I just heard this used at the beginning of Sunday night's Bear's home game against the Seahawks to pump the crowd up, (Not that we needed much help.)
When I realised I was actually hearing ANTHRAX being pumped through Soldier Field's sound system, I started screaming so loud I lost my voice.
Not related to this song, but the Bears also come onto the field to Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" for all their home games which is equally AWESOME.
Here's how the teaming up of these two groups came about:
Musically diverse Scott Ian liked labelmate PE's sound and started wearing their shirt onstage. Chuck D took notice to this and as a nod, wrote the line, "hell wax is for Anthrax, still they can rock well" into the original track on 1998's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back."
Ian decided there had to be a way the two groups could work together and was determined to make it happen.
Chuck was initially reluctant to take Ian's offer, as he didn't see how the two sounds could be combined into something listenable.
Scott had him listen to the drum/guitar track Anthrax had recorded and that was all it took. The rest is history.
Released in '91, this one was way ahead of it's time , since Rap Metal didn't take off till Limp Bizkit's, (Ironically the same band who almost single handedly destroyed the genre thanks to Media Whore Fred Durst) release of "Three Dollar Bill Y'All" in '97.
Anthrax recentley reunited with original frontman Joey Belladonna and plan to record a new album with the original lineup.
True Thrash Metal will Live Again!!!!
I just heard this used at the beginning of Sunday night's Bear's home game against the Seahawks to pump the crowd up, (Not that we needed much help.) When I realised I was actually hearing ANTHRAX being pumped through Soldier Field's sound system, I started screaming so loud I lost my voice. Not related to this song, but the Bears also come onto the field to Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" for all their home games which is equally AWESOME. Here's how the teaming up of these two groups came about: Musically diverse Scott Ian liked labelmate PE's sound and started wearing their shirt onstage. Chuck D took notice to this and as a nod, wrote the line, "hell wax is for Anthrax, still they can rock well" into the original track on 1998's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back." Ian decided there had to be a way the two groups could work together and was determined to make it happen. Chuck was initially reluctant to take Ian's offer, as he didn't see how the two sounds could be combined into something listenable. Scott had him listen to the drum/guitar track Anthrax had recorded and that was all it took. The rest is history. Released in '91, this one was way ahead of it's time , since Rap Metal didn't take off till Limp Bizkit's, (Ironically the same band who almost single handedly destroyed the genre thanks to Media Whore Fred Durst) release of "Three Dollar Bill Y'All" in '97. Anthrax recentley reunited with original frontman Joey Belladonna and plan to record a new album with the original lineup. True Thrash Metal will Live Again!!!!