Season 1 · Episode 28 · Aug 28, 2019 · 35 min
Public Enemy vs. Anthrax "Bring the Noise"
From the Riffs archive First aired Aug 28, 2019. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
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You don’t see much genre-mashing these days (sad face) so when metal group Anthrax hooked up with hip hop pioneers, Public Enemy in 1991… history was truly made. Producing a fresh, thrashed-up take on Public Enemy’s 1988 single “Bring The Noise”, the collaboration spawned a hit single, a groundbreaking tour and a sound that would change heavy music. Joe & Toby get into the cross-pollination of rap-rock and the slew of sampling behind this revolutionary track.
Like this one? Joe and Toby speak at events — the same conversation, on a stage.