
When Scott Ian was told about Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning show, he had to read the text from Tom Morello several times. The Anthrax guitarist may have been shocked and awed, but when Morello, the event’s creative director, asked him to get involved, there was only one answer.
“I must have asked Tom 50 questions about what, who, where, when and how,” Ian tells Guitar World. “I was like, ‘Oh my God. Holy shit!’ Black Sabbath and Ozzy – the whole thing was just too much for my brain. I texted him back and said, ‘Dude, yes! Whatever it is, I’m in!’”