History Music / Anthrax

* CoverVersion: Anthrax has covered "I'm Eighteen" by Music/AliceCooper, "God Save the Queen" and "Friggin' in the Riggin'" by Music/SexPistols, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" and "Neon Knights" by Music/BlackSabbath, "Antisocial" and "Sects" by Trust (both in English from the originals in French), "Carry On Wayward Son" by Music/{{Kansas}}, "Parasite", "Watchin' You", "She" and "Love Her All I Can" by Music/{{Kiss}}, "Pipeline" by The Chantays, "Got the Time" by Music/JoeJackson, "Protest and Survive" by Discharge, "Remember Tomorrow" by Music/IronMaiden, "Dethroned Emperor" by Celtic Frost, "No Time This Time" and "Next to You" by Music/ThePolice, "Celebrated Summer" by Music/HuskerDu, "Phantom Lord" by Music/{{Metallica}}, "The Bends" by Music/{{Radiohead}}, "Snap / I'd Rather Be Sleeping" by [[Music/DirtyRottenImbeciles D.R.I.]], "Cowboy Song" and "Jailbreak" by Music/ThinLizzy, "Anthem" by {{Music/Rush|Band}}, "We're a Happy Family" by Music/TheRamones, "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" by Music/BeastieBoys, "Ball of Confusion" by Music/TheTemptations, and "Exit" by Music/{{U2}}. Eclectic indeed.

*** Ahem...[[AtomicFBomb "ONE.FUCKING.WORLD"]] from ''Among the Living''.
*** "Finale" and "Now It's Dark" from ''State of Euphoria''.
*** "Time" from ''Persistence of Time''.
*** ''For All Kings'' has "You Gotta Believe", "Breathing Lightning", and "Blood Eagle Wings". The first two count if their duration is considered with added intros, which is done in some versions anyway. "Blood Eagle Wings" is their longest song (just) with the duration of 7:53.

** "Stomp 442" veers decisively into the Alternative territory, with the first track already being heavy on syncopated riffs and vocals that almost sound like rapping.

* SdrawkcabName: The various "nikufesin" songs.

* ContinuityNod: The opening words of the opening title track of ''Among the Living'' are "Disease! Disease! Spreading the disease," which was the name of their previous album.

* CoverVersion: Anthrax has covered "I'm Eighteen" by Music/AliceCooper, "God Save the Queen" and "Friggin' in the Riggin'" by Music/SexPistols, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by Music/BlackSabbath, "Antisocial" and "Sects" by Trust (both in English from the originals in French), "Carry On Wayward Son" by Music/{{Kansas}}, "Parasite", "Watchin' You", "She" and "Love Her All I Can" by Music/{{Kiss}}, "Pipeline" by The Chantays, "Got the Time" by Music/JoeJackson, "Protest and Survive" by Discharge, "Remember Tomorrow" by Music/IronMaiden, "Dethroned Emperor" by Celtic Frost, "No Time This Time" and "Next to You" by Music/ThePolice, "Celebrated Summer" by Music/HuskerDu, "Phantom Lord" by Music/{{Metallica}}, "The Bends" by Music/{{Radiohead}}, "Snap / I'd Rather Be Sleeping" by [[Music/DirtyRottenImbeciles D.R.I.]], "Cowboy Song" and "Jailbreak" by Music/ThinLizzy, "Anthem" by {{Music/Rush|Band}}, "We're a Happy Family" by Music/TheRamones, "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" by Music/BeastieBoys, "Ball of Confusion" by Music/TheTemptations, and "Exit" by Music/{{U2}}. Eclectic indeed.

* EpicRocking: "A.D.I./Horror of it All", "Who Cares Wins", "Blood", "Keep it in Family" and "This is Not an Exit".

*** ''For All Kings'' has "You Gotta Believe", "Breathing Lightning", and "Blood Eagle Wings".

* HiddenTrack: ''Volume 8: The Threat Is Real'' had "Pieces", an unlisted song which follows "Stealing from a Thief". Both songs were eventually separated. ''We've Come For You All'' has a hidden track which happens to be some kind of rice (?) shaker being recorded.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''State of Euphoria'' in the late 80's derived from the early SpeedMetal sound and the band went straight Thrash for change of the decade. ''Sound of White Noise'' introduced the band's 90's sound.

* NonAppearingTitle: ''Fistful of Metal'' and ''Spreading the Disease''

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Bare," "Pieces."

