BY GORAN SAVIC
Anvil is the story of a Metal Band from Canada, who has struggled for many many years to make it to the top of the Metal Scene. We follow the bands struggles from day to day.
They go through many bad times. Bad management, almost no fans at their shows, but they continue on. They miss their train connections, get lost in a city and are late for a gig, club owners refuse to pay them. Whatever seems that could go wrong, does go wrong.
There are interviews with members of bands that did make it big, such as Lemmy from Motorhead, Slash, Lars Ulrich. While they all say that Anvil was a really good band, no one can really say why they didn't achieve it to the next level, and are a struggling band.
The 2 main members of the band, Steve"Lips" Kudlow, and Robb Reiner have stuck with it for 30 years, thinking that they can still make it really big. As you watch this film, you wonder what it will take before they throw in the towel.
Through it all, "Lips" keeps going even after going through small crowds, a bad manager who can't get them decent paying gigs,rejection after rejection from record labels, he still goes on about his day and is still a happy guy through it all.
With all the bad things that go through both of their lives, you start to cheer for them and hope that some good news will come their way, and when the final scene has them going to Japan to play, and "Lips" worrying about their maybe only being 5 people show up to see them play, it was really nice to see a full arena to watch them.
There are interviews with members of bands that did make it big, such as Lemmy from Motorhead, Slash, Lars Ulrich. While they all say that Anvil was a really good band, no one can really say why they didn't achieve it to the next level, and are a struggling band.
The 2 main members of the band, Steve"Lips" Kudlow, and Robb Reiner have stuck with it for 30 years, thinking that they can still make it really big. As you watch this film, you wonder what it will take before they throw in the towel.
Through it all, "Lips" keeps going even after going through small crowds, a bad manager who can't get them decent paying gigs,rejection after rejection from record labels, he still goes on about his day and is still a happy guy through it all.
With all the bad things that go through both of their lives, you start to cheer for them and hope that some good news will come their way, and when the final scene has them going to Japan to play, and "Lips" worrying about their maybe only being 5 people show up to see them play, it was really nice to see a full arena to watch them.
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