For years, John Bush has talked about revisiting the music he made throughout his decade fronting Anthrax. Now, he is lastly making it occur. This December, the legendary vocalist will hit the stage for a brief run of reveals celebrating all 4 albums from his period with the band: Sound of White Noise from 1993, Stomp 442 from 1995, Quantity 8: The Menace Is Actual from 1998, and We have Come for You All from 2003.
Becoming a member of Bush will probably be his Category 7 bandmates — Phil Demmel, Mike Orlando, and Jason Bittner — together with longtime Armored Saint bassist Joey Vera, who’s stepping in resulting from Class 7 bassist Jack Gibson‘s schedule battle. The plan? Class 7 will open every evening with their very own set earlier than returning to again Bush on the Anthrax materials.
In a brand new interview with SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, Bush mentioned the three reveals are doubtless solely the start of his Anthrax celebration. Although he does notice a brand new Armored Saint document is coming in 2026, and he’ll should shirt gears to give attention to that as nicely.
“Effectively, we’re gonna take this step [by playing these three shows in December]. And for me, this was a giant step. So I used to be, like, let’s do that. And [Dan DeVita], like I mentioned, my agent, he was, like, ‘Why do not we do that? We’ll type of play like three reveals, strategic, and begin with this.’ The [new] Armored Saint document is popping out in March or April, so I am gonna be positively desirous to do quite a lot of touring and affiliation with that, as a result of we’re actually stoked about this upcoming album — it sounds killer — so we’re gonna do quite a lot of stuff with that.
“So it is discovering a solution to merge a few of these issues collectively, however let me type of get this on the market, see what the vibe is. It looks as if it is really fairly superior up to now… However let’s have a look at what we get and let’s have a look at what occurs. And positive, there’s quite a lot of locations that I want to take it — actually Europe and even South America and possibly even Japan. And the sky’s type of the restrict. Clearly, there is a shelf life ‘trigger this isn’t new materials. These are information which are 20 to 30 years outdated at this level. So it is not new music.”
Bush later famous that he is actually solely doing the tour as a result of Anthrax largely does not play any of their Bush-era materials anymore. He additionally talked about that he hasn’t spoken to his former bandmates about doing the tour, however hopes they’re supportive of his endeavor: “I’ve not spoken to them. I do know that they knew that I used to be flirting with this and I’ve been speaking about it for a very long time. So it is not prefer it’s gonna come as some main shock.
“However I have never actually had a dialog with them after I made this announcement. However I am hoping they’re supportive of it. Once more, it is celebrating the music that these guys made and people guys wrote and carried out on. So, like I mentioned, quite a lot of these tunes are nice. So, I am hoping they’re simply gonna be supportive of it and possibly will wanna come out and play a tune or two. However for me, my important ambition is — it actually comes right down to, the first purpose is to honor these songs and honor these information and honor me singing them. And that is actually the principle factor. So, what occurs after that? I imply, after all I am open-minded, by way of having individuals come out.
“I really suppose it will be cool if I had another numerous individuals possibly come out and do some little visitor spots. I’ve some concepts of individuals. I do not wanna say who but, however I feel that might be actually cool for different individuals to come back in and cease in and do a tune or two in one of many three reveals. And I’ve some concepts.
“Like I mentioned, I do not wanna reveal that but. And that is not even together with Scott, Charlie and Frankie [Bello, Anthrax bassist]. However no matter. I am open-minded. I am hoping it is a actually constructive vibe all through the entire thing, and like I mentioned, we’re simply celebrating a few of these information that typically are forgotten, which, like I mentioned, I get it. It is onerous to compete, particularly with the ’80s Anthrax, as a result of it was so large and it was such an impactful time. And people are nice, unimaginable information. However we did nonetheless make some actually cool stuff within the ’90s, and I do know there’s lots of people that love these albums and songs, so I am gonna rock ’em out.”
The three reveals are:
12/13 Los Angeles, CA Whisky A-Go-Go
12/18 St. Charles, IL Arcada Theatre
12/20 New York, NY Racket
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