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Apr 20, 2024 · Nuclear Assault, with original Anthrax bassist Dan Lilker (bottom right) (Image credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Former Overkill drummer Rat Skates, though, believes that the East Coast thrash style was born almost out of a sense of musical and creative confusion. “It was a stealth evolution, within a unique and confusing tailspin of trends ...
Jul 22, 2020 · Along with drummer Glenn Evans and guitarist Anthony Bramante, they formed Nuclear Assault — a band that would quickly become a cornerstone of NYC thrash. In true East Coast style, Nuclear Assault incorporated hardcore influences in a way that West Coast kingpins like Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer did not.
Nuclear Assault was an American thrash metal band formed in New York City in 1984. Part of the mid-to-late 1980s thrash metal movement, they were one of the main bands of the genre to emerge from the East Coast along with Overkill , Whiplash , Toxik , Carnivore , and Anthrax , [1] the last of which was co-founded by Nuclear Assault bassist Dan ...
Oct 15, 2020 · While Eighties thrash has become synonymous with the Bay Area scene and West Coast luminaries including Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Exodus, Testament and more, the East Coast was definitely holding it down thanks to local crews like Anthrax, Overkill, S.O.D. and Carnivore.
The fact of the matter is that Nuclear Assault along with Overkill and Anthrax led the east coast thrash juggernaut and this EP played a very important role in forging their sound and lyrical content that would eventually yield two high quality classics in the form of “Survive” and “Handle With Care”.
Nov 21, 2022 · In addition to being one of the first thrash metal bands to come out of the East Coast of the United States, Nuclear Assault — along with Exodus, Kreator, Destruction, Overkill, and...
Leaving Anthrax to their destiny, bassist (and co-founder) Dan Lilker formed another east coast group Nuclear Assault, taking 'Thrax roadie John Connelly with him on vocals and guitar.
