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Country	England
Years active	1964-1982 1992-present
Genres	Heavy metal
Labels	Megaphone, Polymer (MCA Records)
Members	Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer)

Spinal Tap, (more accurately, Spın̈al Tap), is a fictitious heavy metal band, the subject of the 1984 rockumentary/mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. The band members are portrayed by Michael McKean (as David St. Hubbins), Christopher Guest (as Nigel Tufnel) and Harry Shearer (as Derek Smalls). They first appeared in a 1978 ABC comedy special, The TV Show. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... spinal tap, see lumbar puncture. ... This image shows the Spinal Tap logo from the 1984 rockumentary parody This Is Spinal Tap in which Rob Reiner acted and directed. ... Image File history File links Spinal Tap in concert File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed between 1969 and 1974. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Music Corporation of America, commonly known as MCA, is a United States based corporation in the music business. ... Nigel Tufnel is the lead guitarist of the rock band, Spinal Tap, featured in the 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. ... Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), is a British/American comedian, actor, writer, director, composer, and musician known as Christopher Guest. ... David St. ... Michael McKean (born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, composer and musician, best known for his portrayal of Leonard Lenny Kosnowski on the sitcom Laverne and Shirley; as one of the members of Spinal Tap; as a Saturday Night Live cast member; and for other various appearances in... Derek Smalls (played by Harry Shearer) is the bass player for comedic rock group Spinal Tap. ... Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American comedic actor and writer. ... The dotless I is a letter from the Turkish variant of the Latin alphabet, used to write the Turkish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar and Tatar languages. ... A heavy metal umlaut is an umlaut over a letter in the name of a heavy metal band. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed between 1969 and 1974. ... // Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name. ... The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a program on television or movie documentary about rock and roll or its musicians. ... Mockumentary, a portmanteau of mock documentary (also fictional documentary or false documentary), is a film and TV genre, or a single work of the genre. ... This article is about the film. ... Michael McKean (born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, composer and musician, best known for his portrayal of Leonard Lenny Kosnowski on the sitcom Laverne and Shirley; as one of the members of Spinal Tap; as a Saturday Night Live cast member; and for other various appearances in... David St. ... Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), is a British/American comedian, actor, writer, director, composer, and musician known as Christopher Guest. ... Nigel Tufnel is the lead guitarist of the rock band, Spinal Tap, featured in the 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. ... Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American comedic actor and writer. ... Derek Smalls (played by Harry Shearer) is the bass player for comedic rock group Spinal Tap. ... See also: 1977 in television, other events of 1978, 1979 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1978-79 American network television schedule. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...

The film was accompanied by an album of the same name, This is Spinal Tap. In the years since the film was made the actors who portrayed the band members have played concerts and released music, blurring the line between fact and fiction. This Is Spinal Tap was the soundtrack to the film of the same name, released in 1984. ...

Background

Fans of Spinal Tap have assembled the "mostly fictional" details about the band based on the film, albums, concerts and related promotional material. This includes a list of the band's former members and a discography (below) compiled by Chip Rowe, webmaster of the Spinal Tap Fan Site at spinaltapfan.com.

Spinal Tap has had a succession of drummers, all of whom have died under odd circumstances: one in a "bizarre gardening accident"; another "choked on vomit," (although it was never determined whose vomit it was), and a third from apparent spontaneous human combustion onstage, leaving a small green stain on his drum throne. A drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... A gardener Gardening is the art of growing plants with the goal of crafting a purposeful landscape. ... Vomiting (or emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of ones stomach through the mouth. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Reunited

Spinal Tap "reunited" in 1992 for Break Like the Wind, an album produced in part by T-Bone Burnett, an accomplished musician and record producer. The album was accompanied by a promotional audition for a new drummer attended by Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction, Gina Schock of The Go-Go's, and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac. A promotional concert tour followed, which included an appearance at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, where they performed "The Majesty Of Rock", a song they dedicated to Mercury and released as a single. The band also released the single "Bitch School." See also: 1992 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1992 Record labels established in 1992 other events of 1992 list of years in music 1990s in music // 1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. ... Break Like the Wind is an album by the near-fictional band Spinal Tap. ... Cover of Proof Through the Night, 1983. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Stephen Andrew Perkins (born September 13, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician and songwriter. ... Janes Addiction was an American rock band featuring of Perry Farrell (vocalist), Dave Navarro (guitarist), Eric Avery (bassist}, and Stephen Perkins (percussionist). ... Gina Schock was born on August 31, 1957 in Baltimore, Maryland. ... For the 1960s band, see The Go-Gos (1960s). ... Mick Fleetwood (born 24 June 1947 in Redruth, Cornwall) is a British musician best-known for his role as the drummer with the rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert poster The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was an open air concert held on Easter Monday, April 20, 1992 at Londons Wembley Stadium, televised live worldwide. ... Freddie Mercury (5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991)[1] was a British-Indian rock musician, best known as the lead singer and pianist of the English rock band Queen. ...

