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Chiaki Nozu, Getty Images John Bush's spot in heavy metal history is assured. At first, with LA metal vets Armored Saint and then as the gritty, soulful voice that propelled Anthrax for twelve years. Since exiting the 'Thrax in 2005, Bush's life has taken a quieter turn – doing voice-over at home in Los Angeles and doing the occasional show (and very occasional record – the last being 2010's excel

Is a live album really ever live? Most are manipulated in some way, either in the mixing stage or the overdubbing of guitar leads or vocal passages. The greatest of them all, KISS seminal Alive!, comes with legendarily conflicting reports of how much it was doctored. But who cares? It rocks harder than any other album in existence, KISS or otherwise.

Anthrax bassist Frank Bello is following his uncle and partner in the band's rhythm section, drummer Charlie Benante, and leaving the band's current tour in order to spend time with family during its current crisis. Benante's mother, who is also Bello's grandmother, is terminally ill and her son and grandson have put business aside to cater to family...

Heavy metal comedian Brian Posehn recently released 'More Metal Than You,' the first video from his second album, 'Fart and Weiner Jokes.' The song features numerous guest musicians, including Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian, Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton, Armored Saint bassist Joey Vera, ex-Rob Zombie drummer John Tempesta, Death Angel guitarist Mark Osegueda, the Donnas vocalist Brett Anderson

Last week was a somber one at ''Creep Show' central. It started well enough with the booking of one of our favorite metal vocalists, Armored Saint and Anthrax vocalist John Bush, but it spiraled into the abyss on April 15 when we learned that iconoclastic metal frontman Peter Steele of Type O Negative had died from heart failure at age 48...

After Armored Saint released 2000's 'Revelation,' bassist Joey Vera kind of slipped out of the Armor-plated spotlight, but he remained busier than ever. "You might not have seen my face as much, but I definitely never went away. I've actually been busier than ever," he told Noisecreep...

So what exactly did legendary metal vocalist John Bush do in-between his on again/off again relationship with Anthrax and reforming Armored Saint? Well, according to a recent interview with Revolver, he's been doing voiceover work for Burger King, as well as various radio spots and TV commercials...

In early 2008, when vocalist John Bush and bassist Joey Vera sat down and decided to write some new songs, they had no intention of recording an actual Armored Saint album. They just wanted to rock out. Bush was just getting back into music, following his painful departure from Anthrax in 2005, and so he hooked up with Vera to have some fun and jam on a couple of new tunes...

When Armored Saint started working on 'La Raza,' their first studio album in 10 years, vocalist John Bush was out of the Anthrax picture. The New York thrash veterans were working with a new vocalist, Dan Nelson, and Bush and bassist Joey Vera were having a blast writing songs together...

The new Armored Saint album, 'La Raza' may be Spanish for 'The Race,' but the band members -- vocalist John Bush, guitarists Jeff Duncan and Phil Sandoval, bassist Joey Vera and drummer Gonzalo 'Gonzo' Sandoval sure took their sweet time writing and recording the album...