Jailbreak repris par Anthrax

Jailbreak va avoir l'honneur d'être revisité par Anthrax.

Anthrax Release Cover of Thin Lizzy’s ‘Jailbreak’

Anticipation for Anthrax‘s upcoming ‘Anthems’ release is running high. Due for release on March 19 in North America and on March 22 in Europe, ‘Anthems’ features Anthrax tackling some of their best-loved cover songs from the ’70′s.

Their versions of Rush‘s ‘Anthem‘ and AC/DC‘s ‘T.N.T.‘ have already been released online. And now, the group’s European label Nuclear Blast has posted their take on the Thin Lizzy classic ‘Jailbreak.’ The clip is featured below.

Asked how the group came to select ‘Jailbreak’ for inclusion on ‘Anthems’, Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante told Music Radar, ”Like Boston, they [Thin Lizzy] had the twin-harmony guitars. That kind of approach influenced Iron Maiden, and then Maiden influenced us and the whole thrash metal thing. That’s why I went back to Thin Lizzy and Boston — if it weren’t for them, you might not have had Iron Maiden and all the bands that came after them.

“I don’t know how you can begin to pick between Thin Lizzy songs.’Jailbreak’ is probably an obvious choice for a cover. I might have gone for something more obscure, but when I hear the lyrics to this one — ‘Tonight there’s gonna be a jailbreak somewhere in this town‘— I can’t deny how cool they are.”

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On March 19, Anthrax will be releasing their long awaited Anthems cover EP.

The EP finds the New Yorkers metallizing up Rush's "Anthem," Boston's "Smokin'," Cheap Trick's "Big Eyes," Journey's "Keep on Runnin," and AC/DC's "T.N.T."

Oh yeah, Anthrax also thrash up the title track to Thin Lizzy's 1976 Jailbreak album, and Noisecreep has partnered with the band to bring you its exclusive premiere!

"We've been wanting to record 'Jailbreak' for years," said Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante. "Going back to when Joey [Belladonna, singer] was in the band the first time. It was always on our agenda, we just never got around to it. When we started putting together the songs for the EP, we knew it was the right time. We just love this song."

"We've always been big Thin Lizzy fans, and I've said this before, bands like Thin Lizzy and Boston influenced Iron Maiden who then influenced us," Benante continues. "Phil [Lynott, late vocalist/bassist of Thin Lizzy] comes from Ireland and that influenced his music in such a very heavy, rock 'n' roll, poetic way. The thing about 'Jailbreak' is that that great, killer groove, and the lyrics - just great. When we used to tour years ago, we thought of ourselves as this gang, traveling with our entourage, that whole, "tonight there's going to be a jailbreak' Thin Lizzy vibe."

ANTHRAX avait déjà repris "Cowboy song"
et reprenait déjà "Jailbreak" en concert si je me fie à une version soundcheck Minneapolis 2006 de ma collection de covers

PS : étonnant de les voir citer et reprendre BOSTON (HARD FM) et CHEAP TRICK (HARD POP)