Anthrax: Return Of The Killer B's Video Anthology

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Summary: Great DVD
Review: Anthrax's DVD is very similar to Pantera's home videos in a lot of ways, namely the band's personal home videos and the way the music videos are scattered throughout the presentation. A big plus on here is Anthrax's reunion performance with original frontman Joey Belladonna, and it is utterly hilarious watching Joey and Scott Ian face off performing "I'm the Man". A must for every Anthrax fan.

Rating:
Summary: Great DVD
Review: Anthrax's DVD is very similar to Pantera's home videos in a lot of ways, namely the band's personal home videos and the way the music videos are scattered throughout the presentation. A big plus on here is Anthrax's reunion performance with original frontman Joey Belladonna, and it is utterly hilarious watching Joey and Scott Ian face off performing "I'm the Man". A must for every Anthrax fan.

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Summary: Return of the Killer A's Video Collection
Review: As much as I love Anthrax, and would like to see everything that they have ever done released on DVD, Return of the Killer A's Video Collection is jumbled and inconsistent. That's not to say that I didn't love every minute of it! Seldom seen music videos, live concert footage in MI from the Persistence of Time tour, and humorous behind the scenes segments make this a must-have for Anthrax fans old and new. Although, it would have been better if the DVD was either a definitive collection of music videos or a live concert. This inconsistent mix put future Anthrax DVD releases (and please keep them coming) in jeopardy of rereleasing the same footage; especially on any kind of video anthology that may be down the road. Otherwise, this is a very entertaining release from a great band.

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Summary: Return of the Killer A's Video Collection
Review: As much as I love Anthrax, and would like to see everything that they have ever done released on DVD, Return of the Killer A's Video Collection is jumbled and inconsistent. That's not to say that I didn't love every minute of it! Seldom seen music videos, live concert footage in MI from the Persistence of Time tour, and humorous behind the scenes segments make this a must-have for Anthrax fans old and new. Although, it would have been better if the DVD was either a definitive collection of music videos or a live concert. This inconsistent mix put future Anthrax DVD releases (and please keep them coming) in jeopardy of rereleasing the same footage; especially on any kind of video anthology that may be down the road. Otherwise, this is a very entertaining release from a great band.

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Summary: Among The Euphoric Noise, Volume 442
Review: Ever since I first heard a poorly-recorded mishmash of unlabeled Anthrax songs on a cassette tape, I have been a fan. These underrated, highly musical thrashers have earned my respect as musicians, songwriters, social commentators, and people. I have all of their albums dating back to Spreading The Disease (minus a few of the "I'm The Man" EPs and live albums). When I saw that they had released a DVD, I nearly wet myself with delight. I went and bought it the next day, and I don't think I've ever been so happy over a purchase as I was over this. A great collection of music videos, live footage, and random videoclips from Anthrax's personal vault, well-organized by a simple, user-friendly interface all make this DVD a must-have for any fan of the band. My only complaint was that there are no music videos for any songs prior to "The Sound Of White Noise" (I believe someone else has that complaint as well), however the songs they did choose were awesome. Even my friend Matt who thrives on odd-tempo jazz and neo-classical epics from India LOVES Anthrax and this DVD. I even made him (and myself) a "best of" Anthrax compilation which I gave the same name as this review. In case any of you are interested, this is the tracklisting I chose for that: (1)A.I.R.; (2)Among The Living; (3)Caught In A Mosh; (4)Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.); (5)Now It's Dark; (6)Finale; (7)Intro To Reality/Belly Of The Beast;(8)In My World; (9)Room For One More; (10)Nothing; (11)Fueled; (12)Inside Out; (13)604; (14)Toast To The Extras; (15)Cupajoe; (16)Alpha Male; (17)Giving The Horns; (18)Friggin' In The Riggin'. As for 604 and Cupajoe, those were just taking up the sumodd 2:00 minutes of spare time I had on the CD, which is now a damned full 79:30!! Anyways, ANY fan of Anthrax MUST have this DVD, and it MUST BE CRANKED UP while being watched!! ROCK ON to all those fans of ANTHRAX out there!! Those extras they're toasting to, I like to think of those as us... so a toast to us extras, AMONG THE LIVINNNNGG!!! Give those horns high, later.

