Anthrax in Houston
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Newsferatu,
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Monday, July 10, 2006 @ 9:15 AM
With Neverset at the Warehouse
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Reviewed by Gorgor
I finally got to see the classic line up of Anthrax perform, and it was awesome. There were a lot of older types, like me, who were teenagers in the band's heyday, teens, and even some kids.
(Joey) Belladonna hit every note, and got involved quite a bit with the audience. He was having a great time. Dan Spitz, an underrated guitar god in my opinion, nailed every solo.
I have to say the rhythm section utterly dominated in their own right. Charlie B. (Benante), drum wizard and wildly animated bass master Frank Bello held it together and of course, on rhythm guitar was Scott Ian, who let us all know what it is to thrash.
And the audience knew every word to every song, when they were not moshing the hell out of each other.
The set list was a special bonus as they did almost all of Among the Living.
Here it is:
Among the Living (Holy shit. Fucking great)
Caught in a Mosh (Amazing; the pit exploded)
I Am the Law "This goes out to our favorite cop"
Efilnikcufesin (N.F.L) (A fucking classic. Loved it)
A Skeleton in the Closet "This song defines THRASH METAL"
Indians (Joey did not bust out the headress, but awesome anyway)
One World "As true today as when we wrote it 20 years ago"
ADI/Horror of It All (Extended ADI solo by Spitz, very cool)
Intro to Imitation of Life (Wish they played the whole thing)
Got the Time (I think there is a law that they have to perform this song every time)
Be All, End All
Antisocial (See above)
Medusa (Dedicated by Joey to "bitches")
Metal Thrashing Mad
Bring the Noise "We started this shit, and we're ending it"
The venue had good acoustics and lighting, which is always a bonus. Beers were $5.
The opening act, Neverset, hails from Dallas and managed to win a lot of the crowd over by the time they were done. They had that whole two vocalist Emo screaming and chunky riff thing that is very popular nowadays. Their drummer knew his shit behind the kit, though. The bassist kept yanking his cord out and would periodically go back to plug it in.
All in all, they were good, although I must say they reminded me of the Metal by Numbers video.
dio1 - 7/19/2006 1:08:31 PM bring back bush or come out with new material.this reunion shit is played out.
tomass74 - 7/18/2006 8:56:24 AM Anthrax kicks ass and is very under-rated.... I also love both Anti-Social and Got The Time....
Gypxie - 7/13/2006 1:44:59 PM Yeah I was at that Whisky show, it was great. That was when John Bush started doing alot more of the old Belladonna songs live. I also went to the screening of the DVD in Hollywood, thanks to KNAC. The guys from Anthrax were in the crowd so that was kind of cool. The upcoming show is the one at the Avalon.
SatansPenis - 7/12/2006 10:56:50 AM no, it was The Whisky, ive never been to The Avalon.
mucus_plug - 7/11/2006 3:52:07 PM holy_nick, Superman.....I saw them during the winter months in NYC and they played Madhouse and AIR. I am not sure about Gung Ho. They seem to mix the set list up alot but I was totally surprised that they played all my fav's.....AIR, Medusa and others. And for the record, they totally kicked ass and I was surprised and completly impressed. It was like Belladonna never ever left.
cannibal4life - 7/11/2006 2:51:48 PM hey satanspenis, wasn't that at the avalon, and not the whisky?
SatansPenis - 7/11/2006 12:10:21 PM anthrax is an amazing live band, ive seen them maybe 5 times and only saw them once with joey, it was back for the P.O.T. tour with iron maiden, anyway...the band rocks live and always have, john bush is a great frontman and so is joey belladonna. i just saw them at The Whisky in Hollywood, when the live DVD came out a few years ago and they were STILL amazing.
chunk - 7/11/2006 11:06:11 AM Great band, but that "I'm The Man" and "Bring The Noise" is 100% pure shit.
Avengerkillerof - 7/11/2006 8:54:08 AM Metal Thrashing Mad..Fistful of Metal was a great album.
cannibal4life - 7/11/2006 7:37:57 AM well, and i've heard antisocial enough. where's finale? or schizm?
Hellhammer69 - 7/10/2006 7:41:24 PM That was the best they could do from "Persistance of Time" ?....what the FUCK?
Blobber - 7/10/2006 5:45:20 PM Did they go 100% gay and do the classic Damnocracy tune "Take it Back"? Did the fag from Biohazard show up and pimp out his siliconed bitch?
Superman_ - 7/10/2006 1:52:49 PM 2 more songs are also missing "AIR" and "Gung Ho"
holy_nick - 7/10/2006 11:29:47 AM One song is missing in my opinion : Madhouse!!! huh? Am I right people?
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