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get shit, but I’m not really giving it a chance, am I?

Ian Scott: Anthrax
When I was younger, I used to teach guitar privately. I had
a student who had an acoustic guitar. He had made a deal

with his parents. If he took lessons for six months, they
would buy him an electric guitar. I taught this kid. He
took the lessons for six months. He told his parents he had
fulfilled his end, and they bought him an electric guitar.
He stopped taking lessons from me. He went on to form a

band, and he went on to write a paragraph about the
whole situation about me in his autobiography. His name
is Ian Scott from Anthrax. Had he stayed with me, what
probably would have happened, he would have said, “I’ve
got this band.” And he would have played it for me. I
would have said, “That sounds like shit. You guys should
do something else.” That would have been the end of that.

Sometimes you listen to something and decide it’s shit.
That could be the next seminal band.

Not My Circus, Not My Monkey will be released on March
15. For more information about the album and the band,

visit hitmanbluesband.com.

Gary Schwind is a longtime music journalist whose musical tastes range from blues and soul
to rock and reggae. He has interviewed artists such as Bettye Lavette, Bobby Rush, and Billy
Joe Shaver, among many others. His reviews can regularly be found on Glide Magazine and
Americana Highways. He lives in southern California with his wife and two sons.