Anvil Frontman Slams Metallica For "Whining And Complaining" 

jona joestar i guess he's saying if he had their money he would be a complete junkie lmao. They suck. Both those movies sucked. Ugh so lame.

Exactly. Also why bring up some sixteen year old documentary?

That is correct. Considering that people still make fun of Dave mustaines drug history. He's clean too but I guess Dave mustaine and Megadeth don't seem to get that push because they aren't blowing up the charts as much as Metallica which sucks considering that I think Megadeth also has lots of great albums and music themselves

But according to lips he has no right to have problems and much less to record it let alone put it out there. XD mainly because James is successful. And also because it's taking the documentary spotlight away from anvil XD. Anvil is OK but the dude is crazy

They probably did. It's just nobody was listening. Seems to be a theme with Anvil's career.

Or maybe he didn't have a very good "day job" and had to wait until his neighborhood library got Some Kind of Monster.

They were too busy mopping floors back then.

Cut him some slack he just heard about the movie last week, and finally watched it Monday.

They got no press in 2004. First time I ever heard of them was in 2005/06 on Blabbermouth which was a story about them having a documentary filmed about them, despite having released probably 10 records during the 90's/early 00's.

He has a family . Band comes second

Metallica was better when James was an alcoholic.

@@ricklepick5134 Way better LOL

Funny way of saying with cliff

I doubt James gives a fuck what the clowns in Anvil say.

@Masterpiece Conspiracy Ehm...no, not by trash talking a band who is killin it just so you will be back in the media, that's clout chasing

LOL, Old farts trying to relive the past and lay claim to Metallica and other bands that are what they wish they could've been, Go the fuck on

@Masterpiece Conspiracy NO, that's a lie

LMAO!

Yeah

Michael O Callaghan lmao

the mop laugh

Aggggghhhhhhhhhaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha MASTER OF PUPPETTTTTTS

Hehe

😠👎 Now I'm going to whine and complain about you whining and complaining about Anvil whining and complaining about Metallica whining and complaining. Wait... Now that I think about it, I TOO am whining and complaining.......... about myself whining and complaining about you whining and complaining about Anvil whining and complaining about Metallica whining and complaining! I'm sure someone else will read this, and........ start whining and complaining about,............................. (rinse/repeat endlessly). 🤪🤪

@@HighlanderNorth1 FUCK! WHY? ...get it?

gangster cowboy he is SMH

Jealous?

@@mikenuzzo3323 Yes. Metallica is huge. Anvil are chumps.

Metallica is overrated commercial junk.

You want better? Why is anvil?

The best band ever

True, look at Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington. Successful but they had their demons and couldn't overcome them. This Anvil douche thinks making it big takes all your emotional and mental baggage away like some magic pill. If anything it can make it worse for some with endless money to waste on substance abuse, crazy hours, isolation from family and more.

Well said, couldn't have said it better myself.

They suck, it’s why they never made it, some people never know when to quit!

So they suck!

@Dystopia Plus no dummy is cause yall new " metalheads " dont have respect to the greats

That happens a lot with pay to play shows. Opening bands sell tickets to their friends, then the friends leave after their set.

I'll say it. They suck. I was a teen when they had their fourteen minutes of fame in the 80s and they sucked then.

Anvil, is crap

Metallica is Awesome, but The Guy has a point. I mean, Some Kind Of Monster was an Entertaining Show, since that's what It was all for! Metallica are too overrated and bigger sell outs than they should be.

More like Chad Booger lol

@@ProjectCreativityGuy96 Metallica are the biggest metal band on earth now. I'm not a "fan boi"....just saying that compared to ADVIL, Metallica is way bigger and draws a ton of people, while ADVIL, plays to 40 people LOL. I called them ADVIL on purpose, because I need an ADVIL to soothe the pain in my ears when I hear them.

He's just jealous of Metallica's success lol.

Brandon Campbell So what does that matter

Well not if you're a pleb

And Mustaine has more talent

keep on dreaming :)

@@andrejz8954 Dreaming? Mustaine is way better than Lips lmfao. Wake up Junior

Nothing better to do? such as tour solidly and write and release records on a regular basis?? Unlike Metallica who sit on their arses for near on a decade before charging the Earth for shows when their drummer still blows then make a near-unlistenable album before pissing off again. Repeat and fade...

