1. Scott Ian was born on Scott Ian Rosenfeld, December 31,1963 and is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist, lyricist and co-founder of the thrash metal band Anthrax, of which he is the sole continuous member.
39 Facts About Scott Ian
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Scott Ian has hosted The Rock Show on VH1 and has appeared on VH1's I Love the.
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Scott Ian Rosenfeld was born to a Jewish family in the Bayside section of the New York City borough of Queens; he has a younger brother named Jason and a half-brother named Sean.
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Scott Ian attended Bayside High School, with classmates Dan Lilker and Neil Turbin.
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Scott Ian went on to be influenced by British heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Motorhead and Judas Priest, as well as the punk rock band Ramones.
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Scott Ian came up with the idea to collaborate with the rap group Public Enemy, covering their song "Bring the Noise" in 1991.
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In 2005, Scott Ian was invited by Chuck D of Public Enemy to perform "Bring the Noise" with them as part of their induction into VH1's Hip Hop Honors Hall of Fame.
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Scott Ian joined Public Enemy on the Rock the Bells tour in 2007.
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Scott Ian began working with music television channel VH1 in 2001, when he was asked to host the program Rock Show.
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Scott Ian was a regular commentator on various VH1 shows including the I Love the.
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Scott Ian was prominently featured in VH1's History of Heavy Metal.
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Scott Ian plays guitar in the group Pearl, who toured with Velvet Revolver and Meat Loaf.
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In 2008, DC Comics asked Scott Ian to write a two-issue prestige-format comics series for the character Lobo.
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In 2008, Scott Ian signed with UltimateBet, the third largest internet gaming site in the world, as one of their online professional players.
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Scott Ian joined professional poker players Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke as one of Ultimate Bet's star pros.
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Scott Ian won Ultimate Bet's premier Sunday 200K tournament and cashed in in 2010's WSOP main event by finishing 634th out of 6494 players.
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In 2010, Scott Ian joined the metal supergroup the Damned Things, which released their first album on December 14,2010.
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Scott Ian did a spoken word tour entitled Speaking Words, starting in May 2013, in the UK.
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Scott Ian toured Europe and North American with a solo spoken word storytelling act called "Speaking Words" that year.
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In 2015, Da Capo Press published Scott Ian's memoir titled I'm the Man: The Story of That Guy from Anthrax.
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On December 12,2017, Scott Ian released his book Access All Areas: Stories from a Hard Rock Life, which is a follow-up to his first autobiographical book I'm the Man, published November 24,2015.
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Scott Ian has appeared as himself, representing the character Kevin's conscience, in the 2022 American teen comedy-drama Metal Lords.
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Scott Ian was formerly married to his high school girlfriend, Marge Ginsburg, in the 1980s; the marriage ended in divorce.
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Scott Ian is a New York Yankees fan and enjoys snowboarding.
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Scott Ian plays poker and is an online pro at UltimateBet; he finished 637th in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, taking home $21,365.
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Scott Ian is a Battlestar Galactica fan and has posted numerous blogs about the show, even making an appearance for the red carpet series finale; he played guitar on the soundtrack of The Plan, a made-for-DVD Battlestar Galactica film.
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Scott Ian is a fan of the television series Doctor Who, as seen in "The Best of the Doctor", which aired August 13,2011, on BBC America.
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Scott Ian is a fan of hip hop and rap music, particularly Public Enemy and Run-DMC.
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Scott Ian was known to wear Public Enemy shirts while performing gigs in the late 1980s.
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Scott Ian has said Run-DMC came out with the same aggression that metal bands played with, and that Run-DMC was the group that put rap on the map.
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Scott Ian co-owned a hard rock bar called Dead Man's Hand in Las Vegas with Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains.
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Scott Ian is an avid fan of Stephen King and has collected first and limited editions of his books.
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Scott Ian uses his signature Jackson guitars and signature Randall MTS Series heads and cabinets.
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Scott Ian is known to use Dimebag Darrell tribute Deans and previously endorsed Washburn.
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Scott Ian uses a DigiTech signature Black 13 distortion pedal, and a DigiTech chorus pedal for his clean sounds.
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In late 2009, Scott Ian ended his endorsement with Washburn and went back to Jackson guitars.
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Scott Ian was seen using custom made Soloist and Randy Rhoads guitars during the 2009 Sonisphere Festival.
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On March 27,2010, Scott Ian announced the production of a new signature guitar by Jackson via Twitter and YouTube.
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Scott Ian said it would be based on his Soloist from 1987.