Black Friday! Anvil! The Story of Anvil! Greatest rock doc ever?! We shall see!

Friday, February 20th, 2009 | fliX, musiX

Canadian metal band Anvil got its start in the early-’70s when guitarist Steve “Lips” Kudlow and Robb Reiner decided they were going to play metal. Forever! Well, it’s been forever, and Anvil is more popular now than they were during their days playing stadiums with Scorpions and Bon Jovi in the ’80s. You’ve never heard of Anvil, have you?

Well, Anvil released a number of records including the classics Hard ‘N’ Heavy, Metal On Metal and Strength of Steel. Still nothing? That’s sort of the basis for Anvil! The Story of Anvil, a film that follows the band in their eternal quest to make it as the “demigods of Canadian metal.” There was a time when Anvil was being touted as the next Metallica. Everyone knows how that turned out.

Director Sacha Gervasi’s film debuted at Sundance last year and has received lots of press—some see it as an emotional triumph of following your dreams; others as sad and ludicrous as This is Spinal Tap. It’s probably a little of both, a story that’s been played out a million times … I say why not let it be the gents in Anvil who find that elusive success by telling their tale? Anvil! The Story of Anvil will show in select U.S. theaters in April, including in Portland at Cinema 21 on April 24.

Trailer for Anvil! The Story of Anvil

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