ANVIL At Los Angeles Film Festival; Photos Available
July 7, 2008, 15 years ago
Pictures of ANVIL at the Los Angeles Film Festival at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California on June 26th have been posted here. They include photos of Scott Ian (ANTHRAX) jamming with the band.
Anvil! The Story Of Anvil was LA Weekly's Critic's Pick with the following description:
"With testimonials from the likes of Lemmy Kilmister (MOTÖRHEAD), Lars Ulrich (METALLICA) and Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES), you’d think that Anvil - the subject of Sacha Gervasi’s hilarious and achingly touching documentary - was Canada’s answer to LED ZEPPELIN or BLACK SABBATH. But 13 albums into a career that began in the late ’70s, the metalheads from the Great White North have yet to enjoy the fame and fortune of their fellow hard-rock stars. Director and one-time roadie for the band, Gervasi (who wrote the story for what became The Terminal) follows Anvil’s remaining original members, singer Steve “Lips” Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner, two nice Jewish knuckleheads of Spinal Tap–ian proportions; Kudlow used to play his guitar with a dildo; his early songs were inspired by the Spanish Inquisition. Amphitheaters the band once shared with BON JOVI and WHITESNAKE have given way to sports bars and community centers. And if they’re not missing trains thanks to bumbling managers, they’re being screwed by European club owners (including a Hungarian who is filmed also serving goulash to customers — easily the doc’s funniest moment). But even while trudging through 9-to-5 jobs in their 50s — Kudlow, as a driver for a catering company, Reiner, as a construction worker — the duo still talk the dream."
