ANTHRAX Drummer Takes ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Tuesday, 19th August 2014 By Dead Rhetoric

Last night, when ANTHRAXheadlined the Rock Al Parquet 2014 Festival in Bogota, Colombia, the band’s drummer, Charlie Benate, took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge – in front of more than 140,000 screaming fans.

Mike Portnoy had challenged Charlie, and he accepted, in large part because Mike Wright, the father of his friend Brandon Wright, has had ALS for 10 years – so this was personal.

Bandmates Joey Belladonna and Frank Bello did the dousing, and afterwards Charlie nominated Philip H. Anselmo, Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser and music producer Jay Ruston, who produced Anthrax’ Worship Music, named Album of the Year in countless media outlets.