Brian Damage
12-15-2007, 09:39 AM
NEW YORK (AP) - Anthrax has picked an unknown singer to be their new frontman. Dan Nelson, a part-time singer and personal trainer from New York's Long Island, met Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano a few years ago and recently contacted him through MySpace, according to a statement issued Thursday by the band.
''It really is a dream come true,'' Nelson, 31, of Levittown, told Newsday. Anthrax had a reunion tour with former singer Joey Belladonna in 2006, but talks fell through after that, according to the statement. Nelson and the band met for a musical workout, and ''right from the first second Dan started 'Room for One More,' we knew,'' guitarist Scott Ian said in the statement, referring to a 1993 staple.
Anthrax was among heavy metal's biggest names in the 1980s and early 1990s, known for their speed, intensity and genre-crossing 1991 collaboration with Public Enemy on the rappers' ''Bring the Noise.'' The band is working on a new album, and will release 1993's ''Sound of White Noise'' and 1995's ''Stomp 442'' in digital formats Tuesday.
''It really is a dream come true,'' Nelson, 31, of Levittown, told Newsday. Anthrax had a reunion tour with former singer Joey Belladonna in 2006, but talks fell through after that, according to the statement. Nelson and the band met for a musical workout, and ''right from the first second Dan started 'Room for One More,' we knew,'' guitarist Scott Ian said in the statement, referring to a 1993 staple.
Anthrax was among heavy metal's biggest names in the 1980s and early 1990s, known for their speed, intensity and genre-crossing 1991 collaboration with Public Enemy on the rappers' ''Bring the Noise.'' The band is working on a new album, and will release 1993's ''Sound of White Noise'' and 1995's ''Stomp 442'' in digital formats Tuesday.