Dave Allison, unique guitarist for the cult thrash steel band Anvil, has died on the age of 68. He reportedly handed away after a battle with most cancers.
Allison shared guitar duties in Anvil alongside frontman Steve “Lips” Kudlow from 1981 by way of 1989, acting on 5 studio albums, together with fan favorites Steel on Steel (1982) and Solid in Hearth (1983). The 1989 reside album, Previous and Current: Stay in Live performance, can be Allison’s ultimate document with the band.
The band shared the next assertion by way of The Vinyl Frontier Canada:
“We’d wish to ship our deepest condolences to the Allison household and buddies. Dave handed away this morning. He was a detailed buddy and we are going to miss him. He was pleased with his early contributions to ANVIL, and his title and legacy reside on. Relaxation in peace, Dave Squirly Allison.”
Each Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner every paid private tribute to the late guitarist on social media.
Posted Kudlow: “Relaxation in peace Dave Allison January 5, 1956 to September 30, 2024…we are going to miss you brother!!”
In the meantime, Reiner recounted a latest unplanned go to with Allison on the latter’s remoted cabin, a gathering that exposed Allison’s declining well being.
“The phrase simply reached me… Unique band mate R.I.P. Dave Allison has handed away…” wrote Reiner [via Facebook]. “Had the chance this Spring to pay a unplanned shock go to to Dave’s remoted cabin …Loneliness was no stranger to him: To say he was in shock was an understated reality..blown away was extra prefer it:…and so was I. The go to coated recollections (many) and uncovered his dire state:.. He was not properly ..clearly: Collectively we deliberate a dinner that sadly by no means occurred… R.I.P. my outdated buddy.”
Jeff Waters of Annihilator, one in all Anvil’s contemporaries within the Canadian steel scene, additionally paid his respects.
“Ideas to all… he positive left his mark on these basic information and I positive seemed as much as him (and the opposite 3) each time I snuck into The Chaud, The British and Le Papillon,” Waters wrote within the feedback on Anvil’s unique put up [via BraveWords]. “RIP Dave. Thanks to your half in my thoughts and my music.”
Allison obtained the prospect to rejoin his bandmates onstage in April 2017 at Pink Canine in Peterborough, Ontario, performing three songs: “Steel on Steel,” “Solid in Hearth,” and a canopy model of “Born to Be Wild.” Try viewers footage from that night time beneath.