Before they left, though, they signed the posters on my bedroom walls. When we arrived, she painfully smiled the whole time and made them leave after 10 minutes. The best part was that I took them to meet Mom. Then, they asked me to show them around London.
I introduced myself as their biggest fan. When they came to town, I went to the concert, and found my way backstage. I was a huge fan then, of course, and the more she hated them, the more I loved them. I knew then I would like them, and they would piss off my mother. Though the first time I noticed them was when me and my friends saw the cover of Sounds Magazine where the lead singer, Lips, was brandishing a chainsaw and clinching a dildo in his teeth. SG: I was a huge fan of heavy metal, and they were playing at the Marquee in 1982. OT: They are doing it for the sake of it. They are passionate kids, so how can you not love them? They are 14-year- old guys in a beautiful way stuck in time, and they are doing it for the right reasons and love what they do. Sacha Gervasi: Huggable and loveable is what was appealing to me. Ondi Timoner: I never thought I would want to wrap my arms around a sweaty heavy metal dude. From Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Dir.: Sacha Gervasi Prod.: Rebecca Yeldham). Here follows our talk.ĭrummer Robb Reiner (left) and guitarist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Anvil. He was so thrilled to have made this film and to be innovating its release. When we connected the other day by phone, I found a very happy newcomer to the rock 'n' roll filmmaker club. I knew Sacha from years back as a comedy writer, and was so happy to discover that he had created this sensitively, well-told love letter to a band that fell short on fame and fortune but went long on the passion for what they did. They make me realize my prejudice and break down any stereotypes I may harbor about the given subject matter. But by five minutes into my Anvil adventure, I wanted to hug these metal monsters! They were actually more considerate and responsible than most people I know with short hair. In fact, I realized while watching his film that I have always judged the hairy meathead metal dudes that tend to populate this genre of music as sweaty, smelly and, most probably, angry, not-nice guys. I watched Sacha Gervasi's wonderful documentary Anvil!: The Story of Anvil one afternoon and was overcome with a warm and fuzzy feeling I had never felt when consuming anything to do with heavy metal music.
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