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ANTHRAX Guitarist: Columbus Club Should Be Held Accountable For DIMEBAG's Murder

January 4, 2006

Brandon Daviet of Marquee Magazine recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

On changing the face of metal forever by releasing "I'm the Man", one of the first songs to be a true rap/metal hybrid.

"We put out 'I'm the Man' on our own terms, we had total creative freedom with our recording contract so there was no opposition from the record company. We have always done what we wanted with the band, that's always been important to us."

On the band's current reunion and their resurgence in popularity:

"We are planning to try a few new tunes on the upcoming tour in January, but we won't make an album just to make one. We are really enjoying playing live with Joey [Belladonna, vocals] and we are playing songs we haven't played in a long time, like 'Medusa', and are considering others like 'Skeletons in the Closet'."

On the civil lawsuit that was filed against the Alrosa Villa club in Ohio, where ANTHRAX's longtime friend and frequent guest lead guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) was murdered:

"I absolutely think the club should be responsible for what happened. There is no excuse for a club not to have appropriate security. Many people have said that [Nathan] Gale [Dimebag's killer] was causing trouble earlier in the evening. If that club would have had appropriate security, things may have turned out different."

Read the entire interview at this location.

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