Anthrax - It's For the Kids

[Dale B]

I know right. And these dumbass kids we’re raising who have to run their stupid mouths and fuck it up for everyone else ?

"It's for the Kids"!!! lmao

 

[Techdeth]

The tune is decent...But I do not do too well with Joey. Anyone who has a side gig covering Steve Perry can definitely sing. That said, His phrasing and and general vocal style just doesn't really work for men in the context of metal, never really has. It bothered me a bid as a kid on early Anthrax records as well, but the riffs and songwriting were strong enough to overcome it.

It’s grown on me alot .i have zero problems with this song . It sounds a John bush era song with Joey . I like it

 

[Subclavian2]

I used to be a HUGE anthrax fan back In the day and then I went to a SOD gig and saw Scott be a total prick to a teenage kid. Totally soured me. This was back in the mid 80s.

Then I read some of the stuff that Billy said about Scott and it kinda backed up what I’ve seen at a few Anthrax shows.

I will say that I’ve had the pleasure of bumping into Frankie a few times. He’s always been super down to earth and cool with me. He used to work at his uncles Deli back in the day and I would stop by there and he’d be working behind the counter. Got him to sign a bass of mine that I still have. Cool dude.

 

[Philhouse]

Apparently he's using the same classic era gear he used on the early albums

 

[DanTravis62]

I used to be a HUGE anthrax fan back In the day and then I went to a SOD gig and saw Scott be a total prick to a teenage kid. Totally soured me. This was back in the mid 80s.

Then I read some of the stuff that Billy said about Scott and it kinda backed up what I’ve seen at a few Anthrax shows.

I will say that I’ve had the pleasure of bumping into Frankie a few times. He’s always been super down to earth and cool with me. He used to work at his uncles Deli back in the day and I would stop by there and he’d be working behind the counter. Got him to sign a bass of mine that I still have. Cool dude.

I've heard some wild stories about Scott, especially concerning fans and how he treats them

All hearsay of course, but still, you're not the only one who's seen him do some shit like that

As someone who's been the dickhead in the band before though, shit happens and people have bad days - it's hard to be "on" all the time, especially with the general public, day after day

 

[Techdeth]

I personally think Ian is really really overrated

for his tone, his playing, and especially his writing - apparently the drummer writes most of the riffs, and you can tell

Even the "classic" albums of anthrax have some pretty obvious filler riffs and inconsistent songwriting, which is why they were never on the level of the other three bands in the big four

TBH I think Testament or Exodus or Overkill or some other band deserves the fourth spot in "the big four" more than anthrax does

And I'm saying this with love mostly, as I think those early anthrax albums have a couple of bangers

Ludicrous .neither of those 3 bands can write as good as anthrax . Testamevt tried to be Metallica 2.o . I think they are better now than in the day . Their productions sucked until like late 90s . Overkill cool but dudes voice is ridiculous . ( I toured with them , loved them ) .
And exodus musyc rules but holy shit their singers blow . Really hurt them
I like all 3 bands but anthrax shits on all 3
Holy shit from a anthrax with one of tkem
You’re trolling me again

 

[DanTravis62]

Ludicrous .neither of those 3 bands can write as good as anthrax . Testamevt tried to be Metallica 2.o . I think they are better now than in the day . Their productions sucked until like late 90s . Overkill cool but dudes voice is ridiculous . ( I toured with them , loved them ) .
And exodus musyc rules but holy shit their singers blow . Really hurt them
I like all 3 bands but anthrax shits on all 3
Holy shit from a anthrax with one of tkem
You’re trolling me again

anthrax hasn't had a good album since i was 5 years old dude

And even the good albums had a bunch of shitty filler tracks with bangers like "caught in a mosh" and "madhouse" sprinkled in

Their songwriting consistency is absolute shit compared to the first three testament albums, and the lyrics are full on retarded - not to mention the guitar solos, which are literally on the level of kindergarten diarrhea compared to alex skolnicks on the first few albums

Exodus has 10 badass memorable riffs for every 1 anthrax has written, and overkill never sold out and started writing shitty music, which by default makes them a better choice

 

[Speeddemon]

Apparently he's using the same classic era gear he used on the early albums

Same gear, limper old man's wrist then, I guess.

