ANVIL’s Lips On Being Thrash Trailblazers – “All That We Were Trying To Do When We Did That Was Be Unique And Do Something That No One Else Did Or Tried”

In a new interview with Greg Prato for Songfacts, singer/guitarist Lips of influential Canadian act Anvil discusses, among other topics, the band’s place in the thrash metal genre. An excerpt follows:

Q: How do you rate Anvil among the leading contributors to what became known as thrash metal?

A: “I don’t know whether I’m in a position to say anything about that. That’s for others to make those judgment calls.”

Q: I think Anvil was definitely one of the first bands that you could say trailblazed that style of music.

A: “Yeah, and it’s weird, because we didn’t look at it as that’s what we were doing. All that we were trying to do when we did that was be unique and do something that no one else did or tried. It really is as simple as that. You’re not thinking, ‘Oh, yeah, everybody’s going to copy this.’ You don’t start thinking that way. That’s pretty, I would say, arrogant.”

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Anvil are currently on a tour of the United States with Lord Dying and Sunlord.

Tour dates:

February                        
24 – Shreveport, LA – Club Status
25 – Dallas, TX – The Rail Club
27 – Midland , TX – The Blue Max
28 – McAllen, TX – Aces North

March
1 – San Antonio, TX – Fitzgerald’s
2 – El, Paso, TX – Sector 7
4 – Phoenix, AZ – Nile Theater
5 – Tucson, AZ –  Flycatcher
6 – Albuquerque, NM – Blue Phoenix
7 – Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep
8 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theater
9 – Grand Junction CO – Mesa Theatre                                   
11 – Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Bar
12 – Idaho Falls, ID – DB’s                      
14 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore *
15 – Las Vegas, NV – Dive Bar              
17 – W Hollywood, CA – The Whisky
18 – Morgan Hill, CA – The Granada
19 – Portland, OR – Tonic Lounge
20 – Seattle, WA – Studio 7
 
* Anvil only (with Y&T)

Anvil recently released a new video for the song “Eat Your Words” , directed by Rene U Valdes, from their latest album, Hope In Hell.>

Hope In Hell was released last year in Germany and Europe through SPV / Steamhammer in four different formats: as a limited-edition Digipak including two bonus tracks, as a jewel case CD, double gatefold colored vinyl including two bonus tracks and as download.>

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