On July 1st, 1992, Tap crossed 5 time zones for three performances in St. John's, Newfoundland, Barrie, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia for Much Music and Molson's Great Canadian Party. For each performance of "Stonehenge", the miniature monument prop was delivered on stage in a courier envelope.

In 2000 the band launched a web site named "Tapster" where their song "Back from the Dead" was made available for download. Tapster was a parody of Napster, a peer-to-peer file sharing network. [1] [2] Second version (revised 2001) of Napster logo: Cat wearing headphones. ...

In 2001, the band "reunited" for the nine-city "Back from the Dead Tour" that began on June 1st at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, California. The tour included a show at Carnegie Hall in New York City and ended in Montreal in mid-July at the Just for Laughs festival. Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City  498. ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City... Nickname: City of Mary Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province Québec Founded 1642 Established 1832  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1] [2]    - City 185. ... Just for Laughs (in French Juste pour rire) is a comedy festival held each year in Montreal, Quebec. ...

Other appearances

The band appeared as the musical guests on an episode of Saturday Night Live during the 1984-85 season. At the time, both Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest were SNL cast members. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ...

Spinal Tap in the Simpsons episode "The Otto Show"

As part of the promotion surrounding Break Like the Wind, Spinal Tap was portrayed in "The Otto Show" episode of the animated series The Simpsons, a television show in which Shearer is one of the principal voice actors. In this episode, although they are as comically inept as in the film, the other characters treat them as a non-satirical band. After a lackluster onstage performance (during which a riot breaks out), Spinal Tap are shown apparently killed in a tour bus accident, caused by Otto's erratic driving. Image File history File links Spinal Tap on Simpsons File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Spinal Tap on Simpsons File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Otto Show is the 22nd episode of The Simpsons third season. ... The Otto Show is the 22nd episode of The Simpsons third season. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... An articulated bus operated by the CTA in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A Go North East Bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England A bus is a large road vehicle intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... Otto Mann (born January 18, 1963) is a fictional character on The Simpsons, voiced by Harry Shearer. ...

In 1993 "Nigel Tufnel" appeared in the rockumentary Joe Satriani: The Satch Tapes. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a program on television or movie documentary about rock and roll or its musicians. ... Joe Satch Satriani (born on July 15, 1956, in Westbury, New York, USA) is an American guitarist and guitar teacher. ...

In 1994, The Return of Spinal Tap was released on video; most of this was live material from a 1992 performance at the Royal Albert Hall, but it also included some interviews and follow-up on the band members. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victorias husband and consort, Prince Albert. ...

In 2000, while promoting Tapster.com, Spinal Tap appeared and performed on the short-lived series VH1 The List and appeared on the Late Show. This article is about the year 2000. ...

In 2006, "Nigel Tufnel" appeared in a Volkswagen TV commercial highlighting their offer of a free, exclusive First Act guitar with the purchase of qualifying automobiles. The guitar features knobs and inlays with the Volkswagen logo and pre-amps that allow it to be played through the car's stereo system. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... VW redirects here. ... First Act is an American company that produces musical instruments for musicians. ...

Also in 2006, their song "Gimme Some Money" was used in a TV commercial for OPEN from American Express. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as Amex is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. ...

The present whereabouts of the Band is unknown, although they're thought to be currently residing in the 'Where Are They Now' file.

Will they return?