* CoverVersion: Anthrax has covered "I'm Eighteen" by Music/AliceCooper, "God Save the Queen" and "Friggin' in the Riggin'" by Music/SexPistols, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by Music/BlackSabbath, "Antisocial" and "Sects" by Trust (both in English from the originals in French), "Carry On Wayward Son" by Music/{{Kansas}}, "Parasite", "Watchin' You", "She" and "Love Her All I Can" by Music/{{Kiss}}, "Pipeline" by The Chantays, "Got the Time" by Joe Jackson, "Protest and Survive" by Discharge, "Remember Tomorrow" by Music/IronMaiden, "Dethroned Emperor" by Celtic Frost, "No Time This Time" and "Next to You" by Music/ThePolice, "Celebrated Summer" by Music/HuskerDu, "Phantom Lord" by Music/{{Metallica}}, "The Bends" by Music/{{Radiohead}}, "Snap / I'd Rather Be Sleeping" by [[Music/DirtyRottenImbeciles D.R.I.]], "Cowboy Song" and "Jailbreak" by Music/ThinLizzy, "Anthem" by {{Music/Rush|Band}}, "We're a Happy Family" by Music/TheRamones, "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" by Music/BeastieBoys, "Ball of Confusion" by The Temptations, and "Exit" by Music/{{U2}}. Eclectic indeed.

* CoverVersion: Anthrax has covered "I'm Eighteen" by Music/AliceCooper, "God Save the Queen" and "Friggin' in the Riggin'" by Music/SexPistols, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by Music/BlackSabbath, "Antisocial" and "Sects" by Trust (both in English from the originals in French), "Carry On Wayward Son" by Music/{{Kansas}}, "Parasite", "Watchin' You", "She" and "Love Her All I Can" by Music/{{Kiss}}, "Pipeline" by The Chantays, "Got the Time" by Joe Jackson, "Protest and Survive" by Discharge, "Remember Tomorrow" by Music/IronMaiden, "Dethroned Emperor" by Celtic Frost, "No Time This Time" and "Next to You" by Music/ThePolice, "Celebrated Summer" by Music/HuskerDu, "Phantom Lord" by Music/{{Metallica}}, "The Bends" by Music/{{Radiohead}}, "Snap / I'd Rather Be Sleeping" by [[Music/DirtyRottenImbeciles D.R.I.]], "Cowboy Song" and "Jailbreak" by Music/ThinLizzy, "Anthem" by {{Music/Rush|Band}}, "We're a Happy Family" by Music/TheRamones, "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" by the Music/BeastieBoys, "Ball of Confusion" by The Temptations, and "Exit" by Music/{{U2}}. Eclectic indeed.

* AsHimself: On the ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' episode "My Dinner With Anthrax."

* CoverVersion: Anthrax has covered "I'm Eighteen" by Music/AliceCooper, "God Save the Queen" and "Friggin' in the Riggin'" by Music/SexPistols, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by Music/BlackSabbath, "Antisocial" and "Sects" by Trust (both in English from the originals in French), "Carry On Wayward Son" by Music/{{Kansas}}, "Parasite", "Watchin' You", "She" and "Love Her All I Can" by Music/{{Kiss}}, "Pipeline" by The Chantays, "Got the Time" by Joe Jackson, "Protest and Survive" by Discharge, "Remember Tomorrow" by Music/IronMaiden, "Dethroned Emperor" by Celtic Frost, "No Time This Time" and "Next to You" by Music/ThePolice, "Celebrated Summer" by Music/HuskerDu, "Phantom Lord" by Music/{{Metallica}}, "The Bends" by Music/{{Radiohead}}, "Snap / I'd Rather Be Sleeping" by [[Music/DirtyRottenImbeciles D.R.I.]], "Cowboy Song" and "Jailbreak" by Music/ThinLizzy, "Anthem" by {{Music/Rush}}, "We're a Happy Family" by Music/TheRamones, "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" by the Music/BeastieBoys, "Ball of Confusion" by The Temptations, and "Exit" by Music/{{U2}}. Eclectic indeed.

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* CoverAlbum: two. ''Anthems'', which includes covers of {{Music/Rush}} and Music/ThinLizzy. And also ''The Greater of Two Evils'', which featured the band's 2004 lineup covering their songs from the pre- John Bush era.

* CoverVersion: Anthrax has covered "I'm Eighteen" by Music/AliceCooper, "God Save the Queen" and "Friggin' in the Riggin'" by Music/SexPistols, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by Music/BlackSabbath, "Antisocial" and "Sects" by Trust (both in English from the originals in French), "Parasite", "Watchin' You", "She" and "Love Her All I Can" by Music/{{Kiss}}, "Pipeline" by The Chantays, "Got the Time" by Joe Jackson, "Protest and Survive" by Discharge, "Remember Tomorrow" by Music/IronMaiden, "Dethroned Emperor" by Celtic Frost, "No Time This Time" and "Next to You" by Music/ThePolice, "Celebrated Summer" by Music/HuskerDu, "Phantom Lord" by Music/{{Metallica}}, "The Bends" by Music/{{Radiohead}}, "Snap / I'd Rather Be Sleeping" by [[Music/DirtyRottenImbeciles D.R.I.]], "Cowboy Song" and "Jailbreak" by Music/ThinLizzy, "Anthem" by {{Music/Rush}}, "We're a Happy Family" by Music/TheRamones, "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" by the Music/BeastieBoys, "Ball of Confusion" by The Temptations, and "Exit" by Music/{{U2}}. Eclectic indeed.

