Billboard Report: ANVIL On A Roll As Film Hits Theaters
April 3, 2009, 15 years ago
David J. Prince Billboard.com has posted the following report on Canuck metal legends ANVIL:
"I don't believe miracles happen halfway," Steve "Lips" Kudlow says. "It took a lifetime for this to actually come to fruition, but this time I went up to bat and knocked it right out of the park."Anvil, the influential yet decidedly underground thrash metal trio Kudlow started more than 30 years ago with childhood friend Robb Reiner, is finally having that breakthrough moment most bands only get to dream about. In the past three months, the group has signed a management deal with Rick Sales (SLAYER, MASTODON), taken on booking agents Steve Strange (COLDPLAY, EMINEM) and Scott Sokol (OASIS, BLACK SABBATH), hosted VH1 Classic's That Metal Show, prepared to play headlining slots at the Glastonbury and Download (formerly Donnington) Festivals and geared up for the US nationwide theatrical release of its award-winning documentary Anvil: The Story Of Anvil.
But it was a long way to the top for these rock'n'rollers. While its debut album, 1982's Metal On Metal, brought the group some renown and influenced a generation of million-selling bands like Metallica and Anthrax, Anvil remained an obscure sideshow of the heavy metal culture for two decades. By 2006, the band had released a dozen albums on numerous labels with negligible sales and played dozens of grungy club tours while achieving none of the fame, fortune or trappings of rock'n'roll stardom.
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