Among the Living

Album: Among the Living (1987)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is a tribute/reworking of Stephen King's best-selling novel The Stand. In the book, a virus wipes out most of the population, which is reflected in the lyrics, "Disease! Disease! Spreading the disease!" >>>
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    Cyberpope - Richmond, Canada
  • A rerecorded version of the song appears in the background of the teaser trailer for the Kevin Smith film Clerks 2.

Comments: 2

  • Jason from Newport, Ar.As a young man I was a fan of Anthrax. I loved the song and never put 2x2 together. Just recently I was watching The Stand for the millionth time heard Randal say "I'm the walking dude". While humming the song at work the lyrics hit me. I'm glad to see I was right and not just imagining things.
  • Buggrithall from Mindyourownbusiness, United KingdomAnd there was me thinking the song was tributed to Benedict Arnold.
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