ANTHRAX - A SKELETON IN THE CLOSET - DRUM PLAYTHROUGH by JON DETTE (SLAYER, ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT)

This week’s Big 4 Drum Cover is A SKELETON IN THE CLOSET by ANTHRAX! EXTRA Special THANK YOU to Joey Belladonna for requesting this! 1987! Another great year for Heavy Metal! King Diamond dropped Abigail. Testament came onto the scene with The Legacy and Anthrax dropped Among The Living. Who remembers playing Master of Puppets for the first time and saying, “Holy shit! This is better than Kill Em All and Ride the Lightning!“ Who remembers playing Reign In Blood for the first time and saying, “Holy shit, this is better than Show No Mercy and Hell Awaits!“ I do! And That’s exactly what I said when I Heard Among! There’s something special about the 3rd releases from these bands (Megadeth I’d say 4th release was more special than the 3rd) that when I listen to them today, they still sound as fresh to me as they did in the ’80’s. Call me old school, but I also prefer these older albums that weren’t tracked to a click! No putting tracks on a grid. No samples. Just good old fashioned mixing and great playing! What a concept! Lol! Skeletons was one of my favorite songs off ATL. Charlie’s double bass was on fire! When I started filling in for Charlie in 2012, I was always hoping we would play it live. 5 years later, I finally received the amazing news that the band wanted to perform the ENTIRE ATL album on the 2017 tour, celebrating ATL’s 20th anniversary. What a great tour that was! Enjoy this weeks BIG 4 Drum Playthrough of Skeletons. Dini, this one’s for you my friend! Until next it HEAVY!! JD Thanks to Alexa Rae (@) for tracking, video editing, video thumbnails and video shorts! Thanks to David Gnozzi (@mixbustv) for mixing! Follow me on INSTAGRAM for daily videos: @JonDette I proudly play and endorse the following companies: Tama Drums: Zildjian Cymbals: Vic Firth Sticks: Evans Drumheads: Roswell Microphones: JH Audio: Zoom Cameras: