#ANVIL BAND 1980S FULL#

Following its release, Lemmy Kilmister asked Lips to play guitar for Motörhead to replace 'Fast' Eddie Clarke, but Lips declined. Shortly after they were signed by Attic Records, they changed their name to Anvil and the independent album was released by Attic as their debut album. In 1981, the band released an independent album called Hard 'N' Heavy.

#ANVIL BAND 1980S FULL#

By 1978, the first full line-up of the band included Kudlow (lead vocals, lead guitar), Reiner (drums), Dave 'Squirrely' Allison (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Ian 'Dix' Dickson (bass). They met through friend, guitarist and neighbour Marty Hoffman, but “musical differences” caused his departure after their first show. The roots of Anvil began in April 1973 in Toronto, when high school friends Steve 'Lips' Kudlow and Robb Reiner began playing music together. Anvil's antics on and off stage, the setbacks they suffered, and their determination to keep going was compared to the fictional band Spinal Tap. Reviewers described Anvil as a pioneering hair metal band that was popular in the 1980s but then faded into obscurity in the 1990s, while refusing to stop playing, recording and gigging. Appearances at both major heavy metal festivals, including Download, Loud Park and Hellfest, and independent music festivals like Bumbershoot and SXSW, also followed the release of the film. Upon its release, the film garnered critical acclaim from many major publications, and has since brought the band renewed recognition, including opening slots with AC/DC and Saxon. The band, in particular Kudlow and Reiner, was the subject of the 2008 documentary film, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, directed by the screenwriter and former Anvil roadie, Sacha Gervasi. To date, the band has released fifteen studio albums, and has been cited as having influenced many notable heavy metal groups, including Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax and Metallica.

The band consists of Steve 'Lips' Kudlow (vocals, guitar), Robb Reiner (drums) and Chris Robertson (bass). Anvil's antics on and off stage, the setbacks they suffered, and their determination to keep going was compared to the fictional band Spinal Tap.Anvil are a Canadian heavy metal band from Toronto, Ontario, formed in 1978. To date, the band has released sixteen studio albums, and has been cited as having influenced many notable heavy metal groups, including Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax and Metallica. Anvil are a Canadian heavy metal band from Toronto, Ontario, formed in 1978.

Anvil band 1980s