I saw this band play at a bar in downtown Chicago over the weekend and I have to tell you they rocked harder than any band out there! Just the three of them got on stage and played like they were at a sold out Madison Square Garden! They earned my respect and I salute these hardcore mother fuckers!
I’ve seen them twice at a bar in Minneapolis. They played for a hundred people as if it were thousands. I have never seen such a blend of passion and honesty.
guitar cables don't melt at 20,000 degrees Charlie Sheen didn't Rob The Treasure of a trillion dollars I got the documents I'm risking my life here folks
The thing I admire about Anvil the most is that they never folded or changed despite being jerked around by record labels and hampered by financial struggles. They continued to make records and do tours above all this. They have also outlasted many more commercially successful bands who sold stacks of albums but no longer exist by the number of records to their discography and their sheer longevity. Can't wait for the new album coming this month!
I think its cool that they're still around releasing albums but idk about the rest. In their documentary they desperately wanted any record label to sign them. They weren't really jerked around due to lack of interest instead of integrity for their sound imo
Saw these guys last week. They are still amazing. It was a very small venue and maybe 30 people there. But they still played their asses off like they were in front of a crowd of 50,000 at a stadium. The best part though, is you can tell they were truly having a fun time playing.
Saw that band in Montreal in 1983 and 1985 I was with a couple of chicks so we ended up backstage partying with them I still have the drum stick the drummer gave me what a great band and really cool guys
METAL ON METAL !!! , please pass my chardonnay . Saw an ad for a local show and had to look it up and here we are . Still rolling in 2024 good on them .
Been watching their documentary on Netflix, I was thinking it was all a parody like Spinal Tap until I googled the band. Now I feel compelled to learn more about the band and support them.
Easily to believe, since it feels like a mockumentary because they are such ridiculous stereotypes. Funny that the passing of a few decades can turn something sub-mediocre into something which is viewed a "classic".
The documentary describes a band that worked hard many, many years and never got big. But yet they still struggled on. Now all that effort is admireable!!!
You can say whatever you want about anvil. Music is more than sound in the radio, being famous with mansions and expensive cars. Music is feeling. Is love for the things that you do. Anvil never died.
Man, I wish these guys all the success that they deserve. They have worked so hard for so long, without getting a break. Lips seems like such a good guy. Whatever you say about these guys, they are not quitters. RESPECT!
They definitely do not suck! You people must be on crack. I've been a fan for years and seen them live, they are very talented musicians. These guys are all heart and stick true to their roots, never selling out. That's probably why they don't live in mansions and drive nice cars, they're all passion.
J.D. Ødegård To be successful, you have to have some talent, Kiss being the only gimmick exception. Even if that talent is simple songwriting which Anvil never possessed.
+Scott N the only reason kiss made a shit load of money is because they made two movies and made a god knows how much merchandise that wasn't necessary and cause of genes to shows
This song is like my definition of metal music. The beat and the guitar riff. I just hate that the lead guitar player was still inside that airplane that was landing that he was not seen in the video playing the solo.
They have tried and tried and tried but their music still sucks. No matter how good Robb Reiner is on drums the band sucks. It is lower than mediocre songs and the riffs are piss poor without melody. Even a 3 chord punk band blows them out of the water. Like in the documentary back from 2008 when one of their wives said that they should have quit long ago. And then they borrowed 10,000 Canadian dollars from Lip's sister to make some album which did not go anywhere. They are still in some rented RV touring 50 ppl clubs with 3 ppl in attendance. And now they are like 60 years old and still dream of being heavy metal stars...
Even if you don't want to follow them musically, follow them in the sense of how they felt about music. They WOULD NOT give up even though they never became famous at all. They didn't give 2 shits if people didn't like them, they just wanted to keep playing tunes. I love Anvil and they are a pretty great example of dedication.
In 1983 at 17 years old, 2 friends of mine had tickets for Zebra at the Palladium in NYC. I wasn't a big fan of them but they were okay and it was a night out. I had never heard of the band that opened for them and usually didn't pay much mind to opening bands anyway (bad move.) But they were so freakin' heavy! The song "Forged in Fire" was as heavy as it got! Keep in mind this was before some of the heavy bands came out. This song was heavier than Maiden or Priest songs because it was just so dark. Lip playing guitar with that vibrator was another attention getter. I've been an Anvil fan since.
They're fucking horrible. They're good guys, the documentary definitely pulled at the heartstrings, and their commitment is commendable, but they never went anywhere because they suck.
