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El Fangel
12-02-2007, 12:59 AM
Anthrax

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Anthrax is an American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States), New York City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City)-based thrash metal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrash_metal) band, who released their first full-length album in 1984 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984). The band was one of the most popular bands of the 1980s thrash metal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrash_metal) scene and are notable for combining metal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music) with rap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music) and hardcore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_punk) music early on. They have sold over 10 million albums worldwide. They are classified as one of the "big four" of thrash metal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrash_metal) alongside Metallica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica), Megadeth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megadeth), and Slayer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slayer).
They have made several appearances on television (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television) including: Married... with Children (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married..._with_Children), WWE Raw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Raw), NewsRadio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsRadio), Cheers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheers), and Ask Dr. Ruth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer) amongst others. The band has also appeared in movies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movies) such as Run Ronnie Run (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Ronnie_Run) (performing as the fictional band Titannica) and Calendar Girls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_Girls). Their song "Madhouse" was used in the videogame (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videogame) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Vice_City) in-game radio station V-Rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Vice_City_soundtrack#V-Rock) and in Guitar Hero II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero_II). Their song "Caught in a Mosh" was also featured in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero_Encore:_Rocks_the_80s). In 2006, guitarist Scott Ian was a cast member of VH1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VH1)'s reality show SuperGroup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperGroup) and is also featured on many other VH1 shows such and I Love the 80s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_the_80s) and I Love the 90s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_the_90s).

1) Jimi Hendrix - 91
2) Johnny Cash - 87
3) Tupac - 85
4) Guns N' Roses - 83
5) Dio - 78
6) Dr. Dre - 77
7) Black Sabbath - 76
8) Metallica - 75
9) Pantera - 73
10) Garth Brooks - 68
11) Nine Inch Nails - 67
12) Wu Tang Clan - 64
13) The Killers - 61
14) Eminem - 60
15) Slayer - 60
16) Tenacious D - 59
17) NOFX - 59
18) U2 - 40
19) Staind - 31
20) 50 Cent - 27

Kris P Lettus
12-02-2007, 01:12 AM
8

Used to be big into them back in the day.. :heart: their shit with Public Enemy..

ron the dial
12-02-2007, 01:12 AM
4

Don't really care for them.

El Fangel
12-02-2007, 01:13 AM
8/10

I wish I could give more, but these guys seemed to be the tag-a-longers of the big four thrash metal bands. [

KingofOldSchool
12-02-2007, 01:23 AM
3

Funky Fly
12-02-2007, 01:29 AM
Pretty good, but they got worse as time went on.
7.5

ddpBANG
12-02-2007, 03:49 AM
6

Kane Knight
12-02-2007, 09:36 AM
5. Don't really hate them, nor do I particularly like them.

ct2k
12-02-2007, 09:42 AM
8

They've been pretty inconsistent in the studio over the years, but they've gotten great again in the 00's and they're fucking brilliant live

FakeLaser
12-02-2007, 02:04 PM
4

Skippord
12-02-2007, 09:16 PM
8

love 'em

weather vane
12-03-2007, 03:17 AM
7

Downunder
12-04-2007, 11:46 PM
10