 Here we are in the streets of Montreal with, you got it, Anvil. Hey guys. Yeah, Rob Reiner, how you doing guys? We're here, yeah. Can you slow down? He's going backwards. He's going backwards, he's going backwards. All right, here we are, all right, new album. Yeah, new album. What has been the reaction from all the fans? Generally, that it's welcome back. Yeah, overwhelmingly accepted. I know people are just really excited about it. Why? You tell me why. Well, I told you this, Rob, before, I think this is probably one of Anvil's at least top three albums of all time. You're not the only one that feels that way. So I guess that's why people are digging it. And you know what, we got our new album ready to go too and it's going to kick even more. So, Lips, we could stop here for a bit. So what you're saying is the new album is ready. Is the packaging done? No, no, no, no, no, no, we got all the songs done. No, the songs are all written. Okay, the songs are all written. We're going to record it next summer. All right, let me just talk about a few of the titles of the songs, okay? Okay. Let's get back to it. And I have my little piece of paper here, right? Now, you got two instrumentals, which I think are like mind, I mean, they're both the same, but they've sort of added, you know, you've got the trumpets, the horns and all that stuff. Is that your buddy rich kind of? Yeah, Gomez is the shit, man. Period, you know what I mean? We've been influenced by big band swing since the early beginnings. And the real truth is that's where we got the inspiration to play our speed metal that everybody went and captioned it, speed metal, but we're going, it's fucking swinging jazz. What do you mean it's speed metal? Our speed metal has a swing feel to it, underlining. And actually a lot of intuitive listeners pick up on that. Some do, some do, many, many don't. And you know what's really fascinating is we put, when we went and recorded the two instrumentals, I originally didn't want to put horns. And the reason I didn't want to, because we did it on Juggernaut injustice. And I'm thinking, no, I don't want to do the same thing. But I want, let's just keep it real simple and just do three piece, like no fucking overdubs for under rhythms for the guitar, just fucking real three piece jazz, right? But we did it and we were very satisfied, but then the producer goes, I'm bringing in horns. And I'm going, I don't want you to bring in horns. I'm bringing in horns. And he goes, this is what I'm going to do. I said to him, yeah, bring in the horns. So he says to me, I'm going to give you an offer you can't refuse. First of all, that's going to be friends of mine. So you don't have to do shit. You don't have to go through the pain of recording it. Nothing, nothing. He says, I'm going to give it to these guys and they're going to send it, finish to you and you can listen to it. And you do not have to pay for it if you don't like it. All right. Cool. And I'm going, well fuck, how do you say no to that? You got nothing to lose. And then he goes on top of it because I believe in it so hard, the producer goes, I'll pay for half of it if we have to pay for it. Fuck, okay, well fuck, okay, let's do it. So we're mixing, we're already finished everything and then the song comes in and they go, lips come into the studio and he runs it and I'm going, oh my fucking God. We've got two songs now. That's what I instantly said, we've got two songs. Now the song was originally T-Bag which was named after Sasha Dravazi, the guy who made the movie, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We nicknamed him T-Bag when he was 15, when we first met him, because he was English. You know, T-Bag, English, whatever. But he's also Gomez. Nah, but years later, of course, after the movie became so eccentric about it and so fucking excited, he's going, I've got the best fucking train set on the block and all the other kids are coming to see it. And we went, you sound like Gomez Adams, remember that? So we started calling him Gomez. So when, now we had the same song, two different. We can use both of his names. So we called the first one. I didn't know that. The instrumental T-Bag after his old name and then Gomez after his newer name. Now you're talking about Sasha. All right, so we can walk a little bit and you can tell us about, because I know your wife is hungry there. She's probably itching to eat. All right, the re-release of the Anvil story, right? The documentary. All right, tell me what people can expect. You know, bonus, bonus. Well, there's two, three things. The three master, apparently it