ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL

as a metalhead from way back (seen Anvil at the St. George in '82!!)..I had a vested interest in "ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL"...it truely is one of the (if not #1) greatest rock documentaries ever made...It transcends the genre, as I seen people in their 60's applauding, and purchasing the CD after a screening. Amazing.
It is sad that "ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL" is not gonna get the wide-release of Michael Moore's films. And of course, it will NOT play on staten island...I strongly urge all to go to manhattan to see this.

Savage Thrust resurrection

Well, we had our 1st meeting (in 20 years) of the original line-up of ST last friday. As can be expected it was a love & laugh fest. I lost my voice and was sore from laughing to the point of crying at some of the old videos and stories. Some of the footage we screened will be included in the forthcoming release.

But the general gist of the matter is: We ARE going to write and record 2 new songs for the official Savage Thrust compilation CD: "In Savage We Thrust" ...this will be 2 discs, one CD & 1 DVD with ultra-rare live performance footage, stills, and more!

As some of us have not been playing for some time, (including moi) it will take a while to practice and re-build some "chops" as they say.

We hope to be in the studio in January to lay these tracks down.
(I know it sounds like a bad comedy plot...you know 5 older guys decide to go "middle-aged crazy" and start telling each other..."Hey-whaddya say we start up our old heavy metal band from the 80's??!!"...)

but it's gonna happen...


In other news, Jimmy (our bass player) has re-worked the logo and updated the look a bit (nothing drastic-ya don't fuck with what works) and it looks way cool see?! And you can download the ultra-cool new logo wallpaper @ savagethrust.com now!

Savage Thrust official website

Some of you may or may not know of a metal band I played with called Savage Thrust. From 1985 -1992 we played a never-ending series of live gigs, many at a club called "lamour's".... This allowed us to sell thousands of cassette tapes, appear on a compilation album ("speed metal hell II"!!) ...record a 7" single, then a full LP.. ( These recordings are very rare today, and command premium prices on eBay) ...even tour Mexico!! We were (unbeknowest to us) one of the founding bands that helped form the legendary early NY/NJ thrash metal scene. (we shared the stage with practically every heavy band around at the time: Overkill, Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, etc.)

It never ceases to amaze me when I hear from Myspace fans these days! (guess thrash is making a comeback!)...some are as young as 17 years old! (we played our last gig in 1992!!)
...I guess we did leave some kinda mark, afterall...

The band hope to have a compilation CD with ALL old material together on disc for the 1st time!!! (possibly a DVD with a vintage live performance will be included as well.) Should be out before christmas.
We are considering temporarily reforming in order to write & record a new tune specifically for this release!
soooo.... here's a vintage itv clip for 'ya from 1999!!!



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