Track Listing

1. Gung Ho
2. Armed And Dangerous
3. Afters
4. Enemy
5. SSC
6. Stand Or Fall
7. Mad House
8. Lone Justice
9. AIR

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32368 in Music
• Released on: 1991-08-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

CD Description
Anthrax's first full-length recording with new vocalist Joey Belladonna and bassist Frank Bello, 1985's SPREADING THE DISEASE, showed that the band had survived its first major lineup change without skipping a beat. If anything, the changestrengthened the quintet, just in time for its first major-label release, on Island Records. While most thrash metal bands at the time were fronted by a gruff, screaming singer, Belladonna sang in a manner that was both melodic and conventional. Musically, the band could still thrash away with the best of them, as it became one of the new metal genre's leading bands, along with Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer.
The band's first video clip, for the song "Madhouse", was found too offensive for broadcast by MTV, while such tracks as "A.I.R"., "Gung Ho", and "Armed in Dangerous" became mosh pitfavourites in metal clubs. The track "Medusa" remains one of the band's most melodic and pop-oriented efforts, but don't be mislead, the majority of this record is good ol' metal,with tracks like "Lone Justice", "S.S.C./Stand Or Fall", "Enemy", and "Aftershock". Although SPREADING THE DISEASE wasn't Anthrax's commercial breakthrough, it set the stage for their best album ever, AMONG THE LIVING.

Customer Reviews

Anthrax at their best
This was the first album I ever bought with my first wage from my first job when I was 14 (and I still actually have the tape!). The album is full-on thrash, fast and energetic. Joey's vocals add a whole new energetic dimension on top of that. The main thing that set Anthrax apart from the rest is their use of melody, and tracks such as Medusa are outstanding pieces of music. If you want to hear the best of 1980's thrash metal (after Metallica's Kill 'Em All) then you wont go wrong with this album.

metal thrashing mad
this is anthraxs second album and came bouncing into the world in 1985,its a thrash feast of manic proportion,i wouldnt say its their finest moment but i will say its an extremely influential album and considering its twenty one years old it hasnt aged that bad at all,anthrax were always the more fun acts of the so called big four metal groups,ie,metallica,megadeth and slayer completing the line up,but they also knew how to make a killer riff and very memorable and strong chorus'.
This album has some all time classics such as gung ho,a.i.r,madhouse,armed and dangerous to name but a few,its an album that will imprint itself on you.!

anthrax
this rules from start to finish so buy it fool!