sounds better. And there's an hour interview at the end of the movie with us guys, bringing everybody up to date. So Q&A, is that it? No, it's not Q&A. No, no, it's explanation of what happened after the movie and everything like that. Where we've been, who we've played with, where we've, you know, the effects that the movie had on the whole situation. So yeah, it brings everybody up to date. Okay, we're at the crossing. We're at the light here. And I think my phone's going. Well, it's me. Oh, too? Okay, all right. It's probably you. It's probably me. All right, so you got the, everybody from the movie is up there at the end. Is that on the new release? Is that what it is? Okay, hold on a second. Let me preface this. You're going to go to LA and you're going to premiere the movie, the remastered version of the movie, right? Right carpet, all these celebrities are coming. It's going to be some kind of a Hollywood blowout. And they're going to show the movie. And then we're going to play after the movie. We're doing an annual experience. Are there any scenes in the movie that weren't included? No, no, no, it's the same. It's the same movie. The reason this thing is coming back is because it's 13 years later and there's a massive new generation of people who have no idea about Amble. Yeah, it stopped right here. I've never seen the movie. I've never seen the movie, never heard of Amble. It's just new people. Okay, let's just put it this way. A kid, a guy comes up to me at one of the gigs in the States and he goes, how's your little son? I go, my little son? What do you mean my little son? He's 25. He's going, what? Dude, he was 10 when they filmed the movie. That's 15 years ago. He's 25. And he's going, it's fucking 15 years ago? Yeah, well that's what the thing people don't realize. That movie came out 15 years ago. And the people that are involved in all this, we didn't see this coming. They had, in a weird innocent way, they test marketed it and the reaction for it was unbelievable. And they apparently, today, the world needs this story. Yeah. That's what they feel. Part of it is, it's a very, very hopeful, it's a very, very hopeful, brings hope to people's lives when they watch that movie because it's about guys that never give up. So it gives you hope. I mean, they've had every possible thing that could go wrong, went wrong, but we still kept going and that's a fucking, that's inspiration to people. Look at it. Guys can do it so quickly. And the best part of all this, it all filtered down and we get to rock more. That's all that matters. What are some of the celebrities, tell me some of the celebrities that have said, oh my God, I've seen this movie. Jimmy Fallon, right? Jimmy Fallon's one of them. Oh, well, there's a list, a list is long. Where do we want to start? The list is long. How about Dustin Hoffman? Let's start with Dustin Hoffman. Yeah. The list is endless with that. So there's no point in talking about it. Virtually, why go there? Like, and then anybody listening to this is going to go, all of these guys are all full of themselves. No, how about- Hey, I asked the question. How about- I asked the question, are you guys- We're at the Critics Choice Awards, okay? Paul McCartney's sitting 15 feet from Robbo and I and we're going, we're going to go meet him. We're on our way to go fucking meet Paul McCartney and Quentin Tarantino grabs me by the arm and he goes, fuck lips. That fucking movie fucking knocked me on my ass, man. I don't fucking get it. The Critics Choice, they gave the fucking, they gave the award to a bunch of fucking dolphins. They're a bunch of fucking no-mind assholes. And he's fucking losing his shit on me and I go, and listen, Quentin, it's great to meet you, but Paul McCartney's over there, please excuse me. That just gives you some kind of idea of what- Well, I asked the question, brother. I'm not trying to make you guys full of themselves. I'm just- No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I just said that's some very, very interesting- It's crossed from, to the mainstream to sort of like the higher up echelons of Hollywood in this sense, right? It was insane, it was insane, it was insane. Well, absolutely because it was about, it's about artists growing for it. Nothing could hit more home to the Hollywood people than an artist trying to make it. Yeah, yeah. So anyways- And you know, like, I've had actors, like really famous actors, I'm not gonna give it to specifics because I don't wanna give away what, because he was in a sense complaining about not being able to work, okay? He's going, hey, lips, man, you