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October 11, 2001 12:44 AM

anthrax home page Have you heard that the lead singer for the band Anthrax is angry that Anthrax is the cause of the death at the National Enquirer office. He also says he is taking antibiotics as a precaution that he doesn't die an ironic death from Anthrax. He is also thinking of changing his band's name to Bubonic Plague or Skin Eating Disease.
posted by houndyboy (24 comments total)

I thought they were dead.
posted by dong_resin at 12:45 AM on October 11, 2001

Uhm ... your link goes to the home page where none of what you just said is mentioned...
posted by cyniczny at 12:59 AM on October 11, 2001

I was talking to my wife this morning and, all of a sudden, she showed me her skin-eating-disease, apparently caused by listening to shitty-named bands on the bus coming home. It was awesome. I now have it myself. And it pains me no end.
The question is, though: Am I alone in becoming bubonic when such things are mentioned? Surely other members have plagues of their own to share.
I blame Neale and Iceberg, myself. Are there any other users out there who share my eczema?
Doesn't Anthrax sound like a medication? Isn't there an anti-anxiety benzodiazepine of the same name? Am I alone in requiring industrial doses of Valium to resist these sudden name-changes by avowedly boring bands?
posted by MiguelCardoso at 1:00 AM on October 11, 2001

It is their home page. I found the news on the broadcast news channel on cable. It is too new obviously, but obviously noteworthy, as an instance of the stupidity and wrongheadedness of most "public" figures.
posted by houndyboy at 1:03 AM on October 11, 2001

It is on there.

Along with with:

The tour the terrorists tried to stop is back!

Uh, kick ass!
posted by sylloge at 1:15 AM on October 11, 2001

> Have you heard...

No. But now that you mention it, I suppose this whole terrorist kerfluffle has also given "The WTC/Pentagon Kamikaze Airliner Fundamentalists" reason to rethink their name. It probably wasn't a great name for a gospel group to begin with, but still, who would have thought!
posted by pracowity at 1:23 AM on October 11, 2001

"suddenly our name is not so cool"
posted by houndyboy at 3:41 AM on October 11, 2001

Anyone else here a fan of the band "I am the World Trade Center" ? I'm sure they're gonna have a name change. Check them out if you like indie pop / electronic music ala ?bjork?cibo mato? that sort of thing.
posted by andrewzipp at 6:45 AM on October 11, 2001

ride!
posted by corpse at 6:54 AM on October 11, 2001

too bad they'll always suck no matter what they do.
posted by Satapher at 7:12 AM on October 11, 2001

I think pretty shortly after the disaster, I am the World Trade Center changed their name to "I am the...". Their explanation (sorta) is on their web site.
posted by proleptic at 7:13 AM on October 11, 2001

In the New Regime, wanton misuse of antibiotics (eg: to assuage mindless fear) will be punishable by death.
posted by aramaic at 7:28 AM on October 11, 2001

iamtheman
iamtheman
not
posted by jbelshaw at 7:33 AM on October 11, 2001

self link: Americans Chagrined, Rendered Unfunny By Name of Band, Fatal Disease
posted by owillis at 7:34 AM on October 11, 2001

There were a few funny quotes from Scott Ian in the Washington Post the other day.
posted by sudama at 7:34 AM on October 11, 2001

You know, "Necrotizing Fasciitis" just doesn't roll off the tongue the way "Anthrax" does. And it's harder to spell too.
posted by alumshubby at 7:48 AM on October 11, 2001

warning: the "i am ..." site linked by proleptic takes over your browser like an armenian porn site.
posted by danOstuporStar at 8:24 AM on October 11, 2001

"our name symbolizes fear, paranoia and death." Hmm. Fear. Cheque. Paranoia. Cheque. Death. Cheque. Anthrax is coming to toooooown.
posted by haqspan at 9:04 AM on October 11, 2001

Suddenly honey isn't so cool, either (NYT link). Who cares ?
posted by swift at 9:23 AM on October 11, 2001

Scotty had a quote on page six "It's kinda like being a band leader in 1937 called Freddie Hitler"

Hmm... I thought these guys got better with Sound of White Noise but that was like 10 years ago.

And Scotty is the guitar player not the lead singer.
posted by bitdamaged at 11:18 AM on October 11, 2001

I know the situation is touchy, but dammit... I laughed. I just have to laugh. Thank you, God, for rock stars.
posted by dopamine at 9:03 PM on October 11, 2001

By the way, I know no one cares about my sniffy little corrections, but:

If the dude from Anthrax died of anthrax would not be ironic. It would be appropriate.

Now, if the dude from the band Amoxycillin died of staph infection, that would be ironic.
posted by argybarg at 3:34 PM on October 12, 2001

I bame the Hellmouth, argy.
posted by dong_resin at 2:09 AM on October 13, 2001

> Now, if the dude from the band Amoxycillin died of staph
> infection, that would be ironic.

Keep up the good work, argybarg.
posted by pracowity at 2:20 AM on October 13, 2001