Either that, or the mix engineer is wanting to 'modern things up'...

Maybe that engineer needs to take a netsilnikufesin to this:





Even the 2020 remaster of Medusa still sounds tighter:

 

[Techdeth]

anthrax hasn't had a good album since i was 5 years old dude

And even the good albums had a bunch of shitty filler tracks with bangers like "caught in a mosh" and "madhouse" sprinkled in

Their songwriting consistency is absolute shit compared to the first three testament albums, and the lyrics are full on retarded - not to mention the guitar solos, which are literally on the level of kindergarten diarrhea compared to alex skolnicks on the first few albums

Exodus has 10 badass memorable riffs for every 1 anthrax has written, and overkill never sold out and started writing shitty music, which by default makes them a better choice

The last 2 anthrax albums are super fucking good .
Honestly you’re going to kill me for sayin this but I’ve never found his lead kicks hard in metal or jazz ( Skolnick ) . Hrs great . But he just overatted af . He’s better than spitz ya but but I coujd play those silos n high school school . Idk I grew up on learning all the Steve Vai silos as a teen . So I saw shit from a duffebt perspective . If it wasnt hard af in highschool I didn’t play it . I was a snob . Honesty Megadeth the only one of these bands with like stellar other wordly solos

 

[DanTravis62]

The last 2 anthrax albums are super fucking good .
Honestly you’re going to kill me for sayin this but I’ve never found his lead kicks hard in metal or jazz ( Skolnick ) . Hrs great . But he just overatted af . He’s better than spitz ya but but I coujd play those silos n high school school . Idk I grew up on learning all the Steve Vai silos as a teen . So I saw shit from a duffebt perspective . If it wasnt hard af in highschool I didn’t play it . I was a snob . Honesty Megadeth the only one of these bands with like stellar other wordly solos

I didn't say they were the hardest thing in the world, the intro to "Trial by fire" was the first sweep I ever tried to learn in high school

So no, it's not a different perspective

I'm just saying his solos are literally lightyears ahead of Dan Spitz retarded weedly noises

 

[Techdeth]

I didn't say they were the hardest thing in the world, the intro to "Trial by fire" was the first sweep I ever tried to learn in high school

So no, it's not a different perspective

I'm just saying his solos are literally lightyears ahead of Dan Spitz retarded weedly noises

But I see the same shit in Alex . It’s Judy telling scales combine a sweep here
I do return to serenity because he crisply played with real feel. He was like a robot with no feel . I’m just drying this because it’s driven me nuts for years . Even at namm now he sounded like crappy . I felt fooled lol

 

[DanTravis62]

But I see the same shit in Alex . It’s Judy telling scales combine a sweep here
I do return to serenity because he crisply played with real feel. He was like a robot with no feel . I’m just drying this because it’s driven me nuts for years . Even at namm now he sounded like shit . I was kinda shocked

He has a ton of feel, the melodic parts of his solos are almost always the best parts of them - return to serenity is just a slow song so you notice it more

the only problem with AS is his retarded ass twitter feed where he does nothing but bitch about Trump every second of every day like his shitville dan or something lol

 

[Beyond Black]

