Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon from Canada's The Metal Voice recently interviewed drummer Gil Moore of Canada's rock trio legends Triumph. Moore discussed the first-ever feature documentary about the band's dramatic career, Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine, which was made available last month for streaming in Canada, only on Crave and to premiere on CTV March 12, 2022 at 8 PM EST.
Moore was asked if the Documentary would be released on DVD he said, “There is going to be a DVD for sure, I know they started working on the packaging and the artwork. Bonus material I am not sure, again that is the film company’s decision, so whatever decide but certainly the band is not against it. I think they are targeting it for late summer, early fall for the DVD release and that will be available everywhere worldwide."
Moore also spoke about the upcoming premiere on CTV Canada as well as distribution in the USA he said, "Just to clear the fog a little bit on the distribution, which is something the band obviously doesn't control. The deal up here in Canada right now is this Saturday night, the movie's gonna play on the CTV network, coast to coast, in prime time, 8 PM, at whatever your local CTV affiliate is, wherever you are. As far as it streaming on Crave, it is continuing to stream on Crave and will be there for years. And film festival-wise, we also, after the Toronto International Film Festival, the film premiered at the Philadelphia Film Festival. We're now scheduled for the Sarasota Film Festival as well; I don't have a date on that. But I think there's going to be some announcements coming up fairly soon about U.S. distribution as well."
Banger Films has released a new clip from Triumph's Rock & Roll Machine documentary. The video focuses on Triumph's legendary performance at the US Festival, held in San Bernardino, California in in May 1983. Watch below:
Directed by Banger Films’ Sam Dunn and Marc Ricciardelli, the Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine documentary chronicles the career of the multi-gold and platinum-selling power rock band, Triumph, and is produced by Banger Films in association with Revolver Films, Bell Media’s Crave, Live Nation Productions, NBC Universal Canada, Slaight Communications Inc. and the Rogers Documentary Fund. Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine will be released in Canada by Bell Media with international distribution rights represented by WaZabi Films.
Before Drake and The Weekend, there was a different set of Toronto musicians who rule the roost. Known simply as Triumph, this rock trio - which includes drummer/singer Gil Moore, singer/guitarist Rik Emmett, and bassist/keyboardist Mike Levine - dominated North American radio and MTV in the ‘80s with hits such as “Lay It On the Line,” “Hold On,” and “Magic Power.” Despite being one of the world’s biggest rock bands, the group split at the height of their fame and seemingly disappeared without explanation to their fans or media. Set to a mesmerizing visual backdrop of spandex, 80s hair, and explosive pyro, Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine delivers a deeper story about fame and the human condition while chronicling the band’s reunion for what might be the very last time they play music together.
“The Triumph story was compelling to me, Marc, and the Banger team because it was an opportunity to piece together a broken puzzle,” says Sam Dunn. “We wanted to know how and why the band dissolved at the peak of their powers.”
“Sam and Marc did an outstanding job documenting what it’s like to have been aboard the Triumph train for the past 45 years,” raves Triumph bassist Mike Levine. “For fans old, new, and those to come in the future, this is all they’ll need to know about the band.”
