"Anvil!," "Wackness" Take Top Prizes at L.A. Film Fest

One of our favorite films from this year's Sundance Festival, Anvil! The Story of Anvil!, won the audience documentary prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival this past weekend. The doc, directed by Sacha Gervasi, tells the Spinal Tap-esque story of Canadian heavy metal band Anvil and their pursuit for fame after 27 years. Our cameras caught the band performing live with Slash and Anthrax's Scott Ian at Sundance. Taking home the top audience award from the LAFF was coming-of-age film The Wackness, the story of a teenager and his wild summer in New York City in 1994. Click below for Peter Travers' review of The Wackness, plus video of Anvil at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

• Anvil!: The Year's Great Rock Movie?

• Peter Travers' Review: The Wackness

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“Is It True”

Brenda Lee | 1964

As the British Invasion reached its peak in 1964, Brenda Lee went from Nashville to London to record one of her hardest-rocking hits, her perky vocal backed by a stuttering, squalling guitar. That guitar was played by session musician Jimmy Page, yet to skyrocket to fame with first the Yardbirds and then Led Zeppelin. "She said to me, 'I've come here to make a record with the British sound,'" remembered producer Mickie Most. "She felt she wouldn't get the same sound in Nashville because they're only just catching up on the British beat group sound of about six months ago."

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