@@TedDiabetes Legit. I liked the documentary but these guys, the singer in particular, need a severe attitude adjustment. You can't make music like this and complain that "the world just doesn't get it man". Especially when you consider the numerous GENUINELY talented and interesting bands that went nowhere due to lack of opportunity or bad luck. Idk why Anvil feels more entitled than any of those bands
Yep , I remember them being on a compilation album from Metal Blade records. Anvil , Venom , Metallica and others. From listening to that I bought the "Kill 'Em All" record ....I did not purchase the Anvil record.
Went to their live performance last night. They are fucking awesome. Still better than most bands I've seen. The Live energy was insane, the music was dead clean. I've heard worse audio at professional concerts not held in small venues like the one they played in Melbourne.
The Howling Forge stop generalizing entire genres of music. I don’t like mumble rap either but I’ve not heard all of it either so I have no idea if it’s all bad. You’re just jealous that people are successful doing something that you don’t like.
Lips still has those Fender Twin Reverbs you see behind him. A bit more beat up, but he STILL HAS THEM and STILL TOURS WITH THEM. They don't make amps like they used to
I'm into hardcore and punk, but bands like Anvil (and other 80s thrash bands) are what led me to punk. So it will be with great pleasure that I will go see Anvil in Dallas on May 19th, 2018. Went to a Turnstile gig last night (April 24 in Austin) and couldn't believe I saw an Anvil flyer! I'm moving to Ft. Worth in 2 weeks so I'll drive an hour to see Anvil in Dallas. Man, they've got to be in their 60s and still doing this?! Well, I'm 50 & still in the pit & stage diving so I guess age is only how you live/think/feel.
If ever a band deserved to “make it” it’s Anvil, they were definitely screwed over in the 80’s. Great band that should’ve had a lot more success than they did.
Respect to Anvil for sticking with it, and to be fair they were pretty good musicians, but the truth is they weren't more successful because their songs were average at best.
Back in 1984, if you put away the leaders such as Judas Priest, Iron Maiden or Scorpions and the new batch of future leaders like the "Big 4", most of the successful bands in the Metal world had average songs at best... In my opinion, Anvil failed to pass one step mainly to a lack of image/attitude, and maybe Lips was too much a nice guy with very little sense of business...they were enjoying themselves, but they didn't really though of the next step...
I saw Anvil last night in Stoke really enjoyed it. I think lips can be nasty if wants to be. You probably seen the film were he loses his temper with the manager of the bar that tried to pay him with goulash
To be honest, I think another big reason why they never went to the next step was cause of their music. Yeah their music could be considered "average at best", but over time, it became boring and didn't make a difference in the marketplace. This kind of shit was big back in the 80's, but nowadays it doesn't make a difference. Anvil never evolved. That's a big reason why they weren't more successful.
They got the wrong manager. That's probably why they had to go catering despite their potential success seen here besides their stubborn attitude towards old rock sound
This song came out in 82, same year as Screaming For Vengeance and Number Of The Beast. Sorry but that shows the gap in talent here and why they never made it big.
There is something incredibly metal about the 747 landing while Lips is shredding out the main solo and then the guys chilling out backstage with refreshments etc. Just absolute prime raging Canadian Steel here. Also the main riff is the perfect example of the Phrygian Mode in action.
@@geogeo2299 Anvil playing this at a rocket or space shuttle launch? Cannot imagine anything more metal! To Boldly Go Where No Headbanger Has Gone Before 🚀
I hate to say it, but Nagoya Baseball Stadium is nowhere near any airport. I thought it was at first too, but that's just footage of (presumably) Anvil arriving in Japan.
Remember folks, these guy invented a sub genre. No one was doing this style of metal in the early 80s they influenced all the big thrash bands of the 80s and they are from TO! think about how many influential bands came out of Toronto, basically taking Rock to a new level that other's from all over the world could follow, pioneers!
I was a teen/young adult in the late 70s/early 80s and a metal fan. Every group of metalhead buddies had that one odd looking long haired dude that was weird, but a good guy and good friend that always had your back. I'm talking about the one that was over the top metal from head to toe! I bet Steve "Lips" Kudlow was that dude in someone's group of metalhead buddies!
lo de la musica es discutible,, en cuanto a que te refieras a las personas como gomelas solo quiere decir que eres una momia ,, que no0 paga una boleta ni de $5000 y se enrrumba toda la noche con media cerveza! hermano por la gente como usted es que hay pocos mega conciertos en colombia asi que no critique!