Toxic Thor I’d gladly take hardwired over any of anvil’s shitty factory made forgettable records, quality over quantity any day

Yeah, but they were the same clowns that went after Napster and forced that broomstick rider Hillary Rosen to go bananas. Metallica thought that digital music was not the future. They suck.

Kpop fan and a rock fan?

@HANZŌ Yep 👍🏾

Kpoop.

@@blazesaiyanwarrior1082 I was beginning too think 8 was the only person whose a hardcore rocker but also loves kpop lol. Who do you stan?

It seems you haven’t heard of Lars “Whiny” Ulrich.

hay I was gonna say that

LOL

If you still have it now, you should smash it to pieces and then burn it to ash....🤣🤣🤣🤘

@@johnny221__ It's long gone.. I blew it up with an m80 along with cirith ungol

Wayne A wtf Cirith ungol is good

@@Liam.m42 One song was OK

@@acw2237 aaaaaaaand I bet that m80 explosion was better than " ok " 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤘

Your exactly right.there music has gotten me through alot of hard times in my life and they are my favorite of all bands.

Ikr? They had the balls to show the vulnerable side of themselves in that DVD, and they're poking fun at them for it? That's some shady stuff mann

People can be real ass holes sometimes

Ree McLaughlin try "metal in metal", it's hilariously bad

Lucky you 😆

Ree come to butthead 😜

He's just jealous that his band went nowhere. They had maybe 2-3 good albums. The rest are poop

Anvil plays in shitty clubs to 40 people LOL

lol

Why you are dragging megadeth into this?

Hahaha!!👍

There’s only one “Like” button, so here’s a few more: 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Now, THAT hit the nail on the head

@@carolincas LOL

I saw Rob on MTV Cribs and that’s my introduction to Anvil

Otep for the opener

Dusty Bragg probably get more attendees if they advertised for Standup comedy

+Dusty Bragg That's insulting to Spinal Tap.

Jes Lightning haha

atleast with spinal it's intentional and somewhat funny...

Then you haven't heard about band called "DEATH"

Fran BABIĆ nah I have pero todo modos no valen verga

Lol I see what you did there

To bad he's still in Slipknot.

Darth Synmor did you watch that slipknot concert today? It's not him. Chrisn't.

@@djhatgaysm420 Yes I did, and that was Fehn.....100%...Mannerisms and all...

I don’t know did Lars say that?Look it up and post it!

their are heavy metal band formed in 1978

@drummerguy 85 that doesn't make you a poser

Steven Baksh I looked them up and I remembered them I personally haven’t got into their music but there not that bad Thx brother

Anvil is the band "The Big 4" were listening to when they were becoming influenced

@@stevenbaksh5545 No shit Sherlock, lol.

Best known for their documentary, not for their music. Worth the watch, very funny and the drummer is actually legit

They are an eighties Canadian heavy metal band

@@chillcosby2490 the documentary is great! Metal on Metal!

Your Daddy's Metal.

Its real metal

Holy shit.... Me too!

You may have been getting it confused with This is Spinal Tap?

Yes i agree adderall i don't know about these guys envil is a band or a marching band 😀😀😀 but it's funny to hear that

it was standard listening in the early days for sure .... they just had zero management .... they really were one of the first to pave the way

Alex Woodruff you’re not missing much. Tried tried tried to get into them when their little movie came out. They aren’t known for a reason.

@@V8Thrasher88 I didnt even know they had a movie until I saw this 😂 they definitely aren't what they think they are

Metal On Metal and Forged In Fire were genuinely decent records imo. You have to take into account this was pre 1984. Metal on Metal was in 1982. Listen to 666, you can't tell them those kicks locking in with the riff wasn't at least marginally influential on the thrash genre in general. That being said, Anvil were never destined to make it big, Lips is not a good enough singer and instead of capitalising on the thrash scene they helped spearhead, they took 5 years to release probably one of their worst albums (strength of steel). As old school speed metal acts go, bands such as Raven and Accept, Anvil are up there with the best of them.

Not missing much.

@@revivedfears Forged In Fire is KILLER. The rest after that sucked.

Fr! I only clicked on this video BC of Metallica!

DixiewinxEqAndMore Totally agree... those guys deserved more, really tough to see how much heart they put into the music and chance to succeed, but their documentary showed how hard it is in the metal scene

@@briancurcio406 They suck now. Lips is too fkn stubborn to get a rhythm guitar player (they need it live), plus their new stuff is lame af.

