Ep 823 : John Bush / Singer Songwriter - Armored Saint, Anthrax

Dean Delray's LET THERE BE TALK

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of Let There Be Talk, I am joined by John Bush, acclaimed singer and songwriter whose remarkable career spans decades in heavy music. Best known as the frontman for Armored Saint and his influential tenure with Anthrax.

John has established himself as one of the most distinctive and commanding voices in metal. In this conversation, we explore his artistic journey, the milestones of his career, and the legacy he continues to build.

John is about to embark on a mini tour playing the songs from his Anthrax years coming up in Dec 2025.

We also dive into his early days in Armored Saint, his Audition for Anthrax and his Vocal Inspirations

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My comedy special 5836 can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbeaApu4OP0

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Hve a fantastic week

DDR

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0:00.0	Thanks for joining the show, my friends.
0:03.0	Upcoming tour dates are Monday, October 13th through the 19th comedy seller in Las Vegas, Nevada.
0:11.6	Two nights in Tacoma, Washington at the Tacoma Comedy Club, October 24, 25.
0:18.7	November 12th through the 15th, Acme Comedy Co in Minneapolis and Houston Punchline in March
0:27.5	and back to the Blue Room Comedy Club in May and Springfield, Missouri.
0:33.3	Welcome to the show. It is Monday. I have just walked in the door from Reno, Nevada, short little flight, one hour flight from Burbank to Reno. I was up there doing shows at the Laugh Factory, time there and I was there for the street
0:56.9	vibrations which is the big big motorcycle run and I will tell you this I don't think that
1:07.5	bikers are big comedy fans.
1:17.6	It was an interesting crowd.
1:25.6	The first night was just normal Reno people, and then the casino was full of the motorcycle festival.
1:27.2	And it was funny because, you know,
1:30.6	something along the way,
1:33.2	like you're going, oh, well, it's going to be crazy packed.
1:36.1	But no, they got free music playing out on the streets.
1:40.5	So you're competing with all kinds of stuff.
1:42.6	And that turned out to be for the better because then
1:46.2	all of the regular reno folks could come into the show so i'll talk more about the week at
1:55.0	reno on my patreon i'm going to be doing a bonus episode this week, and you can catch that, patreon.com slash Dean Del Rey with almost 200 bonus episodes.
2:08.8	And let me tell you, for a price of one coffee a month, you could be a member and get all of these episodes and really support the podcast.
2:18.4	Patreon.com slash Dean Delray.
2:21.5	Tour dates,
2:22.0	Dean Delray.com.
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