My Brother Jeff had this album in 1982 and was a BIG fan, he had an Anvil patch on his jacket next to his Judas Priest. He virtually promoted this song and band in CT before anyone new who they were. I love you brother and wish I could have been there when you made that choice. RIP Jeff.
You sure about that? Have you listened to Metallica's last few albums? Load, Reload, St Anger, Death Magnetic? Even the Black Album is an overt display of de-metalization by record labels (if there's such a term). Like it or not, Anvil are more metal than Metallica these days. But as you said rightly, each to their own.
And this is exactly why they didn't find any success in the 80s. They dressed up as glam rockers, but had the heaviness of a thrash-lite band. Their cheesiness indicated that musically they should go for the glam, but Lips and the drummer were neither good-looking nor had that kind of sell-out mentality.
Ugly dudes dressing up glammy, playing cheese, but heavier cheese that didn't fit into a scene. Yep. lol. Additionally, Lips can't sing, he has a 3rd rate Thrash vocalists voice, which would pass if the music was ferocious like proper thrash, but isn't strong enough to front hard rock or traditional metal. In short -- lack of success due to not being that good + wrong image.
Maybe these guys deserved more, but now I think I see that they refused to change. I think only one band (AC/DC) refused to change and could make enough of the same types of hits to maintain and elevate their careers. These guys needed to burn bright and then coast on nostalgia. But maybe their enduring legacy is being a starter flame for the kids that became Metallica and Megadeth, who are pure legends at least to my generation, I can hear them in the drums and lips’ high pitched singing. No matter what happens these guys have earned their stars in that metal pantheon in the sky!
I watched the Story of Anvil for the second time yesterday and saw myself in 20 years, for the second time :) These guys are authentically in love with Metal and deserve recognition much more than other famous bands. Keep on rockin' !!
Their documentary was blaming everything for their career failure except for the fact that they just weren't that good. They weren't awful but this song sounds amatuerish.
me too ): and i am still sad that this band super underrated from what they should be!!! this band is so better than metallica!! and i think the big 4 is: anvil kreator slayer sodom
What a lot of people forget is Anvil were part of the few metal bands (others were bands like Metallica and megadeath) which helped to popularise thrash metal and bury hair metal and if you watch the documentary Lars does kind of hint towards that point
Luis Carruthers Have you ever heard of Megadeth or Metallica? Their singers aren’t really ”good” at singing. Not any better or worse than Lips, really. Both of those bands are & were huge. Lemmy doesn’t have the most ”beautiful” of singing vocals either, and while I personally feel like that makes the songs better for their music... I feel the exact same way with Anvil. Lips’ vocals does the job fine. Damn fine. Megadeth have way worse vocals and they were more successful. Disclaimer: I like Megadeth, relax.
Yeah I've never even heard of this band, and I'm listening now and wondering why he was the vocalist. I want to love these guys, but the singer is just terrible and not in a good way. Some singers are terrible in a good way, but he's not one of them 😅
I met Anvil in the 80's when I was a teenager, then I stopped hear about this band for many years until I watched That Metal Show talking about the premiere of the documentary many years ago. Being a drummer in a rock band in the late 80's and early 90's in my country and my band fell apart, seeing the dedication, the most heroic effort and the love of these guys about they do, made my eyes watered when i watched the documentary. They deserve an award, they are one of the forerunners of Metal.
I see that they are still touring, but then I heard the drummer... Am I the only one to hear the ear cramp found at 3:29 along with.. well, everything? I love metal, but this song does metal no justice. Spinal Tap rocks way harder. No apologies.
I feel like Anvil could have been better with a better singer. Lips is a good player, and the band instrumentally is solid. Robb is a fantastic drummer. Theres just a few things in there that don't really particularly work too well.
+Joe Mcdonnel yeah I saw anvil, and from what I got Lips was super passionate about music and the band. Sure, he could have walked away and said find a new singer with bleacher hair and tights to make you famous. That would have killed Lips inside though. It seemed that the band was pretty much his life, and when he wasn't working on the band he seemed depressed. Anvil influenced bands like metallics and slayer, so I would say they were successful. When it comes to music, and especially in Metal, commercial success doesn't define success.
I don't know, I like the vocals, however I think they could have had more creative lyrics. Either way, I think they're still a pretty great 80s metal band.
I saw this band play at a bar in downtown Chicago over the weekend and I have to tell you they rocked harder than any band out there! Just the three of them got on stage and played like they were at a sold out Madison Square Garden! They earned my respect and I salute these hardcore mother fuckers!
