Anvil!: The Story of Anvil

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Anvil!: The Story of Anvil. In the early seventies, when Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath ruled the world, Steve Lips& Kudlow and Robb Reiner, two young boys from the northern suburbs of Toronto, vowed to rock together forever. A decade later, their band Anvil released one of the heaviest records in music history, Metal on Metal, which influenced a whole musical generation, including the world-dominating bands Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax. Yet while these bands went on to sell millions of records, Anvil slipped straight into obscurity.

Was it too much sex and drugs and not enough rock ā€˜nā€™ roll?
Was it the menagerie of pets that accompanied them on tour?
Their uncanny knack for setting themselves on fire whenever a record company executive was watching?

Now, almost thirty years later, like a real-life Spinal Tap, these unlikely musical heroes are still rocking, and still chasing their dream. Written in their own words, Anvil: The Story of Anvil charts the rise, fall, and eventual triumph of two men whose indestructible friendship, talent, and determination took them on a unique journey in the world of rock.

A bittersweet and frequently hilarious hymn to the human spirit, played loud in power chords, it is a story of true brotherly love, living the dream, and never giving up.

Anvil short Bio:

Anvil are a Canadian heavy metal band from Toronto, Ontario, formed in 1981. The band consists of Steve “Lips” Kudlow (vocals, guitar), Robb Reiner (drums) and Chris Robertson (bass). To date, the band has released sixteen studio albums, and has been cited as having influenced many notable heavy metal groups, including Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax and Metallica.

Anvil!: The Story of Anvil

The band, in particular Kudlow and Reiner, was the subject of the 2008 documentary film, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, directed by the screenwriter and former Anvil roadie, Sacha Gervasi. Upon its release, the film garnered critical acclaim from many major publications, and has since brought the band renewed recognition, including opening slots with AC/DC and Saxon. Appearances at both major heavy metal festivals, including Download, Loud Park and Hellfest, and independent music festivals like Bumbershoot and SXSW, also followed the release of the film. Reviewers described Anvil as a pioneering hair metal band that was popular in the 1980s but then faded into obscurity in the 1990s, while refusing to stop playing, recording and gigging.[3] Anvil’s antics on and off stage, the setbacks they suffered, and their determination to keep going have been compared to the fictional band Spinal Tap.


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Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal

Additional information

Weight 750 g
Format

Hardcover

Pages

320