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Charlie Benante

real name Charles Lee Benante

The Bronx, United States · b. 1962-11-27

Charlie Benante is credited on 530 releases across 110 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1984–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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530

Credits

110

Albums

5

Decades active

351

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Born November 27, 1962 in The Bronx, NY, USA. He currently resides in the suburbs of Chicago, IL. Charlie is primarily known as the drummer for Anthrax, although he has also played guitar on some Anthrax albums and is the primary music composer for the band. He has also created much of the artwork for most of Anthrax's records. Although not a founding member of the band, Charlie joined the group in 1983 and has been with the band ever since. He was also the drummer in Stormtroopers Of Death.
Charlie is also the uncle of Anthrax bassist Frank Bello.

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Credited work

530 releases · 110 albums · active 1984–2025

  • Performance · 809
  • Other credits · 240
  • Engineering · 38
  • Production · 19

Studios: Pyramid Sound Recording Studios · Electric Lady Studios · The Ritz, New York · Irvine Meadows

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