OFF: Anvil: The Story of Anvil! (was: Re: HW: what's happening....)

[Paul Mather]

I second this!  I saw the film at the local cinema and can heartily  
recommend it.  Although it is real-life _Spinal Tap_ in quite a few  
places, overall I found it a very touching and moving film in the  
end---one more about an enduring friendship and pursuing a chosen  
dream than simply the story of an almost-made-it heavy metal band.   
(Perhaps more pertinent to this list, I couldn't help wondering all  
the way through, "is this what latter-day Hawkwind and BOC have to put  
up with nowadays?)

It's a really good documentary, made by a fan apparently, and I hope,  
if nothing else, it drives some resurgence of interest and sales  
Anvil's way.

Cheers,

Paul.

On Jul 15, 2009, at 11:29 AM, gary shindler wrote:

> It's a good documentary: the singer/guitarist is a cater/delivery  
> person and the drummer is also doing a 9-5 dead end job. They get a  
> tour offer to tour Europe and try to convince Chris Tsangarides to  
> produce a new record (which they have to borrow money to make). This  
> woman manages their tour and I wonder if she even knew what she was  
> doing (she later marries their guitarist). In one scene they  
> basically play this dungeon and argue about getting paid. They often  
> have to take the train to gigs.
> Lemmy, Lars Ulrich, Slash, etc. are interviewed. It shows footage of  
> them playing some Japanese festival in the 80s. I was an 80s metal  
> kid and I hadn't heard them (I started to listening to Metallica  
> when "Ride the Lightning" came out). I recommend it.
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> From: mike coleman <insect.brain at GMAIL.COM>
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:03:17 AM
> Subject: Re: HW: what's happening....
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> Carl- > ps - got a copy of the _Anvil! The Story of Anvil_ DVD as  
> well, which I > gather is top viewing. :) I almost brought this up  
> This band came up in a conversation somehow, and I recalled I had  
> seen them in my youth, and I remember thinking back then that they  
> were unique in some way, so I looked on wikipedia and to my utter  
> shock, they've made (this) movie about the band that "sometimes  
> plays gigs and nobody is there at all", and it is supposed to be one  
> of the best rock-docs ever made and it has lemmy.... anything  
> further on this appreciated cheers mike
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