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City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Montebello	Marina de Montebello	Fri	Jun 14 / 13	Find Tickets
Wacken	Wacken Open Air Festival Grounds	Thu	Aug 01 / 13	Find Tickets
Leipzig	Hellraiser	Mon	Aug 05 / 13	Find Tickets
Colmar	Messegelande-festivaltheater	Thu	Aug 15 / 13	Find Tickets
Nashville, TN	Bridgestone Arena	Thu	Sep 05 / 13	Find Tickets
San Bernardino, CA	San Manuel Amphitheater	Fri	Sep 13 / 13	Find Tickets

Anthrax Biography

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Anthrax is an American thrash metal band from New York City, New York, United States, formed in 1981. Founded by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, the band has since released ten studio albums and 20 singles, and an EP featuring American hip hop group Public Enemy. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene. When thrash metal began to gain a major following in the mid-to-late 1980s, Anthrax were dubbed one of the "big four" of thrash metal alongside Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer. They were also one of the early thrash metal bands to sign to a major label (Island Records, in 1985). As of 2004, Anthrax sold over 2.5 million records in the U.S since the beginning of the SoundScan era and as of 2012, they have sold over 15 million records worldwide. The band line-up has been changed numerous times; following the departure of drummer Dave Weiss and bassist Kenny Kushner, several musicians replaced both band members' roles, though Paul Kahn and Greg Walls were the first to do so. In addition to this aspect, there were multiple vocalists involved in Anthrax, with Neil Turbin, Joey Belladonna and John Bush being among the frontmen of the band. Scott Ian, however, has been in the band since its formation. Ian and Charlie Benante, who joined Anthrax in 1983, are the only constant members that appear on every album. Bassist Frank Bello has played on every album with exception of the band's debut. Classic singer Joey Belladonna has returned to the band and appears on ''Worship Music'', which is his first studio album with the band since 1990's ''Persistence of Time''.

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