Artist: Anthrax & Public Enemy | Album: Attack of the Killer B’s (1991) | Song: Bring the Noise
Artist: Public Enemy & Anthrax | Album: Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black (1991) | Song: Bring tha Noize
In 1991, Public Enemy recorded a new version of “Bring the Noise” in a collaboration with the thrash metal band Anthrax . Chuck D has stated that upon the initial request of Anthrax, he “didn’t take them wholehearted seriously”, but after the collaboration was done, “it made too much sense”. It was included on the Anthrax album Attack of the Killer B’s and on Public Enemy’s own Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black and was followed by a joint tour by the two bands, with shows ending with both groups on stage performing the song together. Chuck D went on to say that shows on the tour were “some of the hardest” they ever experienced, but when the two bands joined on stage for “Bring the Noise”, “it was shrapnel”.