Me neither. Never heard their music.

They are a thrash/heavy metal band who started to bud at the same time, or earlier, than most of the “Big 4” playing the festival circuit in the early ‘80s. However they, for some weird reason, got the short end of the stick and underwent a series of unfortunate events, and then didn’t appeal to the masses as the other bands leapt over them, and it’s been that way since. The documentary is great even if it doesn’t make you a fan (I am personally not a huge fan of the genre but I appreciate it). However, his guy (Steve “Lips”) LOVES to rant. It’s this weird paradox where their infamy keeps them relevant.

@@tjhall9377 well I just listened to a couple songs, not great but not terrible. No where near Metallica or Slayer. It's easy to see how Metallica and Slayer left them behind. I'd put them in a class with Anthrax. I'll try and check out the documentary.

@@joshuapeterson5498 they really aren't a thrash band, so don't expect them to sound like any of the big 4. They are a speed metal band, more akin to Raven or Accept. The documentary argues that they were more of an influence on the general thrash scene.

@@reemclaughlin4260 Then you don’t anything about oldschool metal

They were most relevant right before being eclipsed by thrash bc they were cutting edge at the time

It made me lose all respect for them. Maybe that’s not the right phrase… Yes, they are just human beings who still deal with personal, emotional and psychological problems regardless of their wealth and success, I get that. But, growing up, like between the ages of maybe 9-14, Metallica was THE BAND. Their music was on a completely different level than any other band to me. Cliff Burton inspired me to play bass, Hetfield inspired me to learn guitar... Watching that movie essentially shattered my illusions, it was the epitome of “never meet your heroes“. Though I didn’t personally meet them, seeing grown men act like petulant children and whine, b¡t¢h & complain about EVERYTHING, when millions and millions of fans and musicians would give anything to be in their position really was hard to swallow. Again, it absolutely humanized them and you got to see and understand the actual PEOPLE behind this near mythological juggernaut that was Metallica, but even to this day, I hundredpercent agree with Jason Newstead when they asked him what he thought about A psychologist (psychiatrist?) literally sit in on the sessions so they could talk about their feelings every time someone didn’t like a rift or a lyric; he took a long pause and just said “… That’s weak”. End it was, it just came across as narcissistic, entitled, man-children Who never properly learned how to communicate having a mediator sit between them and hope he would tell whoever was doing the bitching that THEY were right. I’m glad I saw it in a way, but I would never watch it again

​@@evergray5063 somehow I got through it. 1) I kept wondering if this was for real, 2) since it was, I kept myself busy creating scenarios if it got physical. Honestly, my knowledge of them is average. One of the worst things I've ever seen. I was like, embarrassed for their parents and stuff, wondering what they're thinking

Are you from android/iOs generation ? With screen as fuck socializing ?

Aaaaand where is he now? Still playing to 30 ppl...wow big accomplishment LMAO

Mark Craig look at all these pathetic haters!

It’s not the recording quality of their records that brought them down. It was their corny lyrics and mediocre songs that kept them from getting to the next level.

@@patrickwoods2213 they suck....robs a great drummer....that's it

As a metal fan I think it's due to the fact that they aren't very good.

@@patrickwoods2213 Their lyrics definitely brought them down a lot.

Maiden smokes them.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT METALLICA DOES

spot on

Exactly.

@@roughsharkangular2034 But not a whiner. lol

A lot of early canadian speed metal bands do get pretty salty that it was american and german/european speed/thrash metal that ended up getting all the spotlight and cult fame. We dont have a maiden, metallica, or a Kreator but we do have dozens of lost and forgotten "legendary" metal bands struggling to fill up small local clubs in the far north no metal band like Sodom would ever want to play. Tragically hip and stomping tom would pack more than Anvil, razor, and exciter.

I can confirm, Anvil are legendary. Maybe you just aren't familiar with the old scene.

@@hmpz36911 Legendary? LMAO Get a grip. Legends are Zep, Deep Purple, Rush, etc.

@markusaurelius777 legendary does not always mean Legends. All you mentioned are 100% Legends. Anvil are legendary in the sense that they had a great impact on the East Coast Metal scene. & Many years before the movie; Which In my opinion ruined them; Professionally and personally!

@@TheWho58 Annihilator represents Canadian metal pretty well

Yep....bunch of goofs too.