Scott Ian of Anthrax/The Damned Things fame recently lashed out at former Island Def Jam Music Group chairman/CEO and current head of the Epic Label Group, L.A. Reid. Ian launched his assault on Reid through a series of fiery tweets, which also saw his The Damned Things bandmate Joe Trohman (also of Fall Out Boy) join in.
Ian was reportedly set off by a story originally run by the NY Post in which Reid is alleged to have ordered all ‘ugly people’ fired from Epic.
Select tweets from Ian read:
“Wanna know why the record business is over? From the piece of shit that ran Island/Def Jam into the ground: http://t.co/tiLQMQU“
Trohman then joined in offering:
“Can’t believe I had to work with this person. What an awful human: http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/58193“
Ian then replied to Trohman with:
“Exactly. This TALENTLESS piece of shit profits from doing/creating nothing unless you count sucking at running a record company.”
Before adding:
“I’m going to crank the song Exodus (by Exodus) and pretend Baloff is singing about doing all of that to LA Reid.”
