Fistful of Metal is the name of the debut album by American thrash metal band Anthrax. The album was released in January 1984 by Megaforce Records in the United States and by Music For Nations internationally.
The album featured original vocalist Neil Turbin (who would later form Deathriders) and bassist Danny Lilker who would later form Nuclear Assault.
Danny Lilker and Scott Ian had been the original founders of the band, but Ian elected to fir...
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Fistful of Metal is the name of the debut album by American thrash metal band Anthrax. The album was released in January 1984 by Megaforce Records in the United States and by Music For Nations internationally.
The album featured original vocalist Neil Turbin (who would later form Deathriders) and bassist Danny Lilker who would later form Nuclear Assault.
Danny Lilker and Scott Ian had been the original founders of the band, but Ian elected to fire Lilker shortly after the release of the album. Ian had several reasons for doing so, specifically: the band found him to be lazy and very unprofessional, he had failed to pay his share of the rent for the band's rehearsal sessions, he had required more than thirty takes (2 entire days worth of studio time) to record the song "I'm Eighteen."
As his replacement, the band hired drummer Charlie Benante's nephew, Frank Bello, who has played on every Anthrax album ever since.
Neil Turbin had contributed some of the main song ideas, lyrics, titles...
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