Rest In Peace Jon Zazula 3/16/1952-2/1/2022 My sincere condolences to Rikki Zazula, Maria Ferraro and the Zazula family. Jon and Marsha had signed me to my first record deal and Years later Maria had kindly and graciously reunited me at Metal Hall Of Fame Awards show with Jon and Marsha Zazula. Marsha and Jon then asked for a photo with me which may exist somewhere. My sincere gratitude to Maria Ferraro, Jimmy Kay and Pat Gesualdo who were instrumental and part of making this happen. In November 1983 I remember when Jonny Z visited Pyramid Studios in Ithaca, NY while recording Fistful Of Metal. While Jon was upstate for a week and I was staying in Cortland, NY for a month, Carl Canedy picked us up everyday and we drove to the studio during the final week of recording the album. Jon told us stories and even a regret or two on the 45 minute drive. We were driving back from the studio one of the nights and hit something. Carl got out and looked and said it was an opossum. Ill never forget when Jonny Z first listened to the recording of Metal Thrashing Mad and pulled me into Alex Perialas office and said what do you think about singing for Metallica? As I stated before in telling the story: they already have a singer and James does a great job. I never thought about being in another band. I was foolishly loyal and deep into recording the first Anthrax album. A couple of music media websites twisted this and tried to insinuate that I said I was asked to join Metallica which was completely untrue. I never said nor implied that ever. (what I also thought but didnt say at the time was they have their own band chemistry and live all the way on the west coast) At that time we were all friends with the Metallica guys. But that was Jonny Z and his initial reaction upon hearing the pre mixed recording from the master tapes. I took it as a major compliment and was honored that he liked the song and vocal so much that he would say what he said since he and Marsha were the manager and record label for Metallica as well as Anthrax. #ripjonnyz #jonzazula #jonnyz #megaforcerecords #neilturbin #metallica #anthrax #exciter #raven #overkill #anvil (at Old Bridge Township) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZfXFfkvBmf/?utm_medium=tumblr
