![]() ![]() But the most extraordinary part of the film is, it’s real. It has been compared to THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984) many times. This is a film that makes you laugh, makes you weep. But at least there was a tour for it to go wrong on," says Lips, ever the optimist. "Everything on the tour went drastically wrong. Now a film director living in Hollywood, he decides to follow them, etc. They are still writing music, still chasing the dream. Reiner, also 51, has done some demolition work – but Anvil is still alive. Lips, now 51, runs a food delivery truck in suburban Canada. Where other metal bands prospered, Anvil floundered.Ĭut to 2005, and Sacha Gervasi, the teenager who had been a roadie and their number one fan on tour with them during the ’80s, gets in contact. But bad management or bad luck dumped them quickly into obscurity. The album “Metal on Metal” was apparently a big hit in that world of shrill guitars and loud drums. "You've got the Stones, the Who, U2 - and Anvil."Īnvil had a measure of success during the ’80s. "How many bands stay together for 30 years?" asks Slash of Guns N' Roses, in a backstage interview. "ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL" is a documentary about hope, persistence and friendship. When they were 14, they were rockers with full heads of hair who signed a pledge to make rock ‘n' roll until the end. Steve 'Lips' Kudlow and Robb Reiner have that old man combo – long but thinning hair. So why is a story about a couple of aging Canadian headbangers top of my all-time favorite movie list? Because this is a film that has nothing to do with thumping heads, and everything to do with heart. She is also a freelance journalist who writes for The London Times and Sunday Telegraph. In the final analysis, all people, including those who reject God and those who make documentaries about heavy metal music with a satanic attitude, are living in God’s universe under His rules.Lucy Broadbent is a co-owner of, which is a music library, offering music for film and television. Thus, at the end, the movie focuses on the close relationship between the two protagonists and their families. The movie shows, however, that even iconoclastic, satanic heavy metal rockers extol the importance of family and friendship. Also, there are positive references to Satan, 666, rebellion, and lewd behavior. Of course, heavy metal and rock star success is all that motivates the two protagonists. Even so, it’s hard to say whether this topic deserves a full-length feature. The director of this documentary does a good job of making viewers root for his underdog subjects. Through it all, they get support from their families, some of whom still have hope and some of whom have lost hope. The documentary shows the band going through a bad European tour and spending money to make a new album with a better producer. As one famous metal guy puts it in the movie, “Everybody’s just sort of ripped them off and left them for dead.” ![]() The movie opens with a rock festival in 1984 in Japan where Anvil, a heavy metal band from Toronto, Canada, sees some success with the song “Metal on Metal.” Thirty-five years after meeting at age 14, drummer Robb Reiner and singer Steve “Lips” Kudlow are still together 20 years after that concert, still trying to make the band really popular.Īnvil is depicted as the ultimate underdog. Content:ĪNVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL is a documentary about one of the heavy metal bands of the early 1980s that never made it big. The movie shows, however, that even iconoclastic, satanic heavy metal rockers need their families. Also, the documentary contains positive references to Satan, 666, rebellion, and lewd behavior. Playing heavy metal music and rock star success is all that the two protagonists want. Through it all, they get support from their families, some of whom still hope and some of whom have lost all hope. The documentary shows them going through a bad European tour and spending money to make a new album with a better producer. The movie opens with a rock festival in 1984 in Japan where Anvil, a heavy metal band from Toronto, Canada, sees some success with the song “Metal on Metal.” Twenty years later, drummer Robb Reiner and singer Steve Kudlow are still together, still trying to make the band really popular. ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL is a documentary about one of the 1980s heavy metal bands that never made it big. ![]()
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