Actually, the lead singer for Anthrax was the curly-haired guy on the turntables. The bald guy doing the rapping is rhythm guitarist Scott Ian, who's idea it was to do this song in the first place. He was a huge PE fan and would wear one of their shirts on stage a lot. Chuck D saw this and decided to drop a reference to Anthrax in the original 'Bring The Noise'. That established a bit of a mutual respect between the bands and Scott decided to take it further with an actual duet. Yes, I know way too much about this stuff.
@@joVeeNoise It definitely created a bond and friendship between the two bands. Apparently Chuck D didn't want to do it at first. He didn't see the point in rerecording his own song. But then Scott sent him the metal backing track and Chuck though it was slammin', so he decided he had to do it.
Would of loved to have gone to the tour they did together. Long time Anthrax fan here, and a lot of my friends turned their backs on Anthrax after this. I bloody loved it!!!
Per Scott Ian's book, they tried to get Public Enemy in to rerecord their vocals for the song, but it didn't happen. Instead, they had to take the original Public Enemy vocal track, and add it in manually, matching the beat from Anthrax's music track. Know of at least one Anthrax concert, Chuck D showed up at, and did this song with them. And Charlie and Scott showed up when Public Enemy was inducted into the Hip Hop Hall of Fame and played this song. Corey Taylor has joined Anthrax on stage for it.
The 90's was a good time for crossover music, especially in film soundtracks. The movie JUDGEMENT NIGHT was entirely forgettable but it had a quite groundbreaking rap/metal crossover soundtrack. It had Pearl Jam and Cyprus Hill, Biohazard and Onyx, Slayer and Ice T and whole a bunch of others.
I am co-signing that the Judgement Night soundtrack had probably the best pairings of rap and metal artists for songs you could get. The ones they guy above didn't mention are House of Pain and Helmet, Sonic Youth and Cypress Hill, De La Soul and Teenage Fan Club, Faith No More and Booya Tribe, Dinosaur Jr. and Del the Funkee Homosapien. I didn't overly feel the Sir Mix A Lot / Mudhoney, Slayer Ice-T, or the Therapy/Fatal collabs but even those are still above what most people do now.
Should check out a CD called Loud Rocks, collabs with Wu-Tang Clan & SOAD, another with Wu-Tang & Ozzy, Static- X & Dead Prez, Xzibit & Sevendust just to name a few.
This was huge at the time. It was two very different audiences coming together who found out they weren't really that different at all. The story goes that at first Chuck D didn't really want to do it. But Scott Ian from Anthrax sent him the backing track they had done and Chuck was like: "This is slammin'. Let's do it." And a classic moment in rap and heavy metal was born.
The guy rapping for Anthrax was rhythm guitarist Scott Ian, their vocalist Joey Belladonna was on the keyboards. Joey plays drums while drummer Charlie Benante sings lead vocals on the metal-rap song I'm The Man. Listen to the live uncensored version of it from their 1987 tour (I saw them open for KISS in Vancouver) for the "JOEY FUCKED UP!!" chant.
Faith No More's 'Epic' was also unique in how they married a hard rock chorus with a rap verse. It's a very early 90's style of rap where it's a but primitive by today's standards where dudes are spitting out 200 words a minute.
Actually Faith No More with their very first songs in the early 80s was the first band that mixed the two genres. "Epic" was their breakthrough hit years later.
The guys in Anthrax were city boys from the Bronx & Queens, so they were more comfortable with hiphop than a lot of other rock bands. Also I met Scott Ian a few years back, coool guy.
this jam always reminds me of the judgement night soundtrack. the whole thing was rap groups paired with rock/metal groups. onyx and biohazard, slayer and ice t, etc. fire
I was a teenager when this came out, was a fan of both groups....great times! I loved public enemy’s 911 is a joke. And that’s bob ross the painter, everybody watched him back then! We gonna paint some happy little clouds up here!
When they toured together the show i was at was a very mixed crowd. Everybody just rocked out together. No hate no fights it was great. We need that kinda shit now days. Public Enemy and Anthrax both kicked ass that night. One of the coolest shows ever.
Bob Ross lol. I used to watch him paint on PBS in the early 80's. Rap metal fusion hit in the late 80's I think. I am and always will be a metalhead, but loved NWA, public enemy, body count, living colour, etc who came out at the same time. Great stuff to relive at 48yrs old 😁👍🤘
Bringing back memories of the past. I'm not just talking about the music, but Bob Ross, as well. I used to watch his PBS show all the time. Still can't believe that he used to be a drill sergeant in the army before he took up painting.
