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10.Įven during the most difficult parts of their career, including the nearly 20 years leading up to the release of the movie, Europe was an integral market of Anvil – with the nations over there providing consistent, if limited, support for their recorded music and live shows. 19, before a date at the Brass Monkey in Ottawa on Sept. 12 and the Spot 1 Music Hall in Brampton on Aug. John Pub in Arnprior on July 22, followed by a show in Oshawa on July 23 at The Music Hall. I pretty confidently say that I will be if I physically can.”Īnvil will be doing a short tour of Ontario this summer before heading back to Europe. I am 60 years old and I hope to be touring 10 years from now. There are still lots of people who haven’t seen this band and who want to, so that means I am pretty much set as far as demand goes.

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It hasn’t stopped and it hasn’t slowed down since the movie came out on any level. What did the movie do? Well it made it possible for me and Robb to do that.

I am now making a living from Anvil again. “And listen, I haven’t been back to doing deliveries since before the movie. We’re not looked at as an old band going through the motions we’re looked at as an old band that has a history but that exists in the here and now with music that is as relevant as it’s ever been,” said Kudlow. The movie was an incredible injection of inspiration to us personally and we remained relevant in the marketplace. They’re just not doing it, whether they’re out of steam, out of nerve, or out of time. First of all, they’re not writing the material that they could and should do.

“We had a new renaissance with the movie because we now have a huge young crowd contingency whereas other bands of our era are not as relevant in the same way. Eight years on, Kudlow, Reiner and latest bassist Chris Robertson (who joined in 2014) are continuing to reap the rewards of their sympathetic cinematic portrayal as the band performs nearly 200 shows a year. It also literally resuscitated the band’s flagging career, as the film helped the band land tour dates, record deals and – most significantly – meant they could quit their day jobs. Folks saw how influential Anvil was to an entire generation of metal bands and fans, and how their steadfast dedication to their music and their fans, saw them through a host of debacles, disappointments and depredations that would have sent many bands packing years earlier.

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The film was full of heart and soul and not only garnered great acclaim for the filmmakers, but put the band back into the consciousness of rock and metal fans – especially those outside North America. The legendary Toronto-based metal band Anvil became a cause celebre in 2008 with the release of one of the more truthful, authentic and heart-warming rock and roll documentaries of all time – Anvil: The Story of Anvil.Īn achingly revealing but ultimately uplifting story of a ragamuffin band battling the vagaries of a music industry that seemed to have left Anvil in the dust decades before, the film showed the pluck, tenacity and insistent, almost pyrrhic fortitude of band co-founders Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow (guitar, vocals, primary songwriter) and drummer Robb Reiner (and their bass player de jour at the time) as they struggled mightily to continue the dream begun in their suburban basements back in the early 1970s. Anvil will be playing some Canadian dates before heading off to Europe in support of their latest album Anvil is Anvil.

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