. Every time a new Anthrax record comes out, it's been like "Shut up, listen, stop drooling, learn, enjoy, improve". So good to see Fistful getting some attention and respect after so many years. I can't wait for the next episodes!!!!!!

[@dean1618]

I am so glad how persistent they were with Johnny z at the start. DEATHRIDER what a amazing song! Neil's screams are just so great on the album.

[@philv718]

MORE!!!!!!!!

[@abominog888]

Death from Above, Panic, Deathriders... Come to think of it I like the first album more than the second. My favorite Anthrax is POT!

[@germarhoffmeister2752]

Anthrax is still from this until now such a f*****g important thing for us/me! Thanx for having you and lots of kudos from the crew of www.eme-studios.com/en/ in Hanover, Germany. A good friend of us Herman Frank (member of Accept back in the days) sends greetings to Charlie Bennante because I told him how much he love him and he likes! Stay healthy!

[@Spthomas47]

Gahd. I remember learning Death Rider... I'd started playing months earlier and had to play it so, f'n, slow, to get my fingers to work and kept inching it faster and faster, having to take a step back in tempo, then creep up again. When I finally got it at speed? You couldn't wipe the smile off my face. ✌🏽🤘🏼

[@gregsimmons694]

God bless all the thrashers on flat earth and savior JESUS keep us safe always!

[@dalesdrumchannelzero1802]

When I was in my early teens, we all used to hang out at Rock 'N' Roll Heaven in the Rt.18 flea market. The market was located in East Brunswick N.J. not Old Bridge. It wasn't as bad as Scott describes it, but pretty close. As a second generation Old Bridge Metal Militia dude, I got to meet all of the bands that came through there like Metallica, Raven, Exciter, Manowar, Anvil, and Venom. The record store was more like a hang out, but Jonny Z had a lot of awesome import albums in there by bands that I never heard of but came to love. Jonny Z even put on a show with Anvil and Raven in the fuckin food court of the flea market. That was before he started having shows at the local skating rink in Old Bridge with bands like Metallica and Exciter. That was where I saw Anthrax for the first time. That was a long time ago. The flea market is now a Wal -mart and the Pancake House is now a Starbucks. But I'll never forget how great it was to be there when it all started happening. Seems like a lifetime ago.

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

I was raised in Clark, NJ around the corner from the store. I spent a fortune there as a teenager.

[@aboutthemetal8783]

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that anthrax has been a band for FOURTY YEARS?!?! love me some anthrax, gotta admit I didn't like the John Bush area, although I did like the last album he did with them, but worship music and for all Kings are literally two of the best thrash metal albums ever, and to think that they are new albums, well it's just stunning, and I'm so glad joey came back, he sounds better than ever.

[@williamperez6251]

Anthrax rulez!!!!!

[@devilsson6660]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@adolfbenzslaughter2993]

Anthrax 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@can69cer77010]

Given how beloved the first album is. This introduction was the first step into the crazy world known as Anthrax. From the 80s - present have heard over the years how the album art was not upto par with the expected expectation. Why have there not been any updates or changes the album cover art to what was intended?

[@jameseaves71]

This series makes me very happy 👏🙌😊🤘

[@tamorajr3773]

I love the fact that they are playing with Danny lilker on some of their you tube stuff!

[@VDRP]

What a great album, heard it when it came out, I was stoked.

[@ActraStunts]

Just Awesomeness!