Former band members

Guitarists

• "Ricky from San Francisco" (1982)

Bassists

• Ronnie Pudding (1964-1967)
• Danny Jarman (1967)
• David Gilmour (Amnesty International performance in 1991)

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• Lhasa Apso (1965-1966)
• Julie Scrubbs-Martin (1965-1966)

Harmonicists

• Little Danny Schindler (1965-1966)

Tambourine players

• Jeanine Pettibone (1982)

Horn players

• Jimmy Adams (1965-1966)
• Geoff Clovington (1965-1966)

Keyboardists

• Jan van der Kvelk (1965)
• Tony Brixton (1965-1966)
• Nick Wax (1965-1966)
• Dicky Laine (1965-1966)
• Denny Upham (1966-1968)
• Ross MacLochness (1974-1975)
• Viv Savage (1975-198?)
• "Caucasian" Jeffery Vanston (198?-Present)

Drummers

• John "Stumpy" Pepys (1964-1967) Died in a bizarre, unexplained gardening accident.
• Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs (1967-1974) Choked on vomit of unknown origin.
• Peter "James" Bond (1974-1977) Spontaneously combusted onstage.
• Mick Shrimpton (1977-1982) Onstage explosion
• Joe "Mama" Besser (1982) According to an MTV interview with Spinal Tap in November 1991, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
• Gary Wallis (Amnesty International performance in 1991)
• Richard "Ric" Shrimpton (1982-1999) Allegedly sold his dialysis machine for drugs, presumed dead
• Sammy "Stumpy" Bateman (2000) Died in a freak tricycle accident jumping over a pool of sharks.
• Mick Fleetwood (2000) The only one to survive unscathed.
• Plus 14 other drummers at various times of whom all are dead.

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Discography

Main article: Spinal Tap discography

This page is a work in progress that sets out to be the most comprehensive compilation of information concerning the discography of the faux rock band Spinal Tap, covering both their fictitious back-catalogue, and their legitimate releases. ...

Fictional discography

Studio albums

The "Intravenus de Milo" album cover

Spinal Tap's "Rock 'N Roll Creation" album cover

The album cover of Spinal Tap's "Shark Sandwich" album

• Spinal Tap Sings "(Listen to the) Flower People" and Other Favorites, 1967
• We Are All Flower People, 1968
• Brainhammer, 1970
• Nerve Damage, 1971
• Blood to Let, 1972
• Intravenus de Milo, 1974
• The Sun Never Sweats, 1975
• Bent for the Rent, 1976
• Tap Dancing, 1976
• Rock 'N Roll Creation, 1977
• Shark Sandwich, 1980
• Smell The Glove, 1982

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• Silent But Deadly, 1969
• Jap Habit, 1975

Compilations

• Heavy Metal Memories, 1983

Singles

• Gimme Some Money, 1965
• (Listen to the) Flower People, 1967
• We Are All Flower People, 1968
• Breakfast of Evil, 1969
• Silent But Deadly, 1969
• Big Bottom, 1970
• Swallow My Love, 1970
• Nerve Damage, 1971
• Blood to Let, 1972
• Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight, 1974
• Stonehenge, 1975
• Nice 'N Stinky, 1975
• Heavy Duty, 1976
• Bent for the Rent, 1976
• Tap Dancing, 1976
• Rock 'N Roll Creation, 1977
• Sex Farm, 1980
• No Place Like Nowhere, 1980
• Hell Hole, 1982
• Lick My Love Pump,(Part one of an unreleased rock trilogy)
• Christmas With the Devil, 1984
• The Majesty of Rock, 1992
• Bitch School, 1992
• Back from the Dead, 2000 (available only from the now defunct tapster.com)

Bootlegs and unreleased material

Actual discography

The album cover of Spinal Tap's "Smell the Glove" album

The album cover for "Bitch School"

• This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
• Break Like the Wind (1992)
• "Bitch School"/"Springtime" (single, 1992)

