Scott Ian (born Scott Ian Rosenfeld, December 31, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist and co-founder of the

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band

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. Ian is the guitarist and a founding member of the

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band Stormtroopers of Death for which he is also the lyricist. He has hosted ''The Rock Show'' on

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and has appeared on VH1's '' I Love the...'' series, '' Heavy: The Story of Metal'', and ''

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''. Ian is also the rhythm guitarist for the metal band the Damned Things and

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Early life

Scott Ian Rosenfeld (his name has since been legally changed to drop his birth surname) was born to a Jewish family in the Bayside section of the New York City borough of

Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

; he has a younger brother named Jason (who was the lead vocalist of

for a brief period in the early 1980s) and a half-brother named Sean. Ian attended Bayside High School, with classmates (and future Anthrax bandmates) Dan Lilker and Neil Turbin. Witnessing

KISS A kiss is the touch or pressing of one's lips against another person or an object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, romance, sexual attraction, ...

live at

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in 1977 made a huge impact on Ian, who has been vocal about his love for the band (Ian appeared on an episode of '' Gene Simmons Family Jewels'', in which he visited Simmons' home and spoke about the impact KISS has had on his life). Ian went on to be influenced by British heavy metal bands such as

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath were an English rock music, rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy met ...

Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harri ...

Motörhead Motörhead () were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by Lemmy (lead vocals, bass), Larry Wallis (guitar) and Lucas Fox (drums). Lemmy was also the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band are often considered a precu ...

and

Judas Priest Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969. They have sold over 50 million albums and are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in th ...

, as well as the punk rock band

Ramones The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving a limited commercial appeal in the United ...

. The musical style of his playing and songwriting including fast alternate picking was also largely influenced by the German metal band

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. Ian states that

Malcolm Young Malcolm Mitchell Young (6 January 1953 – 18 November 2017) was an Australian musician who was the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and songwriter of AC/DC. Except for a brief absence in 1988, he was with the band from its beginn ...

Rudolf Schenker Rudolf Schenker (born 31 August 1948) is a German guitarist and founder of the hard rock band Scorpions. He is the rhythm guitarist, primary songwriter and longest-serving original member of the band. He is also the CEO/owner-manager of the Sco ...

, and

Johnny Ramone John William Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American musician who was the guitarist and a founding member of the Ramones, a band that helped pioneer the punk movement. ...

were his biggest influences to pursue rhythm guitar.

Career

Anthrax

As a founding member of

, Ian helped to create

in the mid-1980s alongside

Megadeth Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...

Slayer Slayer was an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California. The band was formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style ...

, and

Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...

. He came up with the idea to collaborate with the rap group Public Enemy, covering their song " Bring the Noise" in 1991. This has been considered a foundational recording of the rap/rock genre. In 2005, Ian was invited by

Chuck D Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960), known professionally as Chuck D, is an American rapper, best known as the leader and frontman of the hip hop group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav. Chuck D helped creat ...

of Public Enemy to perform "Bring the Noise" with them as part of their induction into

's Hip Hop Honors Hall of Fame. He also joined Public Enemy on the ''Rock the Bells'' tour in 2007.

Other ventures

Ian began working with music television channel VH1 in 2001, when he was asked to host the program ''Rock Show''. During his 48 episodes as host, he interviewed guests including

Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adop ...

Rob Halford Robert John Arthur Halford (born 25 August 1951) is an English heavy metal singer. He is the lead vocalist of Judas Priest, which was formed in 1969 and has received accolades such as the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. He has b ...

Ted Nugent Theodore Anthony Nugent (; born December 13, 1948) is an American rock musician and activist. He initially gained fame as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of The Amboy Dukes, a band formed in 1963 that played psychedelic rock an ...

, Stone Temple Pilots,

, 3 Doors Down, Sevendust,

Tenacious D Tenacious D is an American comedy rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. It was founded by actors Jack Black and Kyle Gass, who were members of The Actors' Gang theater company at the time. The duo's name is derived from "tenacio ...

