29 Hi Scott, this is Raphael from Burst magazine. Hey, how are you? Fine man, how are you? Good, good. What are you up to these days? I know you’re in the middle of your summer tour... Yeah, we’re actually home right now and then we start again soon. We leave for Europe in like 3 weeks or something. Awesome! And how’s the tour going so far? You’ ve played at a lot of festivals, plus you have festivals coming up. Tell us a bit more about it. Well, we’ve been out for 2 years, on this album and everything’s been great so far. I got nothing to complain about. You know, it’s been a really good run on this music album. The shows since September 2011 have been awesome.
you were featuring covers from bands like AC/ DC, Rush, Thin Lizzy etc. What’s the feedback you received so far? People seem to really like it. It’s doing really well and, you know, people seem to be excited about it. It’s just cover songs for us; we just did it because cover songs are just fun for us to do. And we recorded those songs over the last, couple of years -maybe over 2 years- and then it just gave a new album. Basically we said “we like the way this came out and go ahead, put it out, do whatever you want with it”. It’s just cover songs, you know, we don’t put much thought into it. Is there any other song that you would like to cover? I can’t think of any right now, no. But, once we start touring again and we get back out on the road, it’s usually when we start messing around with other songs; when we’re sound
checking, cause we get pretty bored at sound checks. Once we get back out again, maybe we’ll have some new ideas. Would you release a full length album featuring covers? I don’t know! There’s no plan, so I don’t know. During all these years you basically kept your musical style pretty much intact. On which aspects do you believe that you have evolved as a band? I don’t know, you tell me (laughs)! I don’t focus on that stuff. We just write songs, you know. We just know what we’re doing. We write songs. We know what we wanna hear when we’re writing and that doesn’t mean it’s got easier over the years. It’s never been easy to write songs, but I, I just think, if anything evolved, it’s just that. I think we just know what we want to hear. But, getting there is the hard
part. When we’re actually in a room writing songs together, we’re all very much in the same place, on the same page, in the same attitude and knowing what we want Anthrax to sound like. That’s about as much as I ever think of it. I think that’s the best part, to be on the same page with the rest of the guys; not just in a band, but in any team. Exactly! Heavy metal: Is it a man’s world or women can do it as well? Would you ever have a female member in your band? I can’t say; I have no idea. I’d like to think we won’t ever be changing members again, but that’s a hard question to answer. But I have no problem with women playing heavy metal; I think more women should play heavy metal (laughs).
Glad to hear. It’s been two years since your latest full length album. When should we expect something new? Maybe next year; I mean, I can’t say for sure, but that’s what we’re hoping for. We can’t wait! Do you believe that major bands like Anthrax, which have been out there since forever, should only be releasing albums when they have something to say and not simply to mass-produce them in order to gather portfolio? I don’t know about other bands, I have no idea - but, we make a record when we have songs. You know, when we feel we have something that is strong enough to put out. That’s when we make a record. So we don’t really think about it too much. We just write songs, and if we love the songs that we have, then we’ll make an album. In your last EP, Anthems, Burst www.burstzine.com