GBI—Dave Grohl, Charlie Benante and Scott Ian—will release “The Regulator” (Megaforce), a cover of the Bad Brains song from the band’s self-titled 1982 debut album, on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Released as a Record Store Day 7-inch exclusive, only 6,000 copies of the track were pressed, with all proceeds going toward health care for Bad Brains’ frontman Paul D. Hudson, better known as H.R., who suffers from rare, severe headaches known as SUNCT.
Anthrax had been recording the last batch of new songs for their next album at Grohl’s 606 Studios, and Foo Fighters were camped there in rehearsals, as well. Grohl stopped by Anthrax’s studio to say hi and check things out, and at one point, Ian texted Grohl and suggested the idea of all of them getting together to record ”The Regulator.”
“Charlie and I asked Dave if he’d play drums and sing as well, and he was in,” Ian said. “Charlie played bass, and I was on guitar. We ripped the song live in two takes.”
Benante, the point person for all Anthrax-related project art, came up with the idea of having the three of them popping out of a jack-in-the-box in front of CBGB. “I had started to think about the old days of CBGB and my love for toy collecting, and everything just fell into place,” he said.
It was so much fun to get to play with Dave on drums and to hear his voice with my guitar,” Ian said. “We’re all such huge Bad Brains fans—hope you all get a copy.”
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