Frank Bello
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EPISODE 52: Frank Bello is an American musician, most notable as bassist for the legendary thrash metal band Anthrax. On hiatus from Anthrax, he briefly performed with Helmet, but he has appeared on every Anthrax release since 1985. The band has sold over 10 million albums to date. His new book, Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax, coauthored with Joel McIver, including a foreword by Gene Simmons of KISS is now available via Rare Bird. Born into a family of five, Frank grew up in difficult circumstances. His father abandoned his wife and children, and Frank\\u2019s mother moved heaven and earth to keep them fed and educated. Left with no male role model, Frank found inspiration in heavy metal bass players, following their example and forging a career with Anthrax from his early teens\\u2014first as a roadie, and then as the group\\u2019s bass player. International stardom came Frank\\u2019s way by the mid-to-late 1980s, when he was still in his early twenties, but tragedy struck in 1996 when his brother Anthony was murdered in New York. Although the case went to trial, the suspected killer was released without charge after a witness, intimidated by violent elements, withdrew his testimony. Two decades later, Frank is a father himself to a young son. thefrankbello.com\\xa0
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