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Anthrax's Scott Ian Says It 'Wasn't Great' For Bands in 80s


. (Classic Rock) Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian accepts that bands trying to find success in the modern world face an uphill struggle - but says it wasn't necessarily easier back in his day.

He and his contemporaries faced their own battles to find their way to the big time in the 1980s, even though those battles were different to the ones faced today.

Ian tells Musician's Friend: "I can't say it was great in the 80s. It's the music business - it's never been populated by like-minded individuals, meaning the people running the business aren't your bros in the bands."

He argues that one positive was the way artists were funded. "The philosophy was, you developed the band over a course of four or five records, and then hopefully you'd have a gold record.

"None of these bands made it on their first album, or even mostly their second. It was on their third or fourth that most bands started their careers - then people would go back and buy the earlier stuff.

"It was few and far between that bands blew up on their first record, and never looked back." He goes on to talk about how things have changed. Read that and watch the video here.

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