Charlie Benante reunites with John Bush for Anthrax’s Packaged Rebellion

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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Charlie Benante hooks up with his old Anthrax bandmate for a lockdown rendition of their Sound Of White Noise track to mark album’s 27th anniversary

Charlie Benante and John Bush
Charlie Benante and John Bush (Image credit: Charlie Benante/YouTube)

Charlie Benante has reunited with his former Anthrax (opens in new tab) bandmate John Bush for a lockdown version of their track Packaged Rebellion.

The song originally appeared on Anthrax’s 1993 album Sound Of White Noise – the band’s first album to feature Bush on vocals, with the pair deciding to record the song to mark the record’s 27th anniversary. Check out the video below.

Drummer Benante, who plays guitar in the video, says: “An intimate version from the Sound Of White Noise album with my friend. Happy anniversary. If you like the song, please just enjoy it for what it is and nothing else.”

Bush was brought into Anthrax to replace Joey Belladonna and was with the band  between 1992 and 2005. He also had a short second spell in 2009, before Belladonna was brought back into the fold.

Aside from Sound Of White Noise, the Armored Saint singer also appeared on Stomp 442, Volume 8: The Threat Is Real, We’ve Come For You All and The Greater Of Two Evils.

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.