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\"\"<\/a>\u201cI mean you always want more, you just don\u2019t want it to end, I just want continuance, ultimately to me I\u2019m happy with continuance as long as I can continue it\u2019s all good, man. That\u2019s all you can ask for is more of being able to.\u201d<\/p>\n

With 16 albums under their belt and their 17th one on the way, ANVIL pride themselves as being one of the most hardworking bands on the plane. The 2009 rockumentary Anvil \u2013 The Story of Anvil detailed the story of band that somehow fell into obscurity. However this award winning feature gave them a second wave of popularity, and resulted in the band playing the infamous Download Festival plus supported our very own AC\/DC on tour! This is a band that had everything, lost it all but never gave up. To quote Lips \u2013 \u201cThis is the Rocky Balboa of heavy metal\u201d. They provide witness to the power of the human spirit, played to a heavy metal soundtrack.<\/p>\n

At home in his kitchen in Toronto, Canada, we gave Lips a call to talk about Anvil\u2019s upcoming return to Australia, their forthcoming album, their amazing documentary, and much more.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re headed back to see us next month, can you tell us what people can expect when they come to an Anvil show?<\/strong>
\nA lot of passion and a hell of a lot of fun *laughs* you know, what are you gonna say, man.<\/p>\n

With a sixteen album catalogue, do you have an idea of how you\u2019ll be shaping up the sets?<\/strong>
\nOh jeez, it\u2019s predominantly and when I say predominantly at least half the set is from our original old days, reason being 99% of people have never seen the band and most people know us from the albums \u2018Metal on Metal\u2019, \u2018Hard and Heavy\u2019 and \u2018Forged In Fire\u2019, we better be playing songs from that. So at least half the set is that and the rest is really from the newest era, the last five years.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll also be celebrating your 40th<\/sup> anniversary as a band, a great milestone, looking back to your beginnings did you ever see yourself still doing this forty years on?<\/strong>
\nYeah actually I did, I didn\u2019t see there\u2019d ever be a reason not to. You don\u2019t retire from this, you just die *laughs*. That\u2019s the way I look at it, what can I say?<\/p>\n

I love that you\u2019ve never lost your passion.<\/strong>
\nThere\u2019s no point why would I? It\u2019s like people say \u2018hey man, how can you write another song when you\u2019ve written so many?\u2019 what are you talking about? You\u2019re asking me why do I exist, it\u2019s a stupid question *laughs* if you understand what I mean, if your brain stopped working all of a sudden and you can\u2019t come up with something new or you can\u2019t think of something to say, I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s just the way I look at it.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re currently working on your new album \u2018Pounding The Pavement\u2019 anything you can let us in on about the album?<\/strong>
\nThere\u2019s not really much to tell you yet because we\u2019re still touring for \u2018Anvil Is Anvil\u2019 but what I can tell you about \u2018Pounding the Pavement\u2019 it came out absolutely stellar, just wow, even more focussed and even better than the last one in a certain sense, but you\u2019re always up on what you\u2019ve just done so I don\u2019t want to sound overly confident but in many cases I\u2019ve been surprised and in two cases on this album extraordinarily surprised and that wow jeez that\u2019s better than I thought it was gonna be *laughs*. The great thing about this album just like the album before it is we\u2019ve got a pledge campaign going which is a great opportunity for the fans to feel completely connected to the band by buying the product directly from the band. The advantage of that is a number of things, first of all it circumvents money being taken away from us by the people involved, so it\u2019s a direct financial compensation that we receive to a much higher degree than doing it through a record company. That\u2019s one aspect. The other aspect is that the CD is actually thirteen songs that you get on the pledge campaign and everywhere else that it\u2019s coming out it\u2019s only gonna be twelve, so you get an extra track, and they\u2019re a limited edition run meaning that we only make them once. So we\u2019re making about 1,500 and once they\u2019re gone, they\u2019re gone. So it\u2019s a great opportunity, they\u2019re kind of a keepsake as well and the fact that on a personal level you\u2019re helping the band out to the point that our drummer Robb Reiner will actually be putting the stamp on your CD *laughs* and mailing it himself.<\/p>\n