Anthrax has always been a band with a cooler band name and logo than music. That song was terrible. I want to like it because anthrax (appart from scott who i'm not a fan of at all, especially after reading his book) are all super likable guys, killer musicians, and in great shape for their age because i don't think they partied / got hooked on drugs for a period like the exodus guys or some of their peers. Joey (and john bush for that matter) all sound every bit as good as they did back in the day. But they just can't write those big, memoriable songs like they could on spreading the disease and among the living. i thought sound of white noise was one of the best american metal albums of that era, but they never could really caputre lightning with john bush. A lot of the old schoolers hated the transition between P.O.T and sound of white noise, but it worked. stomp has a song or two, but after that, they deflated fast and stayed in a shitty state until they got joey back, and it certainly seems like joey and the rest of the guys aren't exactly pals. Joey belongs in anthrax, and John belongs in Armored Saint (who i have a soft spot for). Its weird too because with armored saint, their first record was classic, then some (imo) duds that are considered classic by die hards, then they came back in 89 or 90 with Symbol of Salvation which is great start to finish.

not to split hairs, but the eq curve on those guitars kinda ruins the mix, sounds like scooped mids with a boost in the high mids it clashes with the frequencies of joeys vocals.

Delirious Nomad is a killer album beginning to end and also a classic AS album.

 

[Beyond Black]

anthrax hasn't had a good album since i was 5 years old dude

And even the good albums had a bunch of shitty filler tracks with bangers like "caught in a mosh" and "madhouse" sprinkled in

Their songwriting consistency is absolute shit compared to the first three testament albums, and the lyrics are full on retarded - not to mention the guitar solos, which are literally on the level of kindergarten diarrhea compared to alex skolnicks on the first few albums

Exodus has 10 badass memorable riffs for every 1 anthrax has written, and overkill never sold out and started writing shitty music, which by default makes them a better choice

The first three Testament albums are absolutely unfuckwithable.

 

[DanTravis62]

The first three Testament albums are absolutely unfuckwithable.

Definitely - and unfortunately for anthrax, they've always had shaky album tracks and lyrics mixed in with their obvious classics

Also "Wahhh production bad" lol grow a dick it's metal tech Jesus Christ

 

[DanTravis62]

Also I want to mention that armored saint has a couple badass albums and I love John Bush's voice, but his time with anthrax is shit none of you would listen to (or have ever heard of in the first place) if it wasnt the band that did "I am the law"

They had a handful of decent songs during that time but their inconsistency became so bad that it almost killed the band, way more than anyone else in the big fours "bad" years

 

[Beyond Black]

Definitely - and unfortunately for anthrax, they've always had shaky album tracks and lyrics mixed in with their obvious classics

Also "Wahhh production bad" lol grow a dick it's metal tech Jesus Christ

Whining about the production of vintage classic albums is absolutely narrow minded and ridiculous.
They’re a captured moment of an amazing era in metal, and rest assured nobody was bitching about the production when they were released. Those productions were 100% analog, pure, performed, and not copied and pasted digitally perfected BS.

 

[DanTravis62]

Whining about the production of vintage classic albums is absolutely narrow minded and ridiculous.
They’re a captured moment of an amazing era in metal, and rest assured nobody was bitching about the production when they were released. Those productions were 100% analog, pure, performed, and not copied and pasted digitally perfected BS.

OH NOOOOO THIS ALBUM WAS PERFORMED BY HUMANS AND THE DRUMS AREN'T THE SAME FUCKING SAMPLES I HEAR ON EVERY FIVE FINGER FRUIT PUNCH, PERIPHERY AND TAMMY HANSEN RECORD NOOOOO I CAN'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY

 

[Beyond Black]

OH NOOOOO THIS ALBUM WAS PERFORMED BY HUMANS AND THE DRUMS AREN'T THE SAME FUCKING SAMPLES I HEAR ON EVERY FIVE FINGER FRUIT PUNCH, PERIPHERY AND TAMMY HANSEN RECORD NOOOOO I CAN'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY

NEEDZ MOAR KOMPRESSIONS

 

[thegame]

Whining about Testament’s production prohibiting you from fully enjoying the music and NOT about the sonic abortion that is YOU KNOW WHAT (lol) is unfathomable, untenable and I’m pretty sure, unconstitutional.