, and the Cult. Ian was a regular commentator on various VH1 shows including the ''I Love the...'' series, ''100 Most Metal Moments'', ''Awesomely Bad Number One Songs'', ''When Metallica Ruled the World'', and episodes of

's '' Behind the Music'' featuring Metallica,

Pantera Pantera () is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas formed in 1981, and currently comprised of vocalist Phil Anselmo, bassist Rex Brown, and touring musicians Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante. The group's best-kn ...

and Anthrax. Ian was prominently featured in VH1's ''History of Heavy Metal''. In June 2006, he starred in the VH1 reality series ''

'' with Ted Nugent,

Sebastian Bach Sebastian Philip Bierk (born April 3, 1968), known professionally as Sebastian Bach, is a Canadian-American singer who achieved mainstream success as the frontman of the hard rock band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. He has acted on Broadway and ha ...

, Jason Bonham and Evan Seinfeld. Ian plays guitar in the group ''Pearl'' (with his wife,

Pearl Aday Pearl Aday (born 1975) is an American singer. She is the adopted daughter of vocalist Michael Lee Aday, better known as Meat Loaf, and was a member of his touring band Neverland Express for nine years starting in the mid-1990s. She has appeared o ...

), who toured with

Velvet Revolver Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock supergroup consisting of Guns N' Roses members Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan (bass, backing vocals) and Matt Sorum (drums, backing vocals), alongside Dave Kushner (rhythm guitar) formerly of punk b ...

and

Meat Loaf Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American rock singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. He is on t ...

. Pearl's debut album was released on January 19, 2010, through

Megaforce Records Megaforce Records is an American independent record label founded in 1982 by Jon Zazula and his wife Marsha Zazula to release the first works of Metallica, and devoted primarily to hard rock and heavy metal. It has offices in New York City (w ...

. Ian performed with Pearl on ''

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'' on January 20, 2010. In 2008,

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...

asked Ian to write a two-issue prestige-format comics series for the character

Lobo Lobo may refer to: Places *Lobo, Batangas, a municipality in the Philippines *Lobo, Texas, a ghost town *Lobo, Indonesia *Lobo, Cameroon, a town in Cameroon *Lobo Hill, near Belchite, Aragon, Spain * Lobo, Ontario, near London, Ontario, Canada Pe ...

. Books one and two of ''Lobo: Highway to Hell'' were released in November and December 2009. In 2008, Ian signed with UltimateBet, the third largest internet gaming site in the world, as one of their online professional players. He joined professional poker players Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke as one of Ultimate Bet's star pros. He won Ultimate Bet's premier Sunday 200K tournament and cashed in in 2010's WSOP main event by finishing 634th out of 6494 players. In 2010, Ian joined the metal supergroup the Damned Things, which released their first album on December 14, 2010. On June 21, 2011, his wife gave birth to the couple's first child, thus forcing Ian to briefly depart from Anthrax's tour. Andreas Kisser of Sepultura filled in for Scott on guitar during Scott's absence. Ian provided voice work for the

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as

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and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...

show '' Metalocalypse'', as the character "Some Guy Who Snuck Into Dethklok's Trunk Last Night When They Were Pretty Hammered" in the " Season III: The Dead Man" opening episode "Renovationklok", as well as providing guest voices in the episode "Tributeklok". Ian did a spoken word tour entitled ''Speaking Words'', starting in May 2013, in the UK. In 2014, he and his wife joined former members of Mother Superior to form

Motor Sister Mother Superior were an American hard rock band based in Los Angeles, California, active 1993–2011. A power trio, they originally consisted of guitarist/vocalist Jim Wilson, bassist Marcus Blake and drummer Jason Mackenroth. Mother Superio ...

. They released their debut album, ''Ride'', on March 9, 2015. He also toured Europe and North American with a solo spoken word storytelling act called "Speaking Words" that year. In 2015,

Da Capo Press Da Capo Press is an American publishing company with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. It is now an imprint of Hachette Books. History Founded in 1964 as a publisher of music books, as a division of Plenum Publishers, it had additional of ...

published Ian's memoir titled ''I'm the Man: The Story of That Guy from Anthrax''. On December 12, 2017, 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. The book features stories about his life including not only his adventures with Anthrax, but also with other musical celebrities such as

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and

David Lee Roth David Lee Roth (born October 10, 1954) is an American rock singer. Best known for his wild, energetic stage persona, he was the original lead vocalist of the hard rock band Van Halen across three stints, from 1974 to 1985, in 1996 and again fro ...

