Despite hardships and legal entanglements over album rights , Anthrax continued . In 2001 Rob Caggiano joined the band on lead guitar . During the 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States the band changed its website , providing information about the disease after people began searching "anthrax.com " on internet search engines . Amid a potential PR nightmare , Anthrax issued a press release on October 10 , 2001 joking that the band 's name would be changed to " something more friendly , like ' Basket Full of Puppies ' . " Anthrax dispelled any name-change rumors derived from the press release at the November 2001 New York Steel 9/11 benefit concert , when they took the stage in boiler suits with a different word on each one which ultimately read " We 're not changing our name " . Bello has stated they did so after receiving support from members of the NYPD and NYFD , who believed that changing the name of the band would send the wrong message . A picture of the band in the suits is on the inner tray card of '' We 've Come for You All ''
2001 anthrax attacks
2001 anthrax attacks
Anthrax (American band)