ANTHRAX Guitarist DAN SPITZ: Seeing DAVE MUSTAINE Tear It Up Nightly Blows Me Away

ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz has posted the following message on his web site:

"So I'm back from the Japanese shows with MEGADETH, SLAYER, DIO and a host of others...

"I'm just sitting here thinking about the last eighteen months of the ANTHRAX reunion cycle, and before I head over to Switzerland to start some meetings regarding the Spitz luxury timepieces. The highlights that will stay with me into eternity, I mean the ones that foam to the top. These have to be my wife and children standing on the side of stage smiling away, first and foremost. After that, just seeing my friend and brother Dave Mustaine of MEGADETH tear it up nightly blows me away. I'm usually just standing on the side while he plays smiling away ready to rip out of my skin. I blow off free record company dinners and more just to see Dave play and spend some private time just laughing with him. I have to say coming on center stage and sharing a mic with him to sing 'Peace Sells' together in Japan was a moment in time that will never leave this tiny body. I think Dave is one of the best rhythm metal guitar players I have ever seen play. I think him and Slash are probably two of the most underrated metal guitarists there are. Well, someday I'm sure our two guitars will meet and the heavens will crack open as our guitars rip into a rendition of 'Take No Prisoners' live. That song just crushes me! Of course, just seeing my fans and feeling the love is beyond words I can express.

"As promised we have started to put up some picts of me working on some of the worlds most complicated and expensive luxury timepieces here. I'll post more pics here live from Switzerland during the entire process of manufacturing the Spitz heavy metal luxury timepieces as they come to fruition as well.

"Gear: I am happy to see my signature guitar pedal coming along with my bud Robert at robertkeeley.com. But of an extreme high fidelity no cost to expensive design. I designed and soldered the beta version up and have been testing it live for a year now. Just pure oozing tone to die for. Robert is taking it into the next level that I could never ever even fathom. My signature model PRS guitar that is made out of solid Korina with an ebony fingerboard is coming to market shortly as well. We are also working on the first ever PRS Flying V / Randy Rhoads type of shape, but twisted up. It's going to be sick!

"My affiliation with www.PedalTrain.com pedal boards has grown to include some very wonderful signature products I designed coming along nicely as well. Have a look at my amp that Phil Jamison (genius) has been pumping out to many metal heads including Gilbyhere. He was kind of enough to put up a quote from me. This is no normal amp. It has no circuit boards and sounds like a 10,000-pound Marshall on steroids. I have some very special road cases of my design being brought out as well from roadreadycases.com. They're in the beta mode, but it is a really neat idea. Steen at Skrydstrup is almost complete with a delay pedal for me that I'm really excited to hear and has placed me on his site as well here, and my gear here. My bud Pete Cornish as well has placed me on his site here. I need to create things due to my mechanical OCD abilities and disease, and the above people and companies have been so kind as to letting me have a go with some crazy stuff.

"Oh yeah, best news of all. Candi and I are expecting a new child to be brought into our loving arms before summer!"