Findings
| When | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Anthrax's collaboration with Public Enemy on “Bring the Noise” was a significant crossover between predominantly white metal audiences and politically charged Black hip-hop. Scott Ian explicitly described racism as the enemy. | Source |
| 1987 | Their song “Indians” explicitly condemns the displacement and mistreatment of Native Americans, including stolen land, reservations and prejudice. It was a deliberate attempt by the band to draw attention to these issues. | Source |
| 2016 | Scott Ian explicitly condemned racist behavior in the metal scene. After Phil Anselmo's (see Pantera) Nazi salute, Ian called the behavior “vile” and urged Anselmo to donate to the Simon Wiesenthal Center. | Source |
| 2016 | Anthrax chose to perform in North Carolina despite the state's HB2 law, which removed legal protections for LGBT people and restricted transgender people's access to public bathrooms. Scott Ian dismissed the political controversy, saying the band would perform because they were there to entertain. | Source |
| 2009 | Scott Ian and his wife Pearl Aday participated in the NOH8 Campaign, a photographic protest against California's Proposition 8, which sought to ban same-sex marriage. | Source |
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