Inside the Premiere of Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Wednesday April 8, 2009
Tags: Anthrax, Anvil, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Keanu Reeves, Metal band, Metallica, Sacha Gervasi, Scott Ian, Slayer
On April 7th we were lucky enough to attend the premiere of Anvil! The Story of Anvil. The film was introduced by Keanu Reeves and ended with a performance by Anvil! featuring Scott Ian of Anthrax. It was too much rock for one hand. The film is a brilliant documentary by Sacha Gervasi (who tore it up on the drums at one point) about Anvil!, a band dubbed the demi-gods of Canadian metal, who are credited with influencing bands like Metallica, Anthrax and Slayer but who, after 13 albums, are still scraping to get by.

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