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Summary: Among The Euphoric Noise, Volume 442
Review: Ever since I first heard a poorly-recorded mishmash of unlabeled Anthrax songs on a cassette tape, I have been a fan. These underrated, highly musical thrashers have earned my respect as musicians, songwriters, social commentators, and people. I have all of their albums dating back to Spreading The Disease (minus a few of the "I'm The Man" EPs and live albums). When I saw that they had released a DVD, I nearly wet myself with delight. I went and bought it the next day, and I don't think I've ever been so happy over a purchase as I was over this. A great collection of music videos, live footage, and random videoclips from Anthrax's personal vault, well-organized by a simple, user-friendly interface all make this DVD a must-have for any fan of the band. My only complaint was that there are no music videos for any songs prior to "The Sound Of White Noise" (I believe someone else has that complaint as well), however the songs they did choose were awesome. Even my friend Matt who thrives on odd-tempo jazz and neo-classical epics from India LOVES Anthrax and this DVD. I even made him (and myself) a "best of" Anthrax compilation which I gave the same name as this review. In case any of you are interested, this is the tracklisting I chose for that: (1)A.I.R.; (2)Among The Living; (3)Caught In A Mosh; (4)Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.); (5)Now It's Dark; (6)Finale; (7)Intro To Reality/Belly Of The Beast;(8)In My World; (9)Room For One More; (10)Nothing; (11)Fueled; (12)Inside Out; (13)604; (14)Toast To The Extras; (15)Cupajoe; (16)Alpha Male; (17)Giving The Horns; (18)Friggin' In The Riggin'. As for 604 and Cupajoe, those were just taking up the sumodd 2:00 minutes of spare time I had on the CD, which is now a damned full 79:30!! Anyways, ANY fan of Anthrax MUST have this DVD, and it MUST BE CRANKED UP while being watched!! ROCK ON to all those fans of ANTHRAX out there!! Those extras they're toasting to, I like to think of those as us... so a toast to us extras, AMONG THE LIVINNNNGG!!! Give those horns high, later.

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Summary: Attack of the killer '90's
Review: Finally an ANTHRAX DVD! Let me first talk about the great features. The video and audio quality for all the pro stuff is very good, and the privately shot stuff is good for home video camera grade. The menu and scene selections are a lot better than most of the DVD's out there. The bad things about this DVD is that it has no music video prior to "The Sound Of White Noise," but don't get me wrong that's good, yet they replaced those old videos with live footage or video collages. It is a shame because they have some cool videos on the OOP home videos, and the stuff with Public Enemy and ANTHRAX playing live. Hopefully one day that stuff can be seen, but this is a very good collection of newer footage.

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Summary: Puke
Review: If you were a fan of Anthrax between 1985 and 1991 and stopped listening to them after "Persistence of Time," don't waste your money on this. Like everything else that happened to our favorite thrash and metal bands, it'll just depress you. Even fans of Anthrax after 1991 should be turned off by this DVD's poor video and audio quality. The Persistence of Time tour was one of the biggest metal tours that year, not to mention Anthrax was getting regular rotation on MTV's Headbangers Ball. They should've had plenty of money to record it right.

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Summary: Attack of the killer '90's
Review: Most people know Joey Belladonna as the singer for anthrax but when John Bush joined the band,ANTHRAX suddenly became a tighter, stronger, and dare I say heavier band. No high pitch screams of the Joey days, a raspy, bluesy straight forward singer takes Anthrax to a different level. The song writing, the energy, the power of this band is at it's best with John Bush out front.

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Summary: I love Bush
Review: Most people know Joey Belladonna as the singer for anthrax but when John Bush joined the band,ANTHRAX suddenly became a tighter, stronger, and dare I say heavier band. No high pitch screams of the Joey days, a raspy, bluesy straight forward singer takes Anthrax to a different level. The song writing, the energy, the power of this band is at it's best with John Bush out front.