Thor - An-Thor-Logy: 1976-1985 (2005)

 

Artist : Thor

Artist Origin : Canada

Release Title : An-Thor-Logy: 1976-1985

Release Year : 2005

Artist Genre : Heavy Metal

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I have seperated the DVD in 3 parts. First part is called: House Of Mirrors, 2nd part is called: Valhalla (Videos), and 3rd part is the slide show included in the DVD.
Prior to his leap into the rock world, Jon Mikl Thor introduced himself on the world as a bodybuilder, having won Mr Canada and Mr USA titles. Taking advantage of his beefcake physique, Jon created Thor the Rock Warrior, incorporating theatrics into his rock shows. He also appeared in a number of B movies, one of which - Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare - he wrote, produced, starred in and scored. Released in conjunction with the new Thor studio album, Thor Against the World (see review this issue), is An-Thor-Logy, a new DVD retrospective covering the first decade of Thor's career (1976-1985), featuring live footage, music videos, interviews and television appearances.
The DVD begins by running through a collage of 70's clips and Thor describing his beginnings and how he wanted to create a comic book hero on stage. The live show antics are circus-like in the theatrics department, with Thor bending steel bars between his teeth, having bricks broken on his chest with a sledge hammer and more. The DVD really paints the whole picture, even including a 1976 appearance on the Merv Griffin show with Thor performing The Sweet's "Action" in totally over-the-top glitzy garb. Note that this was Merv's house band backing Thor. Straaaaange! We then go through the years with a series of music videos from Thor's glam rock phase, having recorded the videos on his own in the pre-MTV days. The glam stuff is pretty wild, coming across as a hip shaking Norse god version of Bowie or Ian Hunter. But as we get into the early 80's we see Thor evolving into the heavy metal style that has characterized his music to this day, which is also when the music really started to get good and more aptly fit the image Thor had created