. In 2018, he toured Australia on another spoken word act called "‘Spoken Word Stories by Scottie’" also known as "One Man Riot". In 2019, he contributed the foreword to the book '' King's X: The Oral History'' by Greg Prato, published by Jawbone Press.

Appearances in films

Ian has appeared as himself, representing the character Kevin's conscience, in the 2022 American teen comedy-drama

Metal Lords ''Metal Lords'' is a 2022 American teen comedy-drama film written by D. B. Weiss and directed by Peter Sollett. Its story follows two high school best friends and metal music lovers, Hunter and Kevin, who set out to start a metal band, agains ...

Personal life

Ian was formerly married to his high school girlfriend, Marge Ginsburg, in the 1980s; the marriage ended in divorce. In 2011, he married singer

, adopted daughter of singer

. They have one child. Ian is a

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fan and enjoys snowboarding. He plays poker and is an online pro at UltimateBet; he finished 637th in the

2009 World Series of Poker The 2009 World Series of Poker was the 40th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and ran from May 27 to July 15. There were 57 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No- ...

Main Event, taking home $21,365. He is also a ''

Battlestar Galactica ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel se ...

'' fan and has posted numerous blogs about the show, even making an appearance for the red carpet series finale; he also played guitar on the soundtrack of ''The Plan'', a made-for-DVD ''Battlestar Galactica'' film. He is a fan of the television series ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'', as seen in "The Best of the Doctor," which aired August 13, 2011 on BBC America (numbered episode 166). Ian is a fan of hip hop and rap music, particularly Public Enemy and

Run-DMC Run-DMC (also spelled Run-D.M.C.) was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York City, founded in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. Run-DMC is regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of ...

. He was known to wear Public Enemy shirts while performing gigs in the late 1980s. He has also said Run-DMC came out with the same aggression that metal bands played with (that he was listening to at the time), and that Run-DMC was the group that put rap on the map. He co-owned a hard rock bar called Dead Man's Hand in Las Vegas with Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains. Ian is an avid fan of

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

and has collected first and limited editions of his books. A number of Anthrax's songs were inspired by King's stories such as "

Among the Living ''Among the Living'' is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Anthrax. It was released on March 16, 1987, by Megaforce Records in the US and by Island Records in the rest of the world. The album is dedicated to Cliff Burton of ...

" (based on '' The Stand''), "A Skeleton In The Closet" ('' Apt Pupil''), "Lone Justice" and "Breathing Lightning" ('' the Dark Tower'' series).

Discography

20140614-084-Nova_Rock_2014-Anthrax-Scott_Ian

With Anthrax

With Stormtroopers of Death

Stormtroopers of Death videos

With Mr. Bungle

Collaborations

* Performed with Public Enemy during the Rock the Bells 2007 tour. * Comedian

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's music video "Metal By Numbers." * Wrote the DC 2-part comic ''Lobo: Highway to Hell'' (2-part series, illustrated by '' Sam Kieth'') * Played guitar on "Apocalypse (Theme from The Plan)", a track on Bear McCreary's Razor/The Plan soundtrack. * Performed guitar on "Evil Rules" by rapper

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on his 2007 album, "

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". * Played guitar on all tracks on Pearl's ''"

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"'' (2010). * Played guitar on Cut-throat on Sepultura's album SepulQuarta, album of quarantine collaborations (2021).

Television

* '' Married... with Children'' 1992 * '' NewsRadio'' (as himself) *

's ''Rock Show'' (as host) 1999–2002 * VH1's Hip-Hop Honors- performer along with Anthrax & Public Enemy for "Bring Tha Noise". * VH1's ''

Supergroup Supergroup or super group may refer to: * Supergroup (music), a music group formed by artists who are already notable or respected in their fields * Supergroup (physics), a generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry * Supergroup ...