He'll Yeah!!! Loved this shit, I love when 2 different styles music join together and just have some fun. That's what it's all about! Anyway, great reaction and Thank you.
I have always felt that rap and metal have a similar spirit. I was a young metalhead from Australia but I also loved Public enemy. Didn't quite understand what they were about at the time. Just thought their music was awesome. This song came onto Rage(a local late night music video show in Australia.) Good times. I was so stoked and still am. It is a shame that there is still a divide between metal and rap.
Hardcore Rap artists like Public Enemy and thrash metal bands like Anthrax back in the 80's were considered outsiders in a sense in the music industry, bands like them were overlooked for the flashy glittery glamoury scene especially back in the mid to late 80's. It makes sense many metal and rap acts started collaborating. 🤘
I got to see Anthrax in 1990 at the Philadelphia Spectrum and Flava Flav came out at the end & they played this. Great show that night: Alice in Chains, Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer. I am glad that I am old cause I got to see some shows in my day! Happy Saturday!
I never understoood how having band like this, Body Count, Tupac, people today listen to mumble rap. You can check out Tech9 with Corey Taylor, the song "Wither" if you want a collaboration along this lines. RIP Bob Ross
*Anthrax x Public Enemy... Extremely dope!! Always f'd with that remiXX. Public Enemy my third ever rap group I'd ever heard... always love for those OGs. But yeah, I loved how y'all flipped that.* 💯💯
I had just turned 18 when this came out! If you guys want here an album full of rap' metal collaborations check the Judgement Night soundtrack from 1993.
Nice that you kind of put in the PE Bring the Noise original version in the overall video. Nope PE's version of Bring the Noise was 1987/88 off of the It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back album (my cd has both dates on the back). Anthrax did their version in 1991 on their album Attack of the Killer Bs.
Hey this is way cool believe it or not i have never heard the original version of this song! Thanks soooo cool i have only heard the anthrax mix version with public enemy.
I saw these two groups on tour together along with the bands Suicidal Tendencies and Primus. It was a really unique experience with such a diverse crowd. You had the metal heads there, you had the rap audience, you had some cholos (an element of the Suicidal Tendencies fan base) and a elect of the funk culture (for Primus) represented. Even in such a diverse crowd there was no tensions or animosity between the different groups. It truly showed how we are all people and we could get together and enjoy a great concert without race dividing us!
Most people that have reacted to this do not even realize this was a remake of remix of public enemy original song. Best collaboration of all time IMO. WAS ALWAYS A PE fan but this turned me on to Anthrax and they have some great songs, Check out I’m the man.
That came out in 91". Music was going through big changes again. This was after Anthrax's 5th album with long 7-8 minute songs on it, "Persistence of Time". Right before grunge stuff too. People are nowadays noticing how smart the groups were in the 80s. If Anthrax seems likable, maybe look up their song "Indians" and get the lyrics for it while watching/listening. It took years for the non-fans to realize how good they were hahah...
IMO, there are TWO MAJOR COLLABS with rap and metal artists, the first was RUN DMC and Aerosmith with Walk this Way and then there was PE and Anthrax with Bring the Noise. Honorable mention goes to Onyx and Biohazard with Slam.
What's up Sippingtons!! This was a great reaction to a great song. You all should check out Run DMC's remake of "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith. It is amazing. By the way, I very well remember Bob Ross. I watched many episodes of his TV program, watching him paint his "happy little trees." You all do a great job at this. I appreciate ya.
You should check out the Frogleap Studio (Leo Moracchioli) and Hyro the Hero remake of this. Its great, it does this classic justice. Oh and by the way check out Hyro the Hero
One song you can react to that was "flipped" (sorta). Posse on Broadway (Godzilla remix)!! No video unfortunately, but I love the remix!! And of course, "Walk This Way" by Run DMC and Aerosmith (if you haven't already heard it)...which would be hard to believe. haha
This is the type of rap/hip hop I can get on with for sure. Very upbeat with harder riffs in the background. Very high energy and fun. I'm not as much of a fan of the slower type tho a few do stand out here and there. To me tho.. everything sounds better when metal is infused.
I kept waiting for Jay to break out the Falvor or Edd Lover dance. is that the happy little tree man Bob Ross. But wait there's more!! Can we get JAY to bust a LOVAH dance to a classic?.. DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat Remix Orginal Video) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qG9ZWUitFik.html