Im seeing them at the Shakedown tonight. Bringing my camera :)
@@davidveatch5145 You're in for a treat my friend!
I’ve seen them twice at a bar in Minneapolis. They played for a hundred people as if it were thousands. I have never seen such a blend of passion and honesty.
I live in Chicago and am curious, which bar was it?
@@mariopalos9238 Reggies
There's enough metal in this song to rebuild the Twin Towers, twice.
guitar cables don't melt at 20,000 degrees Charlie Sheen didn't Rob The Treasure of a trillion dollars I got the documents I'm risking my life here folks
That didn’t make any fucking sense you prick
Quadruplet towers doesn't really have the same ring to it.
can we say quad towers
The bigger the cushion, the more for the pushin if you know what I mean....
The thing I admire about Anvil the most is that they never folded or changed despite being jerked around by record labels and hampered by financial struggles. They continued to make records and do tours above all this. They have also outlasted many more commercially successful bands who sold stacks of albums but no longer exist by the number of records to their discography and their sheer longevity. Can't wait for the new album coming this month!
I can’t believe I posted this comment as AnvilHead213 that many years ago and that it’s still here! I still love Anvil and heavy metal by the way \M/
I think its cool that they're still around releasing albums but idk about the rest. In their documentary they desperately wanted any record label to sign them. They weren't really jerked around due to lack of interest instead of integrity for their sound imo
@@rawkguy4896 I wrote this comment such a long time ago as AnvilHead213. I can't say that I really disagree with you there.
Saw these guys last week. They are still amazing.
It was a very small venue and maybe 30 people there. But they still played their asses off like they were in front of a crowd of 50,000 at a stadium.
The best part though, is you can tell they were truly having a fun time playing.
Damn, love to see this band live.
What's a Canuck you ask? A hard-nosed, hard-headed, heavier-than-metal fan..that's the fk what!👽🖤🤘
We watched their documentary in class at school. Anvil just got another fan! :D
Thats fucking sick
thats a badass class
Just finished watching it. Never give up on your dreams
Spinal tap? Good doc
DrGamerOfficial - Loke I want to be in your class
Saw that band in Montreal in 1983 and 1985 I was with a couple of chicks so we ended up backstage partying with them I still have the drum stick the drummer gave me what a great band and really cool guys
METAL ON METAL !!! , please pass my chardonnay . Saw an ad for a local show and had to look it up and here we are . Still rolling in 2024 good on them .
Been watching their documentary on Netflix, I was thinking it was all a parody like Spinal Tap until I googled the band. Now I feel compelled to learn more about the band and support them.
ShadyGrady71, the documentary is killer. It would be fun to watch the Anvil Doc after Spinal Tap with some friends. Ask them which one is real?
is Spinal Tap an actual band too? bcs they do have that one song lol ?
Easily to believe, since it feels like a mockumentary because they are such ridiculous stereotypes. Funny that the passing of a few decades can turn something sub-mediocre into something which is viewed a "classic".
@@petar2761 spinal tap was based on prog band Yes.
Me too!
The documentary describes a band that worked hard many, many years and never got big. But yet they still struggled on. Now all that effort is admireable!!!
You can say whatever you want about anvil.
Music is more than sound in the radio, being famous with mansions and expensive cars.
Music is feeling. Is love for the things that you do.
Anvil never died.
Anvil still sucks. They didn't get anywhere til that documentary because the fucking suck. Objectively.
They suck because they weren't sellouts? Okay well sellouts suck. lol
englishsteel2347 there more popular than your sorry ass!
rex kararocker its a good band, i like anvil a lot.... but they are not the best in their kínd. No offense, respect for this guys! lml
Anvil never lived.
These guys are cool. The singer has balls.
Man, I wish these guys all the success that they deserve. They have worked so hard for so long, without getting a break. Lips seems like such a good guy. Whatever you say about these guys, they are not quitters. RESPECT!
They definitely do not suck! You people must be on crack. I've been a fan for years and seen them live, they are very talented musicians. These guys are all heart and stick true to their roots, never selling out. That's probably why they don't live in mansions and drive nice cars, they're all passion.
J.D. Ødegård To be successful, you have to have some talent, Kiss being the only gimmick exception. Even if that talent is simple songwriting which Anvil never possessed.
