Anthrax’s Charlie Benante Marries Carla Harvey in Marriage ceremony Officiated by Gene Simmons

In a rock wedding ceremony for the ages, drummer Charlie Benante (Anthrax, Pantera) married singer Carla Harvey (The Violent Hour, Lords of Acid, ex-Butcher Infants) over the weekend in a ceremony officiated by none aside from KISS legend Gene Simmons.

The couple tied the knot on Sunday, October twelfth, at The Secret Backyard in Las Vegas, with a lot of their fellow rockers in attendance, together with members of Anthrax, Pantera, Mötley Crüe, Dream Theater, and Nickelback, in response to Folks, which revealed unique photographs from the nuptials.

Simmons, fortunately, recovered from his latest automotive crash in time to officiate the marriage, with Benante describing the reception as “a chic Russ Meyer film with a rock and roll twist.”

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The thrash drummer added, “The preliminary thought was a small, intimate wedding ceremony with only a few family and friends, however we knew that we might not be capable to get away with a small wedding ceremony as soon as different associates heard about it. We simply need our closest in a room collectively celebrating.”

The couple turned engaged when Benante proposed to Harvey whereas the 2 attended one in every of U2’s January 2024 live shows at Las Vegas’ sphere. They’d been relationship for a number of years main as much as the engagement.

In a nod to their engagement, Benante and Harvey’s first dance was to U2’s “All I Need Is You.” In a while within the ceremony, Benante took half in a jam session that featured Anthrax bandmates Scott Ian and Frank Bello, Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Zach Throne (Jerry Cantrell’s band), and Chris Jericho (Fozzy).

As for a honeymoon, Benante informed Folks that the couple are busy of their music endeavors. The pair are already engaged on a follow-up to their venture The Violent Hour’s debut EP, and the drummer can be placing the ending touches on a brand new Anthrax album.

“We’re ending the second EP for Carla’s band, The Violent Hour, and we will likely be releasing an Anthrax album shortly, so we will likely be getting proper again to work after the marriage,” revealed Benante.

See one picture from the marriage within the tweet under, and extra pics over at Folks.com.