Anthrax

Anthrax is an American thrash metal band founded in New York in 1981. Founded by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, the band has since released ten studio albums and 20 singles, and an EP with Public Enemy. The band was one of the most popular thrash metal bands of the 1980s. When thrash metal began to gain a major audience in the mid- and late 1980s, Anthrax was dubbed one of the "Big Four of thrash" alongside Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer. They were also one of the first thrash metal bands to sign with a major (Island Records, in 1985). As of 2012, Anthrax had sold more than 15 million albums worldwide.