+Scott N you say that cause it's not an commercial song it's trully rock n'roll
+Scott N the only reason kiss made a shit load of money is because they made two movies and made a god knows how much merchandise that wasn't necessary and cause of genes to shows
+Ollie Fletcher kiss sucks anvil rules
+Scott N most if kiss songs to cheesy and gene his says rock n roll is dead. Rock n roll ain't dead
This band was hugely appriciated in underground metal scene back in 80's and 90's in Finland.
Sounds intriguing. Intrigue on intrigue, intriguing!
Listening to Anvil for the first time and loving it!
Chris Covers fart
世界まる見え、見て来た人👍
Yeah im simp 🌚🖕
世界の丸見えから来たけどこの曲めっちゃ良き👍
This song is like my definition of metal music. The beat and the guitar riff. I just hate that the lead guitar player was still inside that airplane that was landing that he was not seen in the video playing the solo.
Man, these guys are everything you need to be an awesome metal band, especially in the 80's. Shame they never really got huge like they deserve.
Another metal anthem. Glad this was on an episode of Simpsons.
I have been an Anvil fan ever since the day in March 1983 that I bought the "Metal On Metal" album. Damn was I soo blown away that day!
Andrew Chase you have mu respect man!!! :)
Same here 🍻
They have tried and tried and tried but their music still sucks. No matter how good Robb Reiner is on drums the band sucks. It is lower than mediocre songs and the riffs are piss poor without melody. Even a 3 chord punk band blows them out of the water. Like in the documentary back from 2008 when one of their wives said that they should have quit long ago. And then they borrowed 10,000 Canadian dollars from Lip's sister to make some album which did not go anywhere.
They are still in some rented RV touring 50 ppl clubs with 3 ppl in attendance. And now they are like 60 years old and still dream of being heavy metal stars...
Even if you don't want to follow them musically, follow them in the sense of how they felt about music. They WOULD NOT give up even though they never became famous at all. They didn't give 2 shits if people didn't like them, they just wanted to keep playing tunes. I love Anvil and they are a pretty great example of dedication.
In 1983 at 17 years old, 2 friends of mine had tickets for Zebra at the Palladium in NYC. I wasn't a big fan of them but they were okay and it was a night out. I had never heard of the band that opened for them and usually didn't pay much mind to opening bands anyway (bad move.) But they were so freakin' heavy! The song "Forged in Fire" was as heavy as it got! Keep in mind this was before some of the heavy bands came out. This song was heavier than Maiden or Priest songs because it was just so dark. Lip playing guitar with that vibrator was another attention getter.
I've been an Anvil fan since.
Any blacksmith that's worth his anvil, should be playing this song in his shop.
😂😂😂😂😂
Did Anvil write the songs for the Spinal Tap movie ? Totally their style.
Hahah, I'm sure they probably did! Anvil and Spinal Tap rulezzzzzz!!!
Wasn't Spinal Tap based on Anvils story?
@@GhostlyGrimoire nah i think its more Saxon/maiden based👍
@@GhostlyGrimoire it was based on Yes.
Bro...I can't be the only one that thinks this song is corny AF. like this is like a parody stereotype of shitty 80s metal.
R.I.P. Dave.
This is one hell of a Metal Anthem.
Honestly they were not a very good band period
They're fucking horrible. They're good guys, the documentary definitely pulled at the heartstrings, and their commitment is commendable, but they never went anywhere because they suck.
@@TedDiabetes Legit. I liked the documentary but these guys, the singer in particular, need a severe attitude adjustment. You can't make music like this and complain that "the world just doesn't get it man".
Especially when you consider the numerous GENUINELY talented and interesting bands that went nowhere due to lack of opportunity or bad luck. Idk why Anvil feels more entitled than any of those bands
This is definitely good. But not enough to become huge.
Yep , I remember them being on a compilation album from Metal Blade records. Anvil , Venom , Metallica and others. From listening to that I bought the "Kill 'Em All" record ....I did not purchase the Anvil record.
@@bbo40 Well than you missed out on some amazing albums.
oh my oh my, this is terrible lol
Went to their live performance last night. They are fucking awesome. Still better than most bands I've seen. The Live energy was insane, the music was dead clean. I've heard worse audio at professional concerts not held in small venues like the one they played in Melbourne.
They played at the school cafeteria where Lipps works, lol
+Lord McSatan They did? I didn't think he worked their anymore.
Can Lipps afford the dental work now?
Still a 1000x better than mumble rap.
The Howling Forge stop generalizing entire genres of music. I don’t like mumble rap either but I’ve not heard all of it either so I have no idea if it’s all bad. You’re just jealous that people are successful doing something that you don’t like.
