Steve “Lips” Kudlow of Anvil Endorses Debunked 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
Just a few weeks ago, we were excited to see Steve “Lips” Kudlow of long-running, influential Canadian speed metal group Anvil actually be the voice of reason when it comes to bonkers conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, Lips isn’t staying consistent because he seems to be much cooler with 9/11 conspiracy theories than he is with COVID conspiracy theories.
In a recent interview with Brazilian outlet Alma Hard (that was transcribed by Blabbermouth), Kudlow expressed his belief in some long-debunked conspiracy theories that claim that the planes that crashed into the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 couldn’t have caused the entire building to collapse:
“Everybody watched three buildings in New York City get demolished — perfectly demolished — by airplanes hitting it. But meanwhile, those buildings were built specifically — specifically — to withstand an airplane hitting it. But then you ask your question, how can the top 10 floors take out every floor all the way down to the bottom perfectly? How does that work? When there’s no fire down there. The fire’s all at the top. Why is the floor and all the support from that building giving out? Because it was detonated by set-off internal explosions all the way down the building, and that’s why it fell perfectly. That’s a demolition job.
“What does that mean? What does that mean?. Well, it means a lot of stuff. And the world is going, ‘It’s okay. We believe the truth. The truth is two airplanes hit it and it just went down.’ Well, no airplane hit the other building over on Building Seven. Why did that collapse? ‘Oh, it had a fire.’ Okay. Looked like a demo job to me. Completely flattened from a fire? How many fires do you see completely flatten buildings? Usually they’re able to extinguish a fire and salvage a lot of things. This, nothing? Right to powder? Yeah, right. You watch an airplane apparently hitting the Pentagon — you can watch it on YouTube — and you’re going, how the hell does an airplane fly like three feet off the ground without landing? Well, that’s a good question, because it’s not an airplane.”
These are extremely common conspiracy theories about 9/11 that persist on the Internet despite the fact that they’ve been extensively debunked. FEMA’s report found that the fire from the remaining aircraft fuel caused the floors to expand outwardly, which ultimately caused the lower floors to buckle and collapse. And the National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a three-year investigation into 7 World Trade Center found that the collapse of nearby WTC 1 caused the fire that burned down WTC 7, and, with the collapse of WTC 1 and WTC 2 damaging the city’s water main, the sprinkler systems couldn’t put out the fire. But certainly Kudlow watching the videos of the attacks on YouTube knows more than the professional engineers who put together these reports.
To see if Anvil’s music can melt steel beams, you can check them out on the following tour dates:
Jul 26 – Winter Park, FL, US – Conduit
Jul 27 – Pompano Beach, FL, US – Piper’s Pub
Aug 1 – El Paso, TX, US – RockHouse Bar & Grill
Aug 4 – San Diego, CA, US – Brick By Brick
Aug 7 – Anaheim, CA, US – The Parish, House of Blues
Aug 8 – Los Angeles (LA), CA, US – Resident
Aug 10 – Palmdale, CA, US – Transplants Brewing Company
Aug 11 – San Francisco, CA, US – DNA Lounge
Aug 14 – Portland, OR, US – High Water Mark
Aug 15 – Seattle, WA, US – Substation
Aug 18 – Denver, CO, US – Hi-Dive
Aug 21 – Minneapolis, MN, US – Zhora Darling
Aug 22 – Chicago, IL, US – Reggie’s Rock Club
Aug 24 – Hamtramck, MI, US – The Sanctuary Detroit
Aug 25 – Lakewood, OH, US – The Winchester
Sep 21 – Toronto, ON, Canada – The Rockpile Bar & Nightclub
