Artist description BLACK ANVIL IS A HIGHLY COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE OF FRENZIED VOCAL ACROBATICS INDUCED BY A CACOPHONY OF NOISE WITH A BEAT THAT'LL KICK YOUR ASS TO A PULP.

Music Style FORCEFUL ...DRIVING....RECKLESS.

Musical Influences SONIC YOUTH, REEVES GABRIELS, MINISTRY, MUDHONEY, ADRIAN BELEW, ROBERT FRIPP

Similar Artists WE DON'T SOUND LIKE ANYBODY.

Artist History BLACK ANVIL WAS FORGED BACK IN THE FALL OF 1993. THROAT JONES AND LEE MICALLEF DECIDED TO FORM A MUSICAL ENTITY THAT HAD THE POWER AND FORCE AND IMAGINATION THAT WAS THOROUGHLY LACKING IN THE METRO DETROIT MUSIC SCENE. THEIR ALBUM 'WHAT'S EATING ME' WAS AMBITIOUSLY RECORDED DURING A BRIEF TIME PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 1993 TO JANUARY 1994. THE BAND THEN WENT ON TO PROMOTING THE ALBUM ON THE RADIO DOING VARIOUS INTERVIEWS AT LOCAL AND COLLEGE MUSIC STATIONS ACROSS MICHIGAN. IN MAY 1994 AT THE UNDERCURRENTS MUSIC SHOW IN CLEVELAND, BLACK ANVIL WON RAVE REVIEWS. THE PRESS TOO, VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT BLACK ANVIL EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO SEE THE BAND PERFORM LIVE. THOSE WHO CAUGHT THE BAND LIVE AT THE FOUR TIMES THEY PERFORMED IN 1994 PROBABLY WILL NEVER FORGET THE EXPERIENCE. AT THE BENEFIT SHOW FOR MOTHER WADDLES ON BELLE ISLE, BLACK ANVIL TORE THROUGH THE SHOW LIKE A MACK TRUCK PLOWING THROUGH A FIELD OF DAISIES. THEIR LAST PERFORMANCE IN DECEMBER 1994 CULMINATED WITH A VIOLENT SHOW IN A DOWNTOWN AFTER HOURS BAR IN THE FACTORY DISTRICT. AT 3.30 IN THE MORNING BLACK ANVIL FINALLY HIT THE STAGE IN A FIT OF RAGE THROWING MICROPHONE STANDS, LITERALLY RIPPING EVERY STRING OUT OF THE GUITAR (EXCEPT FOR ONE), KNOCKING CYMBOL STANDS OVER ALL IN THE FIRST SONG OF THEIR SET. THE BAND PERFORMED 3 SONGS BEFORE THEY WERE ESCORTED OFF THE STAGE BY THE POLICE AND THE WHOLE BAR SHUT DOWN. SINCE THAT LAST SHOW BLACK ANVIL HAS REMAINED OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE BUT CONTINUED RECORDING AN EP OF MATERIAL IN 1995 AND ALSO DID MORE RECORDING AND MIXING IN LATE 1998.

Group Members THROAT JONES-LEAD VOCALS, ELECTRIC GUITARS AND NOISE, PERCUSSION. LEE MICALLEF-BACKGROUND VOCALS, ELECTRIC/ACOUSTIC GUITARS, BASS, KEYBOARDS, ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION. MICHELLE CHAPMAN-BASS GUITAR. SHELLY LANKFORD-DRUMS.

Instruments ELECTRIC/ACOUSTIC GUITARS, BASS, KEYBOARDS, DRUMS & PERCUSSION.

Albums WHAT'S EATING ME

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Location LIVONIA, MICHIGAN - USA

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