Scott Ian: Three Anthrax Albums With John Bush Got Completely Buried
WHAT THEY SAID
"And I think it's sad that most people don't know those albums." * Speaking with Igor Miranda of Rolling Stone Brasil, Scott Ian singled out 'Stomp 442', 'Volume 8: The Threat Is Real' and 'We've Come For You All' as records almost nobody heard, and he pointed at the sales numbers as proof *.
THE DETAILS
- Ian told Miranda in the September 2026 interview that fans should pull the records up on Spotify, Apple Music or Amazon *.
- 'We've Come For You All' is his personal favorite of the four Bush albums and where he'd start newcomers, followed by 'Sound Of White Noise', 'Volume 8', then 'Stomp 442' *.
- Bush fronted Anthrax from 1992 to 2005 and was set aside for the Joey Belladonna 20th-anniversary reunion tour *.
- Ian and Charlie Benante are the only members on every Anthrax studio album across 42 years *.
- Same week, Ian did Amoeba's 'What's In My Bag', calling Converge's 'Bad Faith' the heaviest thing he'd heard in a long time †.
WHO IS RIGHT
Ian's right that the Bush catalog got buried — he has the sales figures to back it. But Benante's 2011 read on the old "bird" jab holds up: that was a strained-relationship shot, not a verdict, and Belladonna has held the mic since 2010 *.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
Open question: whether Ian's push actually sends anyone back to 'Stomp 442'.
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