- Anthrax discography
Infobox Artist Discography
Artist = Anthrax
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Caption =Scott Ian andFrank Bello performing as part of Anthrax in 2005Studio = 9
Studio link = Studio albumsLive = 4
Live link =Compilation = 9
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Internet link =Video = 10
Video link =Music videos = 21
MV link = Music videosEP = 6
EP link = Extended playsSingles = 29
Singles link = SinglesB-sides =
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Ref link = ReferencesThe following is a discography of Anthrax, an Americanthrash metal band based inNew York . Anthrax has released ninestudio album s, six EPs, fourlive album s, tenVideo s, twenty-nine singles, and twenty-ninemusic video s. This list does not include material performed by members or former members of Anthrax that was recorded with side projects or as part of their solo work.Anthrax was formed in 1981 by
Scott Ian andDanny Lilker . They found the band's name in a biology textbook and claimed it because it sounded sufficiently evil to them. Anthrax started playing locally. In1983 Anthrax signed toMegaforce Records . The band released "Fistful of Metal " in 1984, and the following year they released "Spreading the Disease ". After the album came out, by this time Anthrax had signed withIsland Records . In March 1987, the band released its third studio album, "Among the Living ", which was Anthrax's first Gold certified album by the RIAA. "Among the Living " was released in March 1987 and peaked at number sixty-two on the "Billboard" 200.Anthrax's fifth album was
State of Euphoria which was released in 1988 and peaked at thirty-one on the "Billboard" 200. The band embarked on a tour in support of the album. Anthrax would later release "Persistence of Time " which peaked at 24. After the release of a video and a live album the band released "Sound of White Noise " which peaked at 7 which is their highest position to date on the Billboard 200. The band would continue to release albums but they would get weaker chart positions then before.Anthrax's has sold over 4 and a half million copies in the
United States alone.tudio albums
Extended plays
Music videos
References
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