Scott Ian Singles Out Converge’s “Bad Faith” in Amoeba’s “What’s In My Bag”

Scott Ian has spent four decades inside thrash metal, but his listening habits continue to lean toward more abrasive corners. In a recent appearance on Amoeba Records’ “What’s In My Bag,” the Anthrax guitarist moved through a selection that included the hardcore band Converge, UK punk act Discharge, and filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.

The most direct praise went to Converge. Ian held up “Bad Faith” and called it “the heaviest thing I’ve heard in a long time.” That comment carries a certain weight coming from a musician whose own band helped define American thrash. It also points to Converge’s long-standing role as a bridge between hardcore aggression and metal discipline, a space Ian has watched closely even as Anthrax’s sound remained rooted in classic riffing.

Ian’s inclusion of Discharge and Tarantino in the same trip suggests less a unified thesis than a working musician’s pull list: sounds and images that still feel urgent. The Amoeba format tends to flatten taste into a shopping trip, but Ian’s choices read as more than nostalgia. They indicate where his ears currently go when the Anthrax machinery pauses.

The full segment offers a short, unfiltered view of one veteran player’s current inspirations without turning it into a lecture. For anyone tracking the connective tissue between thrash, hardcore, and broader pop culture detritus, Ian’s stack is a small but telling document.