The official Anthrax Web site is reporting that "Madhouse," from the 1985 Anthrax album Spreading the Disease, will be part of the Guitar Hero II track list.

This is a terrible choice by publisher Activision.

It isn't that "Madhouse" is a bad song. It is indeed a good song. The problem is it features Joey "Belladonna" Bellardini (Anthrax vocalist; 1985 - 1992, 2005 - present) on vocals.

John Bush, who took over as Anthrax vocalist from 1992 until last year, can sing and write, unlike Joey Belladonna. And Bush's voice better matches the darker, more serious tone the band's music started taking in the early 1990's.

By nature, a John Bush Anthrax song is superior to a Joey Belladonna Anthrax song.

Yet Activision chose "Madhouse," despite that it is not a John Bush Anthrax song.

Which Anthrax song should Activision have chosen for Guitar Hero II? "Crush," from the band's 1998 album The Threat is Real. It is the perfect song.