ANTHRAX guitarist IAN is left flattered after former singer compares autobiography to Lord of the Rings.
SCOTT IAN is left flattered after NEIL TURIBIN, the singer who left the band back in 1984, has slated the guitarists book as a “a new work of fiction”. This bitterness comes from the way he was made out to be in the book I’m The Man: The Story Of That Guy From Anthrax.
Turbin says:
“I find it very sad that somebody I've had no contact with for 30 years feels that it's necessary to fabricate lies about me in order to draw attention to themselves.
“I wish them all the luck in the world on their new work of fiction. I'm sure it must be as good as The Lord Of The Rings."
Ian responded as we’d expect; saying that he doesn’t really give a shit and takes it in his stride, speaking to BackstageAxxess he says:
“It's my book and I look at it in the same way as Anthrax looks at writing songs. When Anthrax writes songs, we don't care what anyone has to say about anything – good or bad – outside of the five guys in the band.
“And it's the same way I look at my book. I don't care what anybody has to say – good or bad. It's never changed the way I approach anything, so it doesn't matter to me.
“I will take the compliment of comparing it to The Lord Of The Rings, though. It's one of my favourite books of all time. I have to thank him for that."
With regards to his book and how Turbin is portrayed badly in it he comments:
“As soon as we started touring, Neil got ultra-cocky. He felt like he was the boss man and he became inflexible.
"Whenever we opposed any of his ideas, he threatened to quit. We hated his guts but we were powerless to do anything about it.”
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