'' 2006 * VH1's "I Love The..." series specials * VH1's "40 Greatest Metal Songs" * VH1's "100 Most Metal Moments" * VH1's "40 Least Metal moments" * VH1's "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs" * VH1's "100 Most Shocking Music Moments" * VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" * VH1's Rock Honors Kiss. Performers:

Rob Zombie Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and voice actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have be ...

(Rob Zombie, White Zombie), Scott Ian,

Gilby Clarke Gilbert J. "Gilby" Clarke (born August 17, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He had a 3-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist of Guns N' Roses, replacing Izzy Stradlin in 1991 during the Use Your Illusion Tour ...

(ex-

Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...

, The Starfuckers,

Rock Star Supernova Rock Star Supernova was a reality television-formed supergroup consisting of drummer Tommy Lee, bassist Jason Newsted, guitarist Gilby Clarke, and singer Lukas Rossi. The band was formed during the second season of the '' Rock Star'' reality te ...

), Slash (ex-Guns N' Roses,

), Ace Frehley (ex-Kiss), Tommy Lee (

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). * VH1 Classic's "Rock 'n Roll Celebrity Poker Tournament" – Scott won the tournament and played against

Sully Erna Salvatore Paul Erna Jr. (born February 7, 1968) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter, best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitarist for rock band Godsmack. He is also a harmonica player, drummer, and percussionist, performing these o ...

(

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), Vinnie Paul (ex-

), Dusty Hill ( ZZ Top) and Ace Frehley. * NBC's Celebrity Apprentice * Metalocalypse – "RenovationKlok" (voice only) * Metalocalypse – "TributeKlok" (voice only) * That Metal Show – Season 4, Episode 3, along with wife

. * That Metal Show – Season 8, Episode 5, along with bandmate Charlie Benante, and

Dave Sabo David Michael Sabo (born September 16, 1964), nicknamed "The Snake", is an American musician best known as one of the guitarists of heavy metal band Skid Row. Biography Pre-Skid Row Sabo was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey and grew up in near ...

of Skid Row. * That Metal Show – Season 14, Episode 2, along with bandmates Charlie Benante and Frank Bello * AMC's

Talking Dead ''Talking Dead'' is a live television aftershow in which host Chris Hardwick discusses episodes of the AMC television series '' The Walking Dead'', '' Fear the Walking Dead'' and '' The Walking Dead: World Beyond'' with guests, including celebrity ...

, panel member. * The Walking Dead Webisodes: Torn Apart, walker. * The Walking Dead - Season 5, Episode 12, as a walker. * The

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''Blood and Guts with Scott Ian'' 2012

Equipment

Scott Ian uses his signature Jackson guitars and signature

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MTS Series heads and cabinets. He is known to use Dimebag Darrell tribute Deans and previously endorsed

Washburn Washburn (alternatively Wasseburne, Wasseborne, Wasshebourne, Wassheborne, Washbourne, Washburne, Washborne, Washborn, Wasborn, Washbon) is a toponymic surname, probably of Old English origin, with likely Anglo-Norman and Norman-French influen ...

. During the mid 1980s, he used ESP guitars for a while, also getting Kirk Hammett his ESP endorsement. Scott uses a DigiTech signature Black 13 distortion pedal, and a DigiTech chorus pedal for his clean sounds. Many of his guitars have been equipped with custom made Seymour Duncan "El Diablo" pickups, but can also be seen using standard Seymour Duncan SH-4's and '59 pickups on several guitars, including his newest signature Jackson. He also recently began endorsing Evertune bridges. In late 2009, Ian ended his endorsement with Washburn and went back to Jackson guitars. He was seen using custom made Soloist and Randy Rhoads guitars during the 2009 Sonisphere Festival. On March 27, 2010, Ian announced the production of a new signature guitar by Jackson via Twitter and YouTube. He said it would be based on his Soloist from 1987. It has a silverburst finish, a single Seymour Duncan J.B. humbucker, lightning bolt inlays, and a string-thru/tune-o-matic bridge. A dual-humbucker version with a

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tremolo will also be released. He stated, "I am so stoked to be back with Jackson." He was seen using this guitar while playing with

at the

Revolver A revolver (also called a wheel gun) is a repeating handgun that has at least one barrel and uses a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers (each holding a single cartridge) for firing. Because most revolver models hold up to six roun ...