Anthrax went through four lead singers throughout their entire career: Neil Turbin (1982-1984), Joey Belladonna (1985-1992 and 2010-present), John Bush (1992-2004), and Dan Nelson (2007-2010).

* NWordPrivileges: Averted in the second verse of "Keep It In The Family." Although, in this case, the N-word is used to sneer at racists who unironically perceive black people as such.

* CoolCar: "Cadillac Rock Box" is a subversion. Despite the title, the song has nothing to do with the Cadillac brand of automobiles but is instead about one of Dimebag's favorite guitars.

* FilkSong: ''Among the Living'' has "I Am the Law", which is based on ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' and the album's title-track and "A Skeleton in the Closet" are based on Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheStand'' and ''Apt Pupil''. Scott Ian's love of Stephen King goes further with "The Gunslinger" and "Misery Loves Company." Additionally, while ''Safe Home'' is about New York post 9-11, it draws comparisons to ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series ("My whole world has moved on"). Around the time of ''Sound of White Noise'', Scott mentioned in interviews that he'd become aware of his tendency to write "book report songs" and was trying not to do it so much. Additionally, drummer Charlie Benante (who writes most of the music), wrote "Black Lodge" after being inspired by Angelo Badalamenti's score of ''Series/TwinPeaks''. David Lynch then came on board to direct the video.
** Speaking of David Lynch, "Now It's Dark" (from ''State of Euphoria'') is about Frank Booth from ''Film/BlueVelvet''.
*** And in a nod that loops right back round to CelebrityParadox, in one story Dredd busts an underground metal venue where the DJ is playing an un-named Anthrax song. Snatches of the song lyrics appear throughout the strip, and it's pretty obviously "I Am The Law". LeaningOnTheFourthWall, indeed.
** "Soror Irrumator", released in 2015, is written about ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

** Many. For instance, "Fueled" is an homage to/mentions poet to Creator/CharlesBukowski. Also, see FilkSong above.

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* BaldOfAwesome: Scott Ian. He had long hair in TheEighties but shaved his head late in that decade and has kept that look ever since. He looks totally awesome either way.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: ''Fistful of Metal'' and ''Spreading the Disease'' are seven, but occasionally border on eight. ''Among the Living'' and ''State of Euphoria'' are at an eight. ''Persistence of Time'' is 8, but actually borders on 9 sometimes. Their John Bush albums are usually in the 6 to 8 range, with a couple of songs (such as "Black Lodge") being a 5 and "Bare" being about a 3. Their newest releases, ''Worship Music'' and ''For All Kings'', mostly stay in the 8 range.

* FilkSong: ''Among the Living'' has "I Am the Law", which is based on ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' and the album's title-track and "A Skeleton in the Closet" are based on Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheStand'' and ''Apt Pupil''. Scott Ian's love of Stephen King goes further with "The Gunslinger" and "Misery Loves Company." Additionally, while ''Safe Home'' is about New York post 9-11, it draws comparisons to ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series ("My whole world has moved on"). Around the time of ''Sound of White Noise'', Scott mentioned in interviews that he'd become aware of his tendency to write "book report songs" and was trying not to do it so much. Additionally, drummer Charlie Benante (who writes most of the music), wrote "Black Lodge" after being inspired by Angelo Badamlanti's score of ''Series/TwinPeaks''. David Lynch then came on board to direct the video.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Scott
** TheLancer: Frank
** TheSmartGuy: Joey
** TheBigGuy: Charlie
** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Jon

* TheGiant: They have a song with this title.
* {{Gorn}}: The video for "Blood Eagle Wings."

* [[AsHimself As Themselves]]: On the ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' episode "My Dinner With Anthrax."
* BadassBeard: Rhythm guitarist Scott Ian's goatee.

* ClusterFBomb: "Now It's Dark," and "Startin' Up a Posse"; "I Am the Law" [[{{Mondegreen}} can be misheard as one]].

They are also one of the first metal bands to incorporate rap in their songs ("I'm The Man"), and Music/PublicEnemy joined them to do perform a new version of their hit single, "Bring the Noise"[[note]]PE’s DJ Terminator X would later have a guest spot on the song “1000 Points Of Hate[[/note]].

* BilingualBonus: [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Soror Irrumator]], which loosely translated from Latin, means [[BrotherSisterIncest "Sister Fucker"]].

* Grief Song: