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ANVIL: More SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Footage Posted Online

A four-minute clip featuring Canadian metal legends ANVIL reflecting after the 2008 Sundance Film Festival premiere of director Sacha Gervasi's film "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" can be viewed below. Video footage of ANVIL jamming with Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) and Scott Ian (ANTHRAX) at...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Issues Post-SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Update

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has issued the following update: "I'm home from Sundance [Film Festival]. What a blast that festival is. All we did was snowboard, eat and drink. I did see one movie (the reason I was there),'Anvil! The Story Of Anvil'. It was directed by my friend Sacha Gervasi and I he...

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ANVIL Jams With SLASH, SCOTT IAN In Utah; Video Available

Video footage of Canadian metal legends ANVIL jamming with Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) and Scott Ian (ANTHRAX) at a Park City, Utah gig this past Monday (January 21) during the Sundance Film Festival can be found at RollingStone.com. Video footage of director Sacha Gervasi and ANVIL membe...

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ANVIL's Documentary Makes Unlikely Noise At SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

Marc Weisblott of Eye Weekly reports: ANVIL have just flown home from the Sundance Film Festival, where "Anvil!: The Story of Anvil" — a documentary about the Toronto speed-metal band's tenacity — has been screening to packed theatres all week, in time for a Friday night gig at the Bovine Sex Club....

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ANVIL Members At SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Premiere Of 'The Story Of Anvil'; Video Available

Video footage of director Sacha Gervasi and ANVIL members Steve "Lips" Kudlow (vocals, guitar) and Robb Reiner (drums) at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Gervasi's film "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" can be viewed below. "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" is said to be a mockumentary-like true acc...

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ANVIL Film Director Wants Kids To Be 'Inspired' By Band's Story

A short interview with Sacha Gervasi — the director of "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", a mockumentary-like true account of fiftysomething Canadian heavy-metal practitioners Robb Reiner and Steve "Lips" Kudlow who, after a desultory European tour with their band ANVIL, decide to record a 13th album in a...

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AXEMASTER Announces New Bassist

Ohio-based metallers AXEMASTER have issued the following update: "AXEMASTER is happy to announce that it has completed its lineup with the addition of bassist Jim Curtis. Jim's a world-class player with vast experience in a wide range of music. He says, 'I'm honored to be in AXEMASTER and ready to h...

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Report: Thundering ANVIL Makes Some Noise

John Horn of the Los Angeles Times reports: The lead singer wears a dog collar and plays his guitar with a sex toy. One of their first songs, "Thumb Hang", is about the Spanish inquisition. And the amplifier knob actually goes to 11. In so many ways, the heavy metal band ANVIL is ...

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ANVIL Schedules Toronto Concert

Canadian metal legends ANVIL will perform at the Bovine Sex Club in Toronto, Ontario on January 26. "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", a mockumentary-like true account of fiftysomething Canadian heavy-metal practitioners Robb Reiner and Steve "Lips" Kudlow who, after a desultory European tour with their b...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist To Attend ANVIL Film Screenings

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian will appear at various screenings of "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, which runs January 17-27, 2008, in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah. Scott stars as "Metal Liaison" in the film. "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" is a mocku...

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ANVIL Filmmaker Speaks

indieWIRE recently conducted an interview with Sacha Gervasi, who directed "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", a mockumentary-like true account of fiftysomething Canadian heavy-metal practitioners Robb Reiner and Steve "Lips" Kudlow who, after a desultory European tour with their band ANVIL, decide to reco...

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ANVIL: 'The Story Of Anvil' SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Screening Times Announced

"Anvil! The Story of Anvil", a mockumentary-like true account of fiftysomething Canadian heavy-metal practitioners Robb Reiner and Steve "Lips" Kudlow who, after a desultory European tour with their band ANVIL, decide to record a 13th album in a final attempt to fulfill their boyhead dreams of stard...

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Writer's Quest To Promote Underground Heavy Metal Explored In 'Metal Generation' Book

Darryl J. Keck, former editor of Amplified Assault and High Volume magazines, has penned a new book called "Metal Generation". According to Keck, "Metal Generation" is "a heavy metal writer's journey through the past twenty-five years with this music. This is a first-hand perspective of the quest to...

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Forever In Leather

Old-school metal bands don't get much more authentic than Cleveland, Ohio working-class bruisers DESTRUCTOR. After a well-received 1985 debut, the band signed to Island Records and was hard at work on their major-label debut when their longtime friend and bassist was murdered. The stunned group went...

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EXTREME Guitarist Says LED ZEPPELIN Should Be Allowed To Rock At Any Age

EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has penned a lengthy response to music industry commentator Bob Lefsetz's recent review of LED ZEPPELIN's reunion concert at the O2 arena in London in which Bob wrote, in part, "LED ZEPPELIN is dead. And one of the reasons it's so revered is that the band didn't ca...