Anthrax & Public Enemy - Bring The Noise

What this video is

Released in 1991, this collaboration between thrash metal band Anthrax and hip-hop group Public Enemy represented one of the most significant cross-genre boundary transgressions in popular music history. While Run-DMC and Aerosmith had pioneered rap-rock fusion in 1986, the Anthrax/Public Enemy pairing brought together two sonically extreme, politically confrontational, and ideologically distinct subcultures —…

Why it matters

A foundational artifact of the rap-metal genre, 'Bring the Noise' (1991 Anthrax/Public Enemy version) is widely credited as one of the most influential cross-genre recordings of the decade. The track received a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance and was ranked No. 12 on VH1's 40 Greatest…

The director

Eric Zimmerman is credited as director of this music video on IMDb (title tt8701024). His directing career in the early 1990s included music video work during the peak era of MTV-commissioned performance videos. Note: Rate Your Music attributes direction to…