Alive 2 is the third full-length live album and second full-length live DVD from the band Anthrax

Anthrax (band)

Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founded by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, the band has since released ten studio albums and 20 singles, and an EP featuring Public Enemy. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene...

. It features the reunion of their lineup from the Among the Living

Among the Living

Among the Living is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Anthrax. The album was released in March 1987 by Megaforce Worldwide/Island and is certified gold by the RIAA. The BBC has described the album as "arguably their big breakthrough", and "often cited by fans as their favourite...

era, including then-former vocalist Joey Belladonna

Joey Belladonna

Joey Belladonna is a heavy metal singer and drummer, best known as the lead singer for the heavy metal band Anthrax...

 and former guitarist Dan Spitz

Dan Spitz

Dan Spitz is a musician best known for his work as the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Anthrax from 1983–1995 and from 2005 to 2007. He is the brother of former White Lion and Black Sabbath bassist Dave Spitz.-Personal life:...

. The songs included on the disc are taken from Fistful of Metal

Fistful of Metal

-Personnel:*Neil Turbin – Vocals*Dan Spitz – Lead guitar*Scott Ian – Rhythm guitar*Danny Lilker – Bass*Charlie Benante – Drums...

, their very first release, up until 1990's Persistence of Time

Persistence of Time

-Personnel:* Joey Belladonna – Vocals* Scott Ian – Rhythm guitar, Lead guitar on "Got the Time", Harmony Guitar on "Intro to Reality", vocal intro on "In My World", lead vocals on "Protest and Survive"* Dan Spitz – Lead guitar* Frank Bello – Bass...

, spanning numerous personal changes.

Unlike the band's previous live release, Music of Mass Destruction

Music of Mass Destruction

Music of Mass Destruction is Anthrax's second full-length live album, and is packaged as one CD and one DVD. The songs were recorded on December 5 and 6, 2003, during performances at Chicago's Metro....

, the CD and DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 versions of Alive 2 are sold separately. The CD is referred to as Alive 2: The Music and the DVD is referred to as Alive 2: The DVD.

This album would be the last non-compilation release featuring Dan Spitz

Dan Spitz

Dan Spitz is a musician best known for his work as the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Anthrax from 1983–1995 and from 2005 to 2007. He is the brother of former White Lion and Black Sabbath bassist Dave Spitz.-Personal life:...

, who left the band following the end of Anthrax's reunion tour.

The footage was filmed on June 3, 2005 at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, N.J.

The Music

1. "Among the Living" – 5:29
2. "Caught in a Mosh" – 5:42
3. "A.I.R." – 6:22
4. "Antisocial" – 6:05
5. "Lone Justice"* – 4:32
6. "Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)" – 5:59
7. "Deathrider" – 3:37 Neil Turbin
   Neil Turbin
   Neil Turbin is an American thrash metal vocalist known for being the original lead singer for American band Anthrax and current lead vocalist and songwriter of the heavy metal band DeathRiders. -DeathRiders:...
   
   
8. "Medusa" – 4:59
9. "In My World" – 6:09
10. "Indians" – 7:45
11. "Time" – 6:52
12. "Be All, End All" – 7:44
13. "I Am the Law" – 7:04

* Special edition only

The DVD

1. "Among the Living" – 5:29
2. "Caught In a Mosh" – 5:42
3. "A.I.R." – 6:22
4. "Madhouse
   Madhouse (song)
   "Madhouse" is a song by the American heavy metal band Anthrax. It was released as the only single from their second album, Spreading the Disease. The song is an up-tempo time signature with heavy distorted guitar riffs. The song has become a staple of live concerts, and has also appeared on...
   
   " – 6:05
5. "Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)" – 5:59
6. "Deathrider" – 3:37 Neil Turbin
   Neil Turbin
   Neil Turbin is an American thrash metal vocalist known for being the original lead singer for American band Anthrax and current lead vocalist and songwriter of the heavy metal band DeathRiders. -DeathRiders:...
   
   
7. "Medusa" – 4:59
8. "In My World" – 6:09
9. "Indians" – 7:45
10. "Time" – 6:52
11. "I'm the Man" – 6:31
12. "Be All, End All" – 7:44
13. "I Am the Law" – 7:04

DVD Additional Content

• Documentary
• State of Euphoria
• Juliya Interview
• Touring Tales
• The Vaccine

Personnel

• Joey Belladonna
  Joey Belladonna
  Joey Belladonna is a heavy metal singer and drummer, best known as the lead singer for the heavy metal band Anthrax...
  
   – Lead Vocals
• Dan Spitz
  Dan Spitz
  Dan Spitz is a musician best known for his work as the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Anthrax from 1983–1995 and from 2005 to 2007. He is the brother of former White Lion and Black Sabbath bassist Dave Spitz.-Personal life:...
  
   – Lead Guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  
• Scott Ian
  Scott Ian
  Scott Ian Rosenfeld , better known by the stage name Scott Ian, is an American musician, best known as the rhythm & lead guitarist for the heavy metal band Anthrax. Ian is also the guitarist and a founding member of the crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death...
  
   – Rhythm Guitar
  Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
  
  , Backing Vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• Frank Bello
  Frank Bello
  Frank Bello is an American musician who plays bass guitar for the thrash metal band Anthrax. Originally he was a roadie and guitar technician for the band, but later he replaced Dan Lilker on the Spreading the Disease album. After leaving Anthrax in early 2004 Bello joined Helmet - another New...
  
   – Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , Backing Vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• Charlie Benante
  Charlie Benante
  Charlie Benante is the drummer for the heavy metal bands Anthrax and Stormtroopers of Death .- Career :...
  
   – Drums
  Drum
  The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...