know what? There's 500,000 people who belong to fucking, who belong to the actor's guild and there's only 50 guys working. Yeah, that's right, that's right, that's right. There you go, man. And that's how an actor looks at what that movie did. And he's going, congratulations. How about a phone call, Sasha sitting with Sir Anthony Hopkins, okay? What happened was Hopkins saw the Anvil movie and he goes, okay, we're gonna make the movie about Hitchcock, I'm getting this fucking director. If this is what he did with guys who can't act, I gotta get that director because I'm doing Hitchcock, I need a real director. He hired Sasha to do the Hitchcock, got Sasha to do the Hitchcock movie. Unbelievable. Okay, so they're sitting at dinner and Anthony goes to Sasha, get fucking lips on the fucking phone, okay? So my fucking phone rings and I pick it up, I go, hello? And he goes, hello, lips, this is Tony Hopkins. And I'm going, are you fucking kidding me? I'm fucking talking to Hannibal Lecter on my fucking cell phone, what the fuck is this? Okay, so I'm just giving you, when you talk about actors and stuff, of course it hits home to them. Of course, because, and what did Anthony say to me? He goes, I didn't get my first break till I was 40. Unbelievable, yeah. Okay, so that's where it becomes relatable, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, let's move on. I think somebody there is saying hi there. Liz. Hey guys. Good, nice to see you. Fan love, fan love. What's that? Some fan love. Of course. Since 119. Since 119. All right, all right, gunfight. Another title off. Is that sort of like the whole? Another gunfight, yeah. Is that just sort of like the state of the world today, you know? I write from my environment, right? I strictly write from what's going on in the world around me and shit. And every day, especially in Toronto, what's been going on, there's guys shooting each other in the fucking street. What the fuck are you guys doing, man? And it's all illegal guns. You know, they're going to, oh, we made handguns illegal. So fucking what? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Criminals don't fucking follow the law anyway. So they're illegal, big deal. Yeah. What's that going to change? Yeah, yeah. Right? So yeah, you know, there's a lot of stuff that, I mean, that really, it bothers me. It sits on my, in my mind. Oh yeah, we better stay right here. I try to do things and try to say things about them and bring it to people's consciousness. But ultimately, it's about my surroundings. About my, you know. The last question is what's one theme on the last album? The impact is imminent. Give me one theme that you kind of like, you know, that really, I really loved what I wrote there in terms of lyrics. Probably Wizards Wand. And it's me wanting to make the world into a better place. Ultimately, I couldn't have said it. If I was a wizard, that's what I would do. If I could fix this world, I'd do it, man. Because I find so many things just not right. Like really, really last part here. Last part ripped. This is just for all those assholes out there. People said, you know, the impact is imminent. Ha, ha, ha, ha. You know, it's the same title as so many other albums. Well, I wrote a list. I wrote a list. I wrote a list of other bands. Okay, we have Ozzy, Ozborne, and Helix, No Rest for the Wicked. Right? Right, two metal bands with the same title, right? But nobody seems to say boo about that, right? Well, no, they did in their time. But they do. And they're not gonna say anything to us. It's just that we're talking about what happened recently. Okay, let's head. The Cure and George Michael Faith. Just saying. Black Sabbath 13 and Blur 13. And what about Anvils? This is 13. Oh, this is 13 already. And that happened before Black Sabbath. Testament Low and David Bowie Low. And all of us at Kiss, they had a killer's an album. And hold on, Iron Maiden's got an album called Killers. Yeah, and so does Alice Cooper. So does Alice Cooper. And then Maiden, A Number of the Beast, and Aphrodite's Child, Number of the B666. So bottom line is... Some 41. Heaven or Hell. That's right, that's right. That's right, there you go. There you go. So, you know, for all those... Oh, look, I guess he has a record that he wants to sign. On that note, guys, the Canadian tour quickly. Right? Coming up. Going through Quebec. Going through Canada. And some Ontario dates. All right, okay. There are your 60 shows. All right, glad to talk to you again, Lips. Yeah? It's always a pleasure, my friend. It's always a pleasure. Glad to see you all. All right. Love the new album.