Scott Ian
Scott Ian
Scott Ianis an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist, backing and additional lead vocalist, and the only remaining original founding member of the thrash metal band, Anthrax. He also writes the lyrics on all their albums. Ian is the guitarist and a founding member of the crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death. He has hosted The Rock Show on VH1 and has appeared on VH1's I Love the... series, Heavy: The Story of Metal and Supergroup. Ian is...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth31 December 1963
CityQueens, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.
I'm not the kind of guy who sits around at home and writes songs. Once in a while I'll pick up a guitar and noodle around, but it's rare.
What I love about 'The Walking Dead' is it's a human story, which is to me what makes the comic book so good, but once you jump from the pages of the book to the screen, the gore and the zombies have to look great.
I have enough to think about - I just don't ever want to have to think about my car.
I love what I do, somehow I have been able to play in a band for my entire life and that is all I ever wanted to do. I love that I get to do that.
What is it about a zombie that appeals to me? I don't know. Maybe that it's just the most possible - I don't know - of all the supernatural entities.
Nobody gets into a band and thinks they're going to have a 30-year career.
A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with my band, and then being able to perform those songs as best as I can on stage - that's what the guitar for me has always been.
Metal guys are huge nerds. A good percentage of them are either horror or sci-fi or comic book or fantasy nerds.
Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.
Theres a thousand other things I would rather spend money on than a car.
I've always been a true believer that if men had babies, nobody would be trying to tell them what they can and can't do with their bodies.
I kind of live in this weird world where I am exposed to a lot of stuff, but then again I am not exposed to a lot of stuff.
I don't even know who that person was in the '80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don't even recognize myself.