From Scott Ian’s Twitter account:
From: @Scott_Ian
Sent: 11 Ago, 2010 16:51
“Guess who stopped in to rehearsal yesterday! Perfect way to start a tour. Eddie Van Halen just gave Pearl his blessing to go out and kick some fucking ass. And he signed my 5150III.”
Scott Ian of the band Anthrax is also in Pearl, a band with his wife, Pearl Aday, daughter of famed singer Meat Loaf.
Scott Ian gave the following contribution for Neil Zlozower’s coffee table photo book, Van Halen: A Visual History, 1978-1984:
“Junior High lunch room, 1978. My friend Dave says, “Wait ’til you hear this!” He pops a cassette tape into his tiny portable radio, pushes play, and the sickest thing I’ve ever heard erupts from the speakers. Literally. He had cued up “Eruption” and I sat there hypnotized by a sound I had never heard before. All I could muster after the track ended was a weak, “How did he do that?” I’m still wondering”