They heard of what was going on with me and Michael called me up to see if I would be interested in producing their album.

A few years later when I decided I needed to move on from Anthrax my scheduled had opened up and it was perfect timing because Volbeat was set to go in to the studio. It seemed like a cool idea that I was into but it all seemed a bit far-fetched because of our scheduled and the fact that I am in the States and the rest of the band is in Denmark. They were fans of the Damned Things album as well as the Anthrax album “Worship Music” which I produced both. In talking during that tour we all flirted with the idea of working together in the studio with me as a producer.

During the tour they always asked me to come up and play on the Misfits song “Angel Fuck” which was just such a blast. The first time I really heard the band was on this tour and was just blown away. We all became friends as we hit it off instantly. They had taken my other band The Damned Things out on tour with them. Rob Caggiano: I first met Volbeat around 2010.

Media Mikes had the pleasure of speaking with Rob about the group’s nomination, how he came to join the band and what the group has planned for the rest of this year.Īdam Lawton: Can you walk us through your transition from leaving Anthrax, to producing Volbeat and subsequently joining the band? The group was recently nominated for a Grammy and also put out a new music video for the song “Lonesome Rider”. Rob Caggiano is the former lead guitarist of the thrash metal band Anthrax and current guitarist for the Danish-metal group Volbeat.

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