Former Anthrax singer Dan Nelson charged with assaulting an aged man
Metallic vocalist Dan Nelson, who fronted Anthrax for a quick time, has been arrested and charged with assault for an incident involving an aged man.
In accordance with Patch, the the 43-year-old Nelson bought into an altercation with a 74-year-old man on the Aloft New York LaGuardia Airport resort in Queens, New York, on August 30th. The New York Publish experiences that the musician apparently punched the person within the face repeatedly, after which fled the scene earlier than police arrived.
An acquaintance of the alleged sufferer reported that Nelson bought upset when the person requested him an undisclosed query. “He simply goes bananas,” the witness recollected. “He knocked the outdated man down.”
Nelson and his band apparently had a gig that night time on the resort’s efficiency house, with that very same witness saying that Nelson appeared “off”, taking a very long time to tune his guitar. The aged sufferer was there to see his pal who was enjoying drums that night time.
Upon turning himself in on the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights, Queens, this morning (September 11th), Nelson was charged with assault, assault with intent to trigger bodily damage, and harassment, based on an NYPD spokesperson.
The singer’s stint as Anthrax solely lasted from late 2007 by means of mid 2009. He changed Joey Belladonna, who had parted methods with the band for a second time.
Nelson, who has mentioned he was fired from Anthrax, was then changed by one other of the band’s former singers, John Bush, for a couple of gigs in 2009 and 2010. Ultimately, Belladonna rejoined the band and has remained with the legendary thrash metallic group ever since.
Whereas Nelson by no means appeared on an Anthrax album, he has songwriting credit on 2011’s Worship Music. He additionally sued the band for $2.65 million, claiming he was owed earnings from Worship Music and that Anthrax defamed him by saying he abruptly resigned from the band after changing into ailing. The case was settled for an undisclosed quantity.