@@Rountree1985 He's probably referring to what modern rap has evolved into...
@@Rountree1985 He's entitled to his opinion. I also feel that rap is pure shit.
Mumble rap, though dreadful, is still better than this arse-gravy.
Ngl me from a few years ago would agree but there’s a reason Hip-Hop is dominating music rn.
Lips still has those Fender Twin Reverbs you see behind him. A bit more beat up, but he STILL HAS THEM and STILL TOURS WITH THEM.
They don't make amps like they used to
I'm into hardcore and punk, but bands like Anvil (and other 80s thrash bands) are what led me to punk. So it will be with great pleasure that I will go see Anvil in Dallas on May 19th, 2018. Went to a Turnstile gig last night (April 24 in Austin) and couldn't believe I saw an Anvil flyer! I'm moving to Ft. Worth in 2 weeks so I'll drive an hour to see Anvil in Dallas. Man, they've got to be in their 60s and still doing this?! Well, I'm 50 & still in the pit & stage diving so I guess age is only how you live/think/feel.
Crooked Halo, Enjoy the show! I hope to see them in Winnipeg in the near future. \m/
One word :
ANVIL!!
👄
Leave it to the Japanese to realize talent ahead of there time.
This song completely sucks, is that their "best" song ?
世界まる見えで見てきました！
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同じく丸見えで見て気になって来た！
俺も世界まるみえで見て来た
同じくです。Anvil、カッコイイと思います。
カッコよすぎですよな
Metal On MetalのCDを注文しました♪
This song and album was my anthem. Saw them live in '83, before Forged in Fire was out...METAL ON METAL!!!
Bring back 80s speed metal!
+Михаил Красавин Anvil is my favourite 80's grunge band
PrasinoXorton Actually Anvil is true underground black metal. SLAYEEEEER!
+Михаил Красавин METAL CHURCH
Metal Church ftw!
fucking pleb
Congratulations to show an airplane in the solo part instead the guitarrist
0:58 when she keeps stroking it...
😂😂😂
"Boil the kettle, let's make some TEA" !!
Cooking hostile \m/
Cause there's no other way to cook right? XD
Nagy Balázs metal on metal hanzal, and gretal
Nagy Balázs Nothing as metal as making some tea
Go take two cups and
Share it with ME!
If ever a band deserved to “make it” it’s Anvil, they were definitely screwed over in the 80’s. Great band that should’ve had a lot more success than they did.
Respect to Anvil for sticking with it, and to be fair they were pretty good musicians, but the truth is they weren't more successful because their songs were average at best.
Back in 1984, if you put away the leaders such as Judas Priest, Iron Maiden or Scorpions and the new batch of future leaders like the "Big 4", most of the successful bands in the Metal world had average songs at best... In my opinion, Anvil failed to pass one step mainly to a lack of image/attitude, and maybe Lips was too much a nice guy with very little sense of business...they were enjoying themselves, but they didn't really though of the next step...
I saw Anvil last night in Stoke really enjoyed it. I think lips can be nasty if wants to be. You probably seen the film were he loses his temper with the manager of the bar that tried to pay him with goulash
I know, but another really big factor was that they did it mainly for fun, they weren’t the most serious out there
To be honest, I think another big reason why they never went to the next step was cause of their music. Yeah their music could be considered "average at best", but over time, it became boring and didn't make a difference in the marketplace. This kind of shit was big back in the 80's, but nowadays it doesn't make a difference. Anvil never evolved. That's a big reason why they weren't more successful.
They got the wrong manager. That's probably why they had to go catering despite their potential success seen here besides their stubborn attitude towards old rock sound
This song came out in 82, same year as Screaming For Vengeance and Number Of The Beast. Sorry but that shows the gap in talent here and why they never made it big.
世界まる見えで観たぞ~
There is something incredibly metal about the 747 landing while Lips is shredding out the main solo and then the guys chilling out backstage with refreshments etc.
Just absolute prime raging Canadian Steel here.
Also the main riff is the perfect example of the Phrygian Mode in action.
I suspect watching the launch of a space rocket would be even more satisfying!
@@geogeo2299 Anvil playing this at a rocket or space shuttle launch? Cannot imagine anything more metal! To Boldly Go Where No Headbanger Has Gone Before 🚀
I hate to say it, but Nagoya Baseball Stadium is nowhere near any airport. I thought it was at first too, but that's just footage of (presumably) Anvil arriving in Japan.
@@MikeBarnett1776 Well…in any case, it’s cool to see the 747 in the video. Anvil just never got their due.
