In April of 1973 Steve (Lips) Kudlow and Robb Reiner began their journey for fame and fortune on the long hard road of rock music. It was during this time that Lips and Robb began to create their distinctive musical, metal sound that would become one of the most influential to ever come out of Canada. When they teamed up with Dave Allison and Ian Dickson in 1977, they became LIPS and later, the “Speed Metal Gods” ANVIL, as the world would came to know them.

The roots of Anvil began in Toronto Canada, when high school friends Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner began playing music together. It was not until 1978 that the first lineup that was to become Anvil was formed: Kudlow (lead vocals, lead guitar), Reiner (drums), Dave Allison (vocals, rhythm guitar) and Ian Dickson (bass). Together they were known as LIPS.

In 1981, the band released an independent album called Hard 'N Heavy. Shortly after they were signed by Attic Records and changed their name to Anvil and the independent album was re-released by Attic as their debut album. In 1987 they were approached by American label Metal Blade Records. They released three records with Metal Blade Records starting with Strength Of Steel. Anvil were then picked up by Maximum Records, an independent Canadian label that was formed by Helix's manager-at-the-time William Seip. From 1996 they were signed by Hypnotic Records in Canada and Massacre Records in Germany. The recording and release of their 13th album, THIS IS THIRTEEN, is covered in the rockumentary "Anvil! The Story of Anvil".

The band's history has been documented in the film, Anvil! The Story of Anvil and in large part due to the film, has helped put Anvil back into the public consciousness and has propelled them to playing several festivals including Glastonbury Festival and Download Festival in 2009.

Anvil were finally inducted into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame on March 6th 2009, which in many opinions, mine included, was long overdue.

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