Obviously the amazing documentary helped get Anvil back out there again, what were the feelings like for you when people essentially discovered the band from it and thus allowed you to continue to record and to travel the world to come to places like Australia?<\/strong>
\nOh well it changed everything at this point, we\u2019re ten years on now and basically, fundamentally I\u2019ve been making a living doing this, it\u2019s kind of a blessing because quite honestly I don\u2019t think I\u2019d be much up to going back to Choice Children\u2019s Catering if you know what I mean, I had enough of that. So I retired from that and into doing what I love doing most and it\u2019s all good and we\u2019ve been very busy, very busy and it\u2019s not\u00a0 complaint and it\u2019s not bragging it is what it is *laughs*.<\/p>\n

I remember seeing the documentary at a screening that you both came down here for and the place was packed and it\u2019s probably one of the best music documentaries I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/strong>
\nOh wow, yeah I remember it too pretty bizarre standing in front of the poster as everybody came out and shaking everybody\u2019s hands. I particularly remember the Sydney show because the producer of the movie is from that city and her parents came to see the movie that night so I actually remember meeting her family and so forth which was kind of interesting, and yeah some things you actually remember.<\/p>\n

So obviously things change over time, but what would you say is the one thing that\u2019s stayed the same over your time in Anvil?<\/strong>
\nHmm\u2026 Robb *laughs a lot*<\/p>\n

If you could give young Lips one piece of advice that may have changed the bands trajectory what would that be?
\n<\/strong>Oh, one thing that would’ve changed the band’s trajectory, work with Johny Z rather than David Krebs that would be the moment that I would\u2019ve said \u2018hey guys go work with Johny Z\u2019 he was the owner and guy who ran Megaforce records which has put out Anthrax, Testament, Kings X, Overkill, you know major metal guru guy, he\u2019s actually the guy that initially signed Metallica and sold them to Peter Mensch. So, yeah, and in fact that\u2019s how his whole business got going.<\/p>\n

Over your career and since the amazing documentary you\u2019ve done a lot so far but is there anything that tops your list of things to do you haven\u2019t yet had the chance to do?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s really mostly about going places I\u2019ve never been, that\u2019s probably the most exciting. I mean you always want more, you just don\u2019t want it to end, I just want continuance, ultimately to me I\u2019m happy with continuance as long as I can continue it\u2019s all good, man. That\u2019s all you can ask for is more of being able to.<\/p>\n

Lastly let\u2019s look ahead to the future, finish this sentence for me, in 2018 Anvil will\u2026<\/strong>
\nWill begin touring all over Europe bringing their new album \u2018Pounding The Pavement\u2019.<\/p>\n

Well we can\u2019t wait to have you back in Australia.<\/strong>
\nOh yeah, man, it looks like a lot of people are aware we\u2019re coming and I think that\u2019s a huge, huge, big, big break that we\u2019ve been waiting for for many years, trust me on that. *laughs*<\/p>\n

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ANVIL AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday 8th November \u2013 BRISBANE \u2013 Crowbar<\/p>\n

Friday 10th November \u2013 SYDNEY \u2013 The Bald Faced Stag<\/p>\n

Saturday 11th November \u2013 MELBOURNE \u2013 Prince Bandroom<\/p>\n

Sunday 12th November \u2013 ADELAIDE \u2013 Fowlers Live<\/p>\n

Tuesday 14th November \u2013 PERTH \u2013 Rosemount Hotel<\/p>\n

TICKETS<\/strong><\/p>\n

From – https:\/\/metropolistouring.com\/anvil\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n

Band members: <\/strong>Steve “Lips” Kudlow \u2013 lead vocals \/ guitars, Robb “Robbo” Reiner \u2014 drums, Chris Robertson \u2013 bass \/ backing vocals<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> \u00a0http:\/\/www.anvilmetal.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Forthcoming Release:<\/strong> Pounding the Pavement – Check out the Pledge Music campaign HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

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