![]() I put them in there with these ones - mine are right beside them, and they sit there. ![]() He knew I was a big drum collector guy, and it was going to a good home. I said to him, 'Hey, dude, you don't have to give me anything. As a thank you to me for letting him use my drums, he gave me those. So, Cozy gave him some stuff, he had a case, some snare stands, some pedals. He used to work for Cozy Powell as a drum tech, when he played with (Queen’s) Brian May at some point. I got these from his personal collection. So, in the last gig, he comes up to me with those (pointing to the pedals) and he presents them to me. So, a few shows through that tour, here and there he would play my drums. And he was completely blown away by that, you know? Nobody does that, right. Some venues you couldn't put the whole back-line up, but I said, 'Hey, you can play my drum kit'. He was a really nice guy and we were playing a lot of venues. And of course I can't remember his name at this moment. “We were touring in the UK and a fellow, he was from New Zealand, was in a band that was supporting us. “How I acquired Cozy Powell’s pedals (above) was very basic,” he explains a truly remarkable tale of acquisition. I have no intentions of stopping playing music, but you never know, right?"īut before BraveWords gets the grand art tour, Reiner walks us through two truly Holy Grail moments in his career with collectibles to show! The first, a gift from a drumming icon that was a major influence on him and his style. And maybe then I'd sell a couple! So, that's kind of how I feel about it. If I retired from music, I would just paint. ![]() For the last twenty years probably has been the most prolific time. Whenever I could paint, I would be painting. But I really got into it when I was in my 20's, and fully turned it on in my 30's I guess. I still have the very first painting that I ever made. So I got introduced by my mother and she signed me up for art lessons. My mother, her brother's family, are famous painters. I was introduced to painting, and I kind of had a knack for it. “I painted since I was a kid, I started when I was eight. ![]() "I always wanted to paint,” he explains, about the roots of the passion. So what lit the spark in the ’80's when trying to launch a rock band and paint at the same time? That would be a normal year for me, because I'm always on the road. I made I think 18 one year, and 16 or 17 the next year. Since COVID, for two and a half years - and touring is going to start now - but that was the most paintings I ever painted in maybe my whole life. Yeah, but when you don't tour, like with this COVID thing, I painted the most pictures. “Either I'm touring, or I paint,” Reiner begins. So the drum legend gave BraveWords a rare glimpse at his passion for painting at his personal gallery that takes up virtually everywhere you look under his roof. And to be invited into your idol’s home is about as surreal as it gets. So yes, Anvil are most certainly one of the “Bands That Built BraveWords” as it were. There is a shortlist of bands that touch you so deeply, you decide to make a career out of it. And he’s been snapping photos for decades, during his travels around the world pounding the pavement with cohorts frontman Steve "Lips" Kudlow and bassist Chris "Christ" Robinson.īut you try not to show your poker face. He calls it Fine Art Paintings, special Kodak moments that light up on canvas, when he’s not sitting on his drum stool. Robb Reiner also holds another wooden stick in his hand, albeit with a brush on the end. This artistic tale isn’t just about music. Impact Is Imminent is actually the first album in their history where each word starts with the same letter. Drummer Robb Reiner says he has a book filled with potential album titles, with the same rule applied the first and third words starting with the same letter. 19 times in a row, including their new album, Impact Is Imminent, which was released last Friday (May 20th). Catch that title? Every Anvil album name since their debut 41 years ago (1981’s Hard ’N’ Heavy) consists of three words, with the first and third words starting with the same letter.
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