John Bush Interview - Anthrax, Armored Saint, & Category 7 [13:00-18:01]

played only a few other of the major hits, you know, with your other bands. But is that really like the last time you did full anthrax material? Yeah, that probably was probably Japan actually. And you know, it was probably a majority of older material, but I do remember playing catharsis at that show, which is cool. It's a great song and planning on playing that again with this upcoming run. So yeah, it was probably the last time I was saying like 10 anthrax songs. So realistically, yeah. 15 years on, man, that's a good anniversary too. Celebrate that, you know. Yeah, it's gonna be fun. You know, we're like I said, we're I'm really excited about it because a lot of these songs are for a lot of people anthrax was discovered in the 90s. That's basic because everybody knows the 80s, but a lot of people in the 90s discovering music and anthrax was a part of that decade. So that was the decade I was part of and so were these records. So I think it's an nostalgic let's face it because sound by noise is over 30 years old. I mean, stop is 30 years old this year, which is crazy, but yeah, it's really terrifying, but it's an anthologic trip, which is always fun and people are yearning for that stuff. So it's gonna be fun. Yeah, while an anthrax isn't out and doing that stuff, so it's great that you're coming out to do it and you know, continue to shine a light on those great albums because they were fantastic albums at the time. I appreciate that. Like myself, but a lot of people discovered anthrax through that era. That's my era kind of thing. So for you to come back and do it, I think is, you know, an extra special treat to all the fans. I think so too. I'm looking forward to it. Now in 99, you guys did Return of the Killer A's and there's Bola Confusion on here. We're both you and Joey Beladonna saying. Correct. How did that come about as both you guys and was there any talk of there being two lead singers? Well, there was a talk about doing a run. Yeah, writing a contribution without record. I think it was idea of just putting out kind of a greatest hit that keep things going at that time in between maybe record label deals and stuff. And so then I don't remember who's exact idea was, but then we came up with the idea of having us both sing on a song. I'm a big temptations old school soul fan. I mean, armored singers put out a four top song within the last year, which is really cool. So that's yeah, that's right in my wheelhouse. I love all those old school singers and old school soul singers should I say and add some of my favorite music of all time. So that was easy for me to say I'm into it. And I thought it was really cool that we did it together. I remember recording it. It was real fun. And me and Joey actually get along pretty well together. It's never really any kind of awkwardness or strife. It's usually pretty mellow. Even if we're just in a same room with one another. But I was thinking about it and we probably should have made a video or something for that because it would have been more productive, I think. So it kind of came and went, unfortunately, but I was fun. And we were supposed to do a tour and then there was some legalities. I guess we couldn't hire now. So it never really happened. But we at that time, when I was still in anthrax, we just went back out and toured again on it. So you know, then the idea came up again about maybe doing a joint tour, a singer tour. It just couldn't make it work. So we tried, but it we just couldn't make it happen. I always thought anthrax would be one of those good bands to try that out. I don't know if you're familiar with the German band Hello Ween. Oh, yeah. There are three singers. There are three lead guitar players. So it's this huge line up no matter what era you like, it's there, right? Anthrax would be prime for that. If the band you, everyone else decided to do it, but that's a pipe dream somewhere down the road could have. You have to get everyone on board and you know, but it's a great idea and I think Hello Ween. So I really commend them for doing that. It's really cool. Obviously a lot of people put the regos aside for that and and the fans really got a big treat for that. So that's cool. Absolutely. So out of the four albums that you made, what was your favorite one, your favorite time of making the album? Is there a particular one that stands out maybe more than anything else? You know, when it comes to records, I always kind of feel like, yeah, there's a, I usually feel pretty good about all the records I've made. I mean, of course I have my own personal feelings about certain things that I don't reveal to people just because they don't really need to know. I've done that before I go, well, that song I kind of don't like and they're like, it's my favorite song, man. So I don't want to say that because I wanted to enjoy what they love. Every record is a little different for me. They're only a little child. Of course, Sound Away knows exactly. You don't want to, you know, pick one child over the other.