@@vinaymulukutla358 I totally agree. Fortunately for us, we'll be seeing Anvil live in Orlando on the 26th!
a totally underrated band..
And there it is. I knew it.
By under rated I’m assuming you mean over rated
Remember folks, these guy invented a sub genre. No one was doing this style of metal in the early 80s
they influenced all the big thrash bands of the 80s and they are from TO!
think about how many influential bands came out of Toronto, basically taking Rock to a new level that other's from all over the world could follow, pioneers!
Robb was and still is one hell of a drummer!
R.I.P Dave Allison, We Love Ya Bro😭
1 million 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻 band deserves more like 20 million but shit happens
come on... pinned comment should be "there's more metal in this youtube clip than there was in both of the world trade centres, twice..."
Not for nothing but this song is badass. They didn't market themselves well.
I was a teen/young adult in the late 70s/early 80s and a metal fan. Every group of metalhead buddies had that one odd looking long haired dude that was weird, but a good guy and good friend that always had your back. I'm talking about the one that was over the top metal from head to toe! I bet Steve "Lips" Kudlow was that dude in someone's group of metalhead buddies!
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lo de la musica es discutible,, en cuanto a que te refieras a las personas como gomelas solo quiere decir que eres una momia ,, que no0 paga una boleta ni de $5000 y se enrrumba toda la noche con media cerveza! hermano por la gente como usted es que hay pocos mega conciertos en colombia asi que no critique!
My Brother Jeff had this album in 1982 and was a BIG fan, he had an Anvil patch on his jacket next to his Judas Priest. He virtually promoted this song and band in CT before anyone new who they were.
I love you brother and wish I could have been there when you made that choice. RIP Jeff.
Six years later, hope your still keeping the flame burning buddy 🤘
When I was 14 ..12 years ago I saw their movie and I said that's it!! That's what I wanna do..and I've been working on it since then
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You sure about that? Have you listened to Metallica's last few albums? Load, Reload, St Anger, Death Magnetic? Even the Black Album is an overt display of de-metalization by record labels (if there's such a term). Like it or not, Anvil are more metal than Metallica these days. But as you said rightly, each to their own.
That´s TRUE metal, i like it!
Heavy AF. It sounds even better live. Which year was this show?
1984.
And this is exactly why they didn't find any success in the 80s. They dressed up as glam rockers, but had the heaviness of a thrash-lite band. Their cheesiness indicated that musically they should go for the glam, but Lips and the drummer were neither good-looking nor had that kind of sell-out mentality.
Ugly dudes dressing up glammy, playing cheese, but heavier cheese that didn't fit into a scene. Yep. lol. Additionally, Lips can't sing, he has a 3rd rate Thrash vocalists voice, which would pass if the music was ferocious like proper thrash, but isn't strong enough to front hard rock or traditional metal.
In short -- lack of success due to not being that good + wrong image.
My buddies and I saw these guys Play the GASWORKS in downtown Toronto very cool band very cool Metalbar to the 80s are gone a great decade
sounds better than anthrax.
My balls.
You know that you are so fckin' metal because your name is basically a thing made from metal and your song contains double metal...
David,Nigel,Derek and Ric...The REAL Spinal Tap right here folks,
この映像は、恐らく1984年に開催された「スーパーロック ’84 イン・ジャパン」の映像ですね。
JALの飛行機の映像や、「C'mon tokyo」というアドリブから日本であることがうかがえます。
また会場が球場であるのも、スーパーロック ’84の開催が西武球場であったことと合致します。
映画を見ました!! 全く知らないバンドでしたが ファンになりました！！ 50代の今も続けてきた事に感動 ！ 感激です！ 日本に来たら ぜひライブへ行きたいです！ ！！
くりばやしあけみ I agree
Aquí no hablamos taca taca
Maybe these guys deserved more, but now I think I see that they refused to change. I think only one band (AC/DC) refused to change and could make enough of the same types of hits to maintain and elevate their careers. These guys needed to burn bright and then coast on nostalgia. But maybe their enduring legacy is being a starter flame for the kids that became Metallica and Megadeth, who are pure legends at least to my generation, I can hear them in the drums and lips’ high pitched singing. No matter what happens these guys have earned their stars in that metal pantheon in the sky!
ANVIL NEVER DIE!!!
METAL NEVER DIE!!!!
typical 80's metal cheesy, ass bullshit. Reminds me of the good 'ol days.
