John Connelly is the front man, guitarist and principal composer of Nuclear Assault, a thrash metal band from New York His voice is known for being aggressive but with high notes.
He was formerly a roadie of the thrash metal band Anthrax and was a close buddy of Dan Lilker so he jammed with the band a few times, but never actually joined the band since he was not a qualified enough singer to sing their Iron Maiden style music at the time. He form...
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John Connelly is the front man, guitarist and principal composer of Nuclear Assault, a thrash metal band from New York His voice is known for being aggressive but with high notes.
He was formerly a roadie of the thrash metal band Anthrax and was a close buddy of Dan Lilker so he jammed with the band a few times, but never actually joined the band since he was not a qualified enough singer to sing their Iron Maiden style music at the time. He formed (in 1983) the band Nuclear Assault, soon to join him the bassist Danny Lilker (formerly bass of Anthrax).
Nuclear Assault were formed originally as a side project of John Connelly and Danny Lilker, after leaving Anthrax. While Nuclear Assault never received the recognition of the big four (Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer, Metallica), they were one of the first to successfully fuse speed metal with hardcore, long before it was popular to do so. Glen Evans was formerly of TT Quick.
Nuclear Assault were among thrash metal's most socially aware...
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