1214 - Anthrax I'm the Man 1987

Basically, half way through the 'Among the Living' tour, Anthrax decided to give their fans an EP as a small thank you for their support during the year of 1987. Since its release, this fun little disc has raised many a metalhead's eyebrow.

What you get is 3 different versions of the rap metal song 'I'm The Man' - the original, a censored version and a live performance. 'I'm The Man' is basically a light-hearted band biography, but the rappers constantly get the words wrong ("This sound you hear is what we like/and I'll steal your pop tarts like I stole your..." "socks!" "Yo man what's the matter with you?" "I'll get it the next time I promise!"), with a crazy chorus of 'I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm so bad I should be in detention, I'm the maaan!!'. It is somewhat of a comedy/novelty song which parodies the style of the Beastie Boys, as well as the main guitar riff being based on the melody of the Jewish folk song "Hava Nagila" (guitarists Scott Ian and Dan Spitz—as well as all the members of the Beastie Boys—are Jewish).