Frank Bello
Biography
Frank Bello, born in the Bronx, is a bass player best known for his stint in the thrash metal group Anthrax. He started with the band as a roadie, then replaced Dan Lilker on bass soon after the 1984 debut Fistful of Metal, and has kept the job except for a brief spell with Helmet in 2004, rejoining the following year. He has played on 11 of Anthrax's 12 albums. With former Megadeth guitarist Dave Ellefson he formed Altitudes & Attitude, which issued a self titled EP in 2014 and Get It Out in 2019. He released a solo EP in 2022. In 2025 he performed a cover of Changes with Yungblood at Back to the Beginning, the Black Sabbath farewell concert, and the recording brought him a first Grammy for Best Rock Performance, after six earlier nominations with Anthrax. On screen he portrayed Richard Hell in Greetings from Tim Buckley and a stick-up man in Joe's Apartment (1996).
61years old
Turns 62 on July 9in 240 days
- Born The Bronx
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 14 years1996 to 2010
Every film, newest first
- 2010The Big Four: Live in SofiaIMDb rating 8.6
- 2006Get ThrashedIMDb rating 7.7
- 1996Joe's ApartmentIMDb rating 5.6
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First role
Bello first worked for Anthrax as a roadie and guitar technician. He took over on bass from Dan Lilker shortly after the 1984 debut album Fistful of Metal, kept the job since, except for a short 2004 departure.
Behind the award
In 2025, Bello played a cover of "Changes" with Yungblood at Back to the Beginning, the Black Sabbath farewell show. That recording earned him his first Grammy for Best Rock Performance, after six other nominations with Anthrax.
Behind the camera
In 2014, Bello started the side project Altitudes & Attitude with Dave Ellefson, a former guitarist for Megadeth. The group put out a self titled EP that year and released its debut album Get It Out through Megaforce Records in 2019.
Behind the camera
In May 2021, Bello revealed that his autobiography, Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax, was on its way. British author Joel McIver helped write it, and Gene Simmons of Kiss provided a foreword.
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