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Trivia

• The Homestar Runner website includes a reference to "Quite Exciting This Computer Magic!", a phrase used in a tour bus scene from This Is Spinal Tap where keyboard player Viv Savage is playing a video game; also, in the new toon Weclome Back, Homestar is seen wearing a green skeleton shirt similar to the one Nigel Tufnel wore throughout the film.
• The "n̈" with an Umlaut exists in the minor Jacaltec language of Guatemala and the Malagasy tongue, where it represents a velar nasal consonant. This mark and the dotless I that precedes it are included as a parody of the heavy metal umlaut.
• Metallica's "Black Album", AC/DC's Back in Black, King Crimson's Earthbound, Jay-Z's The Black Album and Prince's The Black Album are five examples of (almost) all-black album covers.
• A number of Spinal Tap's songs cover identical subjects to renowned songs by other bands. For example, "Gimme Some Money" is similar to the Beatles' "Money (That's What I Want)" (and its appearance in This Is Spinal Tap is a parody of the Beatles' famous appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show) and "Big Bottom" is similar to Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls^{[citation needed]}." The subtext is that Spinal Tap is so unoriginal they do not just imitate other bands' sounds, but their subject matter as well. Big Bottom features three bass guitars.
• Metallica's S&M album was recorded with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. In 1969, Deep Purple recorded an album with the London Symphony Orchestra - Concerto for group and orchestra (David St. Hubbins once mentioned his desire to record with the London Philharmonic).
• In an interview with The Observer, Noel Gallagher said his brother Liam (both of British rock band, Oasis), "...had seen the film This Is Spinal Tap, loved it and thought they were a real band."
• The British band Supergrass uses a line from "All The Way Home", the first song Nigel and David wrote together, in "Evening Of The Day." The original line is "If she's not on the five-nineteen, Then I'm gonna know what sorrow means." while in the Supergrass song it's "If she's not on that three fifteen, Then I'm gonna know what sorrow means." The Rialto song "Monday Morning 5:19" might also be a reference to this same song; the line there is "It's Monday Morning 5:19, and I'm still wondering where she's been."
• The version of "All The Way Home" as portrayed in the film is most likely a reference to the Beatles' song One After 909 which was also written in the early days of the band and then subsequently revisited in the movie and album Let It Be. They are also very similar in style and lyrical content. I'll Cry Instead by The Beatles is also a likely source for the metre and lyric content.
• Spinal Tap's "none more black" quote inspired the name of the punk band of the same name.
• In September 2002, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary included the entry: "Up to eleven: up to maximum volume" a reference to Nigel's amplifier that had controls that went beyond the usual maximum setting of 10.
• The three "real" members of Spinal Tap are also the members of another mostly fake band, a folk trio called The Folksmen. The Folksmen originally appeared as the warmup band for some of Spinal Tap's live concerts, but eventually became the subject of their own mockumentary, A Mighty Wind, directed by Christopher Guest.
• In the game Guitar Hero, during the load screen before each playable song, a randomly selected message is displayed on an animated amplifier. While the player waits for the song to load, the controls on the animated amp move up in succession, ending at 11, in reference to Nigel's amp. One of the random messages also reads, "Eleven IS louder than ten." The sequel, Guitar Hero 2, allows players to play Spinal Tap's "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight". After the song is successfully finished by the player, the drummer of the band randomly explodes.
• Nigel Tufnel is based upon Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton, who were both members of The Yardbirds. Nigel's physical appearance resembles Beck, and his name ("Nigel Tufnel") is a reference to Clapton. [3]
• In an episode of Good Eats with Alton Brown, Alton asks for a toaster from a scientist, and he brings out a very modified and outlandish toaster. When Alton says it is too much, the "scientist" exclaims, "But it goes up to eleven!"
• In commercials for Kidz Bop 11, the announcer exclaims "Watch Out Kids! This One Goes To Eleven!"
• The now defunct Working Designs had "Our games go to 11!" as their slogan.
• In a 2006 episode of the TV game show, Jeopardy, one of the categories was titled "This Category Goes to 11" in reference to that line, and featured questions regarding the number 11.
• In the computer game Total Extreme Wrestling 2007, there are many references to Spinal Tap. The most notable ones are when certain workers get injured, it could be to a similar fashion as a lot of the drummers of the Spinal Tap such as a freak gardening accident. Adam Ryland, the creator of the game, has admitted this.
• New Jersey band A Static Lullaby has a song titled "We Go To Eleven" on their 2003 album "...And Don't Forget to Breathe".
• Chicago-based band Umphrey's McGee has several Spinal Tap references in live shows. "Jazz Odyssey", a free-form jazz improvisation seen in the mockumentary is a live staple in their shows, where it is an improvisation piece. Furthermore, while not referencing Spinal Tap directly, another song is called "Tribute to Spinal Shaft." Another song in this vein is titled "Smell the Mitten," a takeoff of Spinal Tap's album "Smell the Glove," although it does not emulate Spinal Tap's style. The classical piece "Boccherini" has been incorporated as a finale to "All in Time", much as in Spinal Tap's "Heavy Duty". At the end of some shows, lead singer Brendan Bayliss quotes Jeffery Vanston's life philosophy of "Have a good time, all of the time."
• Harry Shearer toured with British band Saxon in 1981, and was told dozens of anecdotes about life on the road by lead guitarist Graham Oliