"Anvil" the rock band

[NiceCupOfTea]

Saw them interviewed on BBC Breakfast and now watching a review of this film on Wossy.

What's going on with this? Is it for real? I've never heard of them. You just can't fail to draw parallels with Spinal Tap - even down to the footage at Stonehenge and (I believe) Rob Reiner being involved.

It's billed as the funniest documentary about a rock band ever made. Having watched Spinal Tap again last night I'll reserve judgement about that

[Driller]

What about Badnews?

[Boozy]

Real story about a real band, heard the director or someone talking about it on R4 on Friday, they now serve burgers or something in the states.

[Ferg]

Driller said:

What about Badnews?

"I'm not getting back in the van until Alan says we're Heavy Metal"

[Driller]

Ferg said:

Driller said:

What about Badnews?

"I'm not getting back in the van until Alan says we're Heavy Metal"

Haven't seen it in ages, must get the DVD.

[Kinky]

I saw them live in '83 or '84, and I have to say they were bloody brilliant. I had some of their albums from that time too.

Brilliant band - and clearly there for the fun of it

For some reason I thought they were a Canadian band.

[neilr]

They are Canadians. Saw this on Friday. Its pretty entertaining in a 'Spinal tap for real' kind of a way. Basically its a feature length documentary (or, if you will, rockumentary) about Anvil today.

[Ferg]

Driller said:

Ferg said:

Driller said:

What about Badnews?

"I'm not getting back in the van until Alan says we're Heavy Metal"

Haven't seen it in ages, must get the DVD.

"Alright! Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal. Like your fking brain"

"£2 for one bloody sausage. Don't come here"

Probably my favourite Comic Strip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8feNFx3y3U

[Kinky]

Just so I've got this right .....

They've released a 'rockumentary' about themselves?

What's it called? Is it in the cinemas? I'll certainly go see it

[NiceCupOfTea]

Kinky said:

Just so I've got this right .....

They've released a 'rockumentary' about themselves?

What's it called? Is it in the cinemas? I'll certainly go see it

"Anvil : The Real Story" or something - with a bit of luck this film will be the making of them. I hope they get what they're due, they sound good and 10/10 commitment!

"fk the napkin!"

[audidoody]

Robb Reiner - Anvil's drummer

No relation

[Red Firecracker]

Excellent band.

Looking forward to seeing the movie.

http://anvilmovie.com/

[zahal]

Saw the film yesterday. Absolutely brilliant. One of the best things I've seen at the cinema in ages. For the first 10 minutes, even though I'd read a bit about the film and knew it was a genuine documentary, I thought it had to be a pisstake. Funny and very touching.