Anthrax picks unknown singer for frontman

December 15, 2007 Dan Nelson, a part-time singer and personal trainer from New York's Long Island, met Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano a few years ago and recently contacted him through MySpace, according to a statement issued Thursday by the band. Nelson and the band met for a musical workout, and "right from the first second Dan started 'Room for One More,' we knew," guitarist Scott Ian said in the statement, referring to a 1993 staple. Anthrax was among heavy metal's biggest names in the 1980s and early 1990s, known for their speed, intensity and genre-crossing 1991 collaboration with Public Enemy on the rappers' "Bring the Noise."

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