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Scott Ian Retracts Statements About Joey Belladonna

posted Oct 9, 2007 at 4:42 AM by Diamond Oz.  (3 Comments)

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has posted the following message on his MySpace page:

"I wanted to post something here regarding an interview that was recently posted on MTV.com. It was an interview with Jon Wiederhorn about the S.O.D. release Rise Of The Infidels (which I'm actually really digging!!!). After the S.O.D. questions we spoke about Anthrax and the situations with Joey Belladonna, John Bush and Corey Taylor.

I need to clear up my comments regarding Joey. Some of the things I said were of an inflammatory nature and at the time I was not in full possession of the facts. From then til now, all the information has been brought to light and it was unprofessional of me to speak without all the facts and for this I apologize. I know how to admit when I am wrong and I retract what I said about Joey. I consider Joey a friend and I never meant to cause him distress in anyway and I hope we can move forward from this as friends.

Cheers, brother."

The statement comes after Scott Ian criticised Belladonna for not giving a straight answer as to whether or not he would be committed to a new Anthrax album.

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3 Comments on "Scott Ian Retracts Statements About Joe Belladonna"

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1. efleming writes:

That, my friends is a stand-up guy.

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2. inhatredofme writes:

yea most people don't have the balls to actually admit when they are wrong.

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3. Tommy Tutone writes:

^^Yeah, kinda like 99.9% of the people on this site.

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