For a while now we’ve been taking our entertainment cues from Entertainment Weekly’s Owen Gleiberman and The New York Post’s Linda Stassi. They both have good taste, they know good stuff when they see it and rarely if ever have they steered us wrong.So when we saw both of their glowing, drop-everything-and-see-it reviews of “The Story of Anvil” we had to check it out. Though we had no interest in 80’s heavy metal rock n’ roll, based on Linda and Owen’s raves, we took a chance and checked it out. What we witnessed was one of the most hilarious, heart-breaking and triumphant rock documentaries ever.
“The Story of Anvil” – the DVD released on Tuesday — is about a real live 80’s Canadian metal band whose career went nowhere despite their enormous musical influence on virtually every heavy metal band of the 80s’. Clearly a lot went wrong for Anvil, and lesser men would have called it a day about 20 years ago -- but not these guys.
Instead the two founding members soldiered on, got menial day jobs, and kept right on playing more often than not for just a handful of die-hard fans at a time. Now well into their 50’s, the Anvil boys are still dreaming of stardom and trying to hit the big time, regardless of their advancing age, their 30-year track-record of commercial failure and mortgages on the precipice of default.
Will they make it? Will they fall apart? Will anyone show up at their next concert? We’re not saying, but we will say that “The Story of Anvil” will rock your world, no matter what your taste in music. Don’t miss it. To see the trailer and find out more: http://www.anvilthemovie.com/
