Singer JOHN BUSH Recaps His Three Nights Performing His ANTHRAX Era Material in USA
- The Metal Voice
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In a new interview with Canada's The Metal Voice, former ANTHRAX and current ARMORED SAINT frontman John Bush spoke about his three December 2025 "Celebrating The Songs Of Anthrax" shows where he performed songs spanning all four albums he recorded with ANTHRAX: "Sound Of White Noise", "Stomp 442", "Volume 8: The Threat Is Real" and "We've Come For You All". John was joined by his CATEGORY 7 bandmates Phil Demmel (guitar),Mike Orlando (guitar) and Jason Bittner (drums),along with his longtime ARMORED SAINT partner and best friend Joey Vera on bass (CATEGORY 7 bassist Jack Gibson had a schedule conflict and was unable to make the gig). CATEGORY 7 also opened the show before returning as John's backing band for the ANTHRAX material. Source Blabbermouth
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Asked if he was happy with how the "Celebrating The Songs Of Anthrax" shows went, John told The Metal Voice (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yeah, it was awesome. The shows were amazing. All three of 'em were great. It was a lot of fun. I got pretty favorable reviews from people. It was cool for me to hear those songs live as well as to hear all those guys in [CATEGORY 7] play them so well. And I think for the fans, a lot of those people probably felt like they may never hear those songs live again. And so there was a lot of emotion in the crowd from hearing those tunes. It was really, really cool. So it was all a big giant plus, and I'm glad I finally did it. And I wanna do more. It's just gotta fit in with my schedule. I am playing Milwaukee Metal Fest with it, and so is ARMORED SAINT the day before, so that should be fun. But there's a lot of territories I would like to play with. It just has to coincide with my life right now. I'm kind of focused on SAINT, and we have a new record coming out. So, I'm kind of distracted, but, yeah, we'll see."
Asked if all the preparation for the three shows was it worth it at the end of the day, John said: "It was worth it. It was worth it, for sure. I mean, this isn't just some big cash cow that I'm making a bunch of money on. I didn't wanna lose money, of course. It paid for itself. And I think that was the key thing. And I sold a lot of records. I actually contacted Megaforce and [ordered copies of the ANTHRAX albums to sell at the gigs]… I sold all the vinyl — all of it. 'Cause Megaforce re-released those records. So I sold all the vinyl, I didn't sell all the CDs, but I ended up buying them anyway. And I have 'em because I signed them. Eventually I'll sign 'em [and] I'll sell 'em somewhere. But, yeah, it was pretty amazing that I actually sold all the records."
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