Has "Anvil: The Story of Anvil" helped the band?

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I just saw Anvil: the Story of Anvil on DVD and let me say it is right up there with Metal: A Headbanger's Journey as far as metal documentaries go and I recomment it to everyone.
My question is (to anyone that has seen them live recently): Are they drawing bigger crowds to their shows? Please tell me that they are playing to larger audiences than the small club-size "crowds" shown in the movie.
 
They're appearing on shows like Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel and I'm sure they're getting huge royalty checks for the movie, as it was wildly successful (and presented on NETWORK TV with no commercials a few weeks ago). So even, even if they're not drawing anything near capacity crowds, they're pretty set, I'd say. All I plan on doing is knocking over all the hipsters to get to the front row and bang my head in January.
 
I gues some awareness about the band came from the movie. Also I believe the movie shows a very humane side of rock stars, maybe not only Anvil will benefit from this documentary.

I can say for myself that the movie touched deeply, but I'm not going to run and buy their material.
 
For weeks this summer I drove to work, in Massachusetts, past a giant billboard stating "AC/DC LIVE WITH SPECIAL GUESTS ANVIL"

I'm pretty sure it's helping, yeah.
 
Wyvern said:
I gues some awareness about the band came from the movie. Also I believe the movie shows a very humane side of rock stars, maybe not only Anvil will benefit from this documentary.
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When it comes to Anvil, the term rock stars is stretching it a bit. However, I agree with what you say because I too was very much moved by the documentary. Also, even though I'm not in a band, dare I say that in a way I saw a bit of myself reflected in the story of Anvil. This may be true for many here in the Old School forum.
 
a great fiom and it's helped the band no end, they've landed enormous gigs like opening for AC/DC as a result of that film.
 
desert_demon said:
When it comes to Anvil, the term rock stars is stretching it a bit.
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That's why I put the term in italics on purpose. Was intended as food for thought. I know many people believe that just because you have a band and played in front of a huge crowd and/or have been around for years you're automatically a rock star. That's a tricky term and notion.

I firmly believe the movie is a mandatory textbook for metalheads, so metal listeners can see what the truth is about most of the time. Is not about three chords, a big label, sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. It's about being human, blood, sweat and tears mostly. Working hard, follow a dream and never give up.
 
A year from now they'll back where they were five years ago. There are way better bands out there. Listen with all the hype behind the film you'd think they would have landed an opening slot on the new Metallica or Megadeth tours but instead they are playing solo @ your local dives with the film playing before their 45 minute set... The first two albums are pretty good but if you heard This Is Thirteen it's boring... I don't hold out hope for the new record. VH-1 Classic Records have done nothing to promote the that album...
 
They are playing at Soundwave here next Feb which is like the biggest rock/metal festival in Melbourne. I think it's pretty safe to say they've had a fair amount of success from the film. A mate of mine met them when they came here on a promo tour about 4-5 months ago and told me that as much as they love what the film has done for them, they're pretty wary about faceless men in suits promising them the world and they hope that the exposure from the film can put the focus back onto their music instead of just being some 15 minutes of fame thing. I dunno how much hope I hold out of continued success for them though. Maybe they should do a reality tv show next! :p
 
Satanstoenail said:
They are playing at Soundwave here next Feb which is like the biggest rock/metal festival in Melbourne. I think it's pretty safe to say they've had a fair amount of success from the film. A mate of mine met them when they came here on a promo tour about 4-5 months ago and told me that as much as they love what the film has done for them, they're pretty wary about faceless men in suits promising them the world and they hope that the exposure from the film can put the focus back onto their music instead of just being some 15 minutes of fame thing. I dunno how much hope I hold out of continued success for them though. Maybe they should do a reality tv show next! :p
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i love the guys from what i saw in the film, and i wish them well, but i really don't think the best move they can make is to put the focus back on to their music!!
 
From the responses to this thread it would seem that - yes - the film has helped the band very much. What I feel is/was Anvil's main problem was not that they didn't have hit records or even a label, but that they NEVER seemed to have good management, or even have a manager period.
I don't know how good This Is Thirteen is, but I doubt it will have any impact on their carrers. What WILL have an impact is to have a manager that gets them good paying gigs.
 
For me if we're gonna go outside real documentaries, my vote goes for the amazing "Still Crazy".
 
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