Love this song, just wish it had some more Metal...
boy if they could scrap that metal to metal they be rich
Good ol'days!!!!!!!!! Anvil rules!
Haha the singers facial expressions is golden 😂
I watched the Story of Anvil for the second time yesterday and saw myself in 20 years, for the second time :) These guys are authentically in love with Metal and deserve recognition much more than other famous bands. Keep on rockin' !!
saw them music hall oshawa
Anvil, the greatest band nobody ever heard of.
The Real Spinal Tap :)
Their documentary was blaming everything for their career failure except for the fact that they just weren't that good. They weren't awful but this song sounds amatuerish.
"Here comes the Axer, here comes the smasher, The Demolition, walking disaster"
me too ): and i am still sad that this band super underrated from what they should be!!! this band is so better than metallica!! and i think the big 4 is:
anvil
kreator
slayer
sodom
グループ名も曲名も覚えちゃいなかったけど～まる見えで曲聞いたら「あ！」と思いました～このフェスの模様もTVで見たし、確かにこの曲当時流行ってましたよw新曲の古臭さはウケたw私もロックは80年代で止まってるから～あの新曲も好きですよ！
What a lot of people forget is Anvil were part of the few metal bands (others were bands like Metallica and megadeath) which helped to popularise thrash metal and bury hair metal and if you watch the documentary Lars does kind of hint towards that point
Bullshit. The only thing that ended Hair Metal was grunge
@@joesu2406 fair enough
I will say thrash had a little bit of influence burying hair metal though
50 years old was a rocker in high school in Toronto and never heard of these guys before now???
Anvil in my opinion didn't make it all the way because of his vocals.
That's basically it, I think. The singer is out of his depth trying to do this kind of music.
yeah judge a band by one live performance you fucking morons.
Luis Carruthers Have you ever heard of Megadeth or Metallica? Their singers aren’t really ”good” at singing. Not any better or worse than Lips, really. Both of those bands are & were huge.
Lemmy doesn’t have the most ”beautiful” of singing vocals either, and while I personally feel like that makes the songs better for their music... I feel the exact same way with Anvil.
Lips’ vocals does the job fine. Damn fine.
Megadeth have way worse vocals and they were more successful.
Disclaimer: I like Megadeth, relax.
Reminds me of the band Bad news with ade Edmondson and Rik mayall 😜😜😜😜
If they had only gotten a better vocalist and left lips to writing songs and doing backup vocals they would've made it
Yeah I've never even heard of this band, and I'm listening now and wondering why he was the vocalist. I want to love these guys, but the singer is just terrible and not in a good way. Some singers are terrible in a good way, but he's not one of them 😅
Seriously Anvil is so bad. I really dont understand why that documentary was made. Their lyrics are laughable and the riffs are boring power chords.
This is really good
I met Anvil in the 80's when I was a teenager, then I stopped hear about this band for many years until I watched That Metal Show talking about the premiere of the documentary many years ago. Being a drummer in a rock band in the late 80's and early 90's in my country and my band fell apart, seeing the dedication, the most heroic effort and the love of these guys about they do, made my eyes watered when i watched the documentary. They deserve an award, they are one of the forerunners of Metal.
magic live performance, of a metal classic. metal on metal is fun. fucking magic riff, everybody keep on rocking. #anvil forever.
I see that they are still touring, but then I heard the drummer... Am I the only one to hear the ear cramp found at 3:29 along with.. well, everything? I love metal, but this song does metal no justice. Spinal Tap rocks way harder. No apologies.
what the fuck have you ever done in your sorry existence?
I feel like Anvil could have been better with a better singer. Lips is a good player, and the band instrumentally is solid. Robb is a fantastic drummer. Theres just a few things in there that don't really particularly work too well.
Yeah, but I'm pretty sure Lips formed the band.
+Joe Mcdonnel yeah I saw anvil, and from what I got Lips was super passionate about music and the band. Sure, he could have walked away and said find a new singer with bleacher hair and tights to make you famous. That would have killed Lips inside though. It seemed that the band was pretty much his life, and when he wasn't working on the band he seemed depressed. Anvil influenced bands like metallics and slayer, so I would say they were successful. When it comes to music, and especially in Metal, commercial success doesn't define success.
+NHiker Robb and Lips both formed Anvil
I don't know, I like the vocals, however I think they could have had more creative lyrics. Either way, I think they're still a pretty great 80s metal band.
Rob halfred would have absolutely killed this song though lol
Anvil sucks so bad. They are cheesy thats why they never made it!