Anyone read Scott Ian's book?

I was shocked to read that they auditioned the singer for MIND OVER FOUR after Belladonna left.

No, but I'd really like to read it. Did you enjoy it ToB?

plan on getting this real soon.

I'd check it out...I'm sure he's got some good stories

I did enjoy it but I am a sucker for these kinds of things, even for artists I am not crazy about.

Since the libary ordered it, I will read it soon.

No reason to.

I have a copy on the way.

Painkiller wrote:

No reason to.

Are you telling me that you don't enjoy at least their first two albums?

Temple of Blood wrote:

I did enjoy it but I am a sucker for these kinds of things, even for artists I am not crazy about.

Yeah, Me too!

I just watched the Knebworth 2013 concert today. I'm a Joey Belladonna fan so the couple of songs shown were very cool..

Temple of Blood wrote:

Are you telling me that you don't enjoy at least their first two albums?

Actually, I like the first three Anthrax albums a lot, and I even saw them a few years ago with Death Angel and Testament. I just don't have that much interest in them beyond that.

One reason why I dislike Scott Ian is that he doesn't even acknowledge Neil Turbin as one of Anthrax's vocalists. Instead, he only acknowledges Joey Belladonna and John Bush.

I can't respect anyone for being that much of a douche.

He talked about him quite a bit in the book. But he didn't mention Dan Nelson once IIRC.

Nah. I'll just skip this one.

never cared about anthrax that much. Probably one of my least favourite thrash bands.

I skimmed through it at Barnes & Noble. I plan to get it soon! I still need to finish the Rex Brown/Pantera book and after that, the Max Cavalera bio. I also want to get the Michael Sweet/Stryper book too...

There are so many rock autobiographies coming out I can barely keep up with them, but this along with the countless others will eventually make it on my reading list.

manny wrote:

There are so many rock autobiographies coming out I can barely keep up with them, but this along with the countless others will eventually make it on my reading list.

It's like they are just putting them out as a way to make up for the lack of album sales. But it's all good, because I like reading them.

I'm also trying to finish the David Ellefson book too. Why can't I just pick one and get through it before I start another?

I've read the Rex one, Iommi, Mustiane, Skolnick, Ellefson.

Wanna read Yngwie's soon.

Temple of Blood wrote:

He talked about him quite a bit in the book.  But he didn't mention Dan Nelson once IIRC.

That's a shame, I don't think anyone really knows the facts of that one, but it sounded ugly.

I'll pick it up for pennies on paperback, I can't be bothered paying premium prices for it.

Didn't even know that there was an Ellefson book. Wish he'd written it when he wasn't working for Dave.

I'll pick this up eventually. I read a bunch of these bios too. I find most of them fascinating. The Rex Brown book was interesting because Rex covered a bunch of the business aspects of the band that I knew nothing about.

Temple of Blood wrote:

I've read the Rex one, Iommi, Mustiane, Skolnick, Ellefson.

Wanna read Yngwie's soon.

I read Yngwie, its pretty good but nothing in it will surprise you, and I had no idea Skolnick wrote one, and I see Ron Keel has a book out also

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Ron Keel has a book out also

You gotta be kidding. Was it self published?

Painkiller wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

Are you telling me that you don't enjoy at least their first two albums?

Actually, I like the first three Anthrax albums a lot, and I even saw them a few years ago with Death Angel and Testament. I just don't have that much interest in them beyond that.

One reason why I dislike Scott Ian is that he doesn't even acknowledge Neil Turbin as one of Anthrax's vocalists. Instead, he only acknowledges Joey Belladonna and John Bush.

I can't respect anyone for being that much of a douche.

neil Turbin is very good. I love what he did with anthrax.

Fat Freddy wrote:

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Ron Keel has a book out also

You gotta be kidding. Was it self published?

I am not sure, but it looks that way, and here you can read an exert :

http://www.amazon.com/Even-Keel-Life-Streets-Rock-ebook/dp/B00IJFQA1Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416250367&sr=1-1&keywords=ron+keel&pebp=1416250376524

manny wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

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Ron Keel has a book out also

You gotta be kidding. Was it self published?

I am not sure, but it looks that way, and here you can read an exert :

http://www.amazon.com/Even-Keel-Life-Streets-Rock-ebook/dp/B00IJFQA1Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416250367&sr=1-1&keywords=ron+keel&pebp=1416250376524

It's self-published. Wild West Media, LLC is Ron Keel's company.