Joey Belladonna

Joey Belladonna is best-known as the singer for New York City thrash metallists Anthrax during the most successful phase of their career (the mid-'80s through the early '90s), but the frontman has also issued several albums on his own after leaving the group. Born and raised in upstate New York, Belladonna (real name: Joseph Bellardini) fronted several mainstream rock cover bands, including one called Bible Black, and earning vocal comparisons to Journey's Steve Perry. When Anthrax was left singer-less in 1984, Belladonna was contacted and soon after was hired, although his melodic vocal style wouldn't always sit well with the group's hardcore fans (and eventually, his bandmates themselves). Regardless, it was the Belladonna-led version of Anthrax that issued such thrash metal classics as 1985's Spreading The Disease and 1987's Among The Living, which saw the group rise up from the underground and into the mainstream.



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