Guest chax Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 At 14, Toronto school friends Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, went on to become the "demigods of Canadian metal," releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982's Metal on Metal. The album influenced a musical generation, including Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, that went on to sell millions of records. But Anvil's career took a different path - straight to obscurity. This movie just came out in certain cities (I think LA, New York, Toronto, etc) and it just totally blew me away. I'm not into metal at all, but the documentary was very interesting and very real and well done (it was shot over two years). I usually don't get that sentimental but I definitely did cry at the end I really do believe that the right time/place (I don't want to get into a philosophical discussion about fate) can be responsible for everything, but I'm sure Anvil will get their due because of this movie. They were also just inducted into "The Canadian Indies Hall of Fame", which probably doesn't matter but is good. Anyway I just had to post that I saw this and when it's out on DVD everyone should check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 i almost respect them simply because of the Kraftwerk reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stoppit Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Yeah, I want to see this Toronto school friends Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner Seems like a weird coincidence that the guy has the same name as the director of Spinal Tap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Caustic Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 story of down-and-out forgotten metal heroes eh. looks good, will check it out for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Is essines seeing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 THE ONE YOU CALL ESSINES DOES NOT LISTEN TO MERE MORTAL ROCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chax Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Netflix has it as "unknown availibilty." I saved it anyway to remind me to locate a torrent or a cheap copy somehow. That trailer was really compelling! don't worry, you'll definitely get the movie off of netflix, it's going to become huge. the biggest deal with this for me personally, was the whole contrast of the work/dream lifestyle scenario. do you find a job that you find personal satisfaction with and "love"? or do you work a mind-numbing garbage job in order to survive and dedicate all your free time to your passion for music even though you know you'll never make enough money from it or "make it" ever. when do you give up on your dreams? there's so much stuff to get into, i definitely need to see it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 THE ONE YOU CALL ESSINES DOES NOT LISTEN TO MERE MORTAL ROCK lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autopilot Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Saw the trailer for this when I went to see The Wrestler and it seemed like really compelling. Will seek out a torrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 this looks awesome. couldn't find any torrents yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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