When asked if he was approached to rejoin the band once Belladonna left the group, Bush said,
“I was asked to write, and it just wasn’t right for me. I couldn’t go back and say, ‘Here I am…’ It would be like coming in with my tail between my legs, and that’s not right for me. I just couldn’t do that. It just didn’t feel right to do that. It was about soul, your gut. How does that feel? Does it feel right? Good enough. Sold. Answer.”
Bush subsequently did appear with Anthrax for Sonisphere 2009 festival in the UK. Due to the overwhelming fan response following his performance, a ‘Bring Back Bush’ campaign was set up and subsequently endorsed by Scott Ian.[8]
Dan Nelson era (2007–2009)
On December 10, 2007, it was announced the band’s new vocalist would be Dan Nelson, formerly of Devilsize.[9] Around the same time, it was confirmed that Rob Caggiano would return as lead guitarist.
On May 28, 2008 Anthrax played their first show in 19 months at The Double Door in Chicago. Appearing for the first time with Nelson, the band played new material which was well received by the sold-out crowd despite some equipment problems. Anthrax then played in South Korea for the first time on August 17, 2008.
In his monthly Food Coma column,[10] which was posted on December 22, 2008, Anthrax’s Scott Ian revealed that he’d “been in the studio working on the new Anthrax album since November 4.” Ian went on to say that drums, bass and rhythm had been laid down on a total of 19 tracks, and that the process of laying down vocals had begun. “We should be mixing at the end of January and soon after that giving birth to a really pissed off, loud, fast and heavy child.”[10] In a subsequent May 2009 Food Coma column,[11] Scott announced that the album was being mixed by Dave Fortman whose previous credits include both of Evanescence’s multi-platinum selling albums and Slipknot’s album All Hope Is Gone. In a post to the Anthrax website, Charlie Benante stated that “Worship Music should be out in May”.[12]
On Saturday March 7, 2009 Anthrax played Bogota, Colombia for the first time in their career, opening for Iron Maiden. Then, on July 21, 2009 manager Izvor Zivkovic confirmed the departure of Dan Nelson, due to illness. Nelson has since denied this, saying: “I was never seriously ill or sick at all, as reported in Anthrax’s 7/17/09 press release. This extremely inflammatory statement hurt me tremendously. This statement misled fans, friends and family members into believing that I was seriously ill when I was not. I was not aware such a statement was being issued and it came as a total shock to me, as I’m sure it did to all of you. It was the other band members’ decision to cancel the tour dates, not mine. I was ready, willing and able to do my job. After issuing the press release the other band members decided, on their own accord, that I had ‘resigned’ from the band. I never resigned from the band.”.[13]
Check out my website for more cool music: Aaron Sparks
Check out my abstract graphics galleries: Aaron Sparks
Check out my links page for all things guitar related: Aaron Sparks
No comments:
Post a Comment