MusicFrenzy.net’s John Doan recently conducted an interview with ANVIL drummer Robb Reiner and guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow. In the interview the guys talk about their next documentary project, which has a working title of Anvil 2: The Quest For World Peace. Excerpts from the interview are below:

Robb Reiner: "Me and Lips are gonna try to rally the world and throw a peace concert in Israel, and they're gonna film it."

Steve "Lips" Kudlow: "The selfish endeavor of making it for ourselves is pretty much done. We're living the dream. Now it's like, what can we do to change the world? We changed our world, but what can we do to change the world to make it a better place? There's a way to use your celebrity for really good things."

Robb Reiner: "We're gonna go and rally this and we're gonna try to pull this off. See, we don't know if we're gonna pull this off, but we're gonna make a major attempt. And they're gonna film our quest. And if it does happen, that's amazing. And if it doesn't happen…"

Steve "Lips" Kudlow: "…Then the world will see that, even though we tried, what the obstacles were and what we have to overcome. As a human race, what we have to overcome."

Robb Reiner: "We're gonna talk to lots of bands, politicians, corporations… Everything possible to be involved in this, we're gonna rally, and we'll film it in real time, and we'll see what happens."

Steve "Lips" Kudlow: "The whole concept started sitting in the director's house and there's a newspaper sitting on the kitchen table, and I just started flipping out, 'cause I was reading it. It was one of those situations where things were really melting down on the Gaza Strip. And I just went, 'What is this? When is this gonna stop? Is there something anybody can do about this?' And he went, 'You could do something about it. You're getting famous. You could do something about it.' And I, 'Well, what can we do?' And he went, 'Think about it. Just give it some thought.' About a few weeks later, I thought, what if we went to some place, like in Jerusalem, but in a no man's land, like by the Wailing Wall, and we'll hold the festival there — where all three major religious groups can gather in peace and bring a community together. The other aspect is the 'global metal' phenomenon. There is metal bands from every country on earth. This could be represented totally by the genre itself. Anvil is rocking and we're cruising, and this will be something that we're doing as well."

Listen to the interview below:

SPV/Steamhammer will release the next batch of reissues from Anvil on April 20th in Germany, April 23rd throughout Europe.

Anvil are well known now because of the movie The Story Of Anvil, and the highly acclaimed new studio album Juggernaut For Justice. Some of their finest albums are now available in Europe again as high class digipak 2 in 1 re-releases with new booklets including liner notes from Lips and Robb as well as new photos.

Upcoming releases include:

Plugged in Permament / Absolutely No Alternative:

CD 1 - Plugged In Permanent

'Racial Hostility'

'Doctor Kevorkian'

'Smokin Green'

'Destined For Doom'

'Killer Hill'

'Face Pull'

'I´m Trying To Sleep'

'Five Knuckle Shuffle'

'Truth Or Consequence'

'Guilty'

CD 2 - Absolutely No Alternative

'Old School'

'Green Jesus'

'Show Me Your Tits'

'Noone To Follow'

'Hair Pie'

'Rubber Neck'

'Piss Test'

'Red Light'

'Black Or White'

'Hero By Death'

Speed Of Sound / Plenty Of Power:

CD 1 - Speed Of Sound

'Speed Of Sound'

'Blood In The Playground'

'Deadbeat Dad'

'Man Over Board'

'No Evil'

'Bullshit'

'Matress Mambo'

'Secret Agent'

'Life To Lead'

'Park That Truck'

CD 2 - Plenty Of Power

'Plenty Of Power'

'Groove Science'

'Ball Of Fire'

'The Creep'

'Computer Drone'

'Beat The Law'

'Pro Wrestling'

'Siren Of The Sea'

'Disgruntled'

'Real Metal'

Anvil live 2012:

April

28 - Lauda/Königshofen, Germany – Keep It True Festival

August

10 - Skogsröjet, Sweden – Skogsröjet Festival
12 - Catton Hall, UK - Bloodstock Open Air