Golden Gods Awards and with the Damned Things at the 2011

Download Festival Download Festival is a British-created rock festival created by Terrance Gough, held annually at the Donington Park motorsport circuit in Leicestershire, England (since 2003); in Paris, France (since 2016); at Parramatta Park, Sydney (since 201 ...

Guitars

* Jackson Scott Ian Signature T-1000 Soloist * Jackson custom T-1000 Randy Rhoads * Jackson custom "NOT" Soloist * Jackson Adrian Smith San Dimas Dinky * Gibson Flying V (1982, Used in the studio) * Gibson "Thunderhorse" Explorer (Used at Download Festival 2011 with the Damned Things) * Jackson JJ1 (USA-made, Seymour Duncan JB And Jazz pickups, Alder or Korina body with maple neck) * Jackson JJ2 (USA-Made, Seymour Duncan El-Diablo pickups and a killswitch, alder body with maple neck or mahogany body with mahogany neck) * Jackson JJ4 (Lower-end model, Asian-Made, with Duncan Designed pickups and a killswitch) * Jackson JJ5 (5-string Baritone) * Jackson Custom "NOT" Telecaster * Charvel Surfcaster (with Seymour Duncan Humbucker in the Bridge Position and the stock Chandler Lipstick pickup in the angled Neck position: Main guitar for the Sound of White Noise era) * Jackson Randy Rhoads (1982) * Washburn SI75TI (Used Washburn from 2004 to 2009) * Washburn WV540VASI * Washburn WV40VASI * Washburn SI60MW * Washburn SI61G * ESP M-100FM * ESP Custom M-II and Telecasters (1985–1989) * ESP TE-230SI (Signature model based on Scott Ian's red ESP Telecaster in the mid-to-late 1980s. Japan only) * Seymour Duncan J.B. pickups * Seymour Duncan El Diablo (Scott Ian custom shop pickups) * DR Strings .10-.52 * DR Strings .18-.56 (for JJ-5) * Dunlop Tortex .88mm Picks

Effects

In Rack Case: * Fortin Zuul Noise Gate * MXR EVH Eddie Van Halen Phase 90 * MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay * MXR M-135 Smart Gate (x3) * CAE MC402 Boost/Overdrive * TC Electronic Corona Chorus On Floor: * CAE MC404 Wah * DigiTech WH-2 Whammy * Boss TU-3 Tuner Other: * BBE 462 Sonic Maximizer * DigiTech Black 13 distortion pedal * DigiTech XMC chorus pedal * TC Electronic Booster+ Line Driver & Distortion * Korg DTR-1 Tuner * Rocktron HUSH IIC * Samson UHF Synth 6 Wireless

Amplifiers

* EVH 5150 IIIS EL34 heads (Current main amps) * Fender/EVH 5150III Heads (used for recording ''Worship Music'' and ''For All Kings'', also used live occasionally) * Randall Ultimate Nullifier UN120 (second Randall signature amp, designed by Mike Fortin) * Randall MTS Series RM100SI signature head with signature modules (first Randall signature amp) * Randall MTS series RM100 and RM100LB heads (With Ultra modules) * Randall V2 400 Watt Heads (Can be seen in advertisements) * Randall V-Max Heads (Used in 2003 before the V2 and MTS heads) * Randall Cyclone Heads (Used from 2001 to 2003) * Randall Warhead Heads (First amp used when Ian transitioned from Marshall to Randall) * Randall SI412 signature speaker Cabs * Randall NB412 Nuno Bettencourt Signature 4×12 Cabs * Randall XL 4×12 Cabs * Randall XL 2×12 and 1×15 Cabs * Marshall JCM 800 2203 (Early years of Anthrax, and used for leads on "We've Come For You All". Used by both Scott and Rob Caggiano for recording ''Worship Music'', and by Scott for ''For All Kings'') * Peavey 6505+ 120 Watt head * Randall RT100 heads (Only used at the 2010 Revolver Golden Gods Awards while performing in

's backing band) * Randall RT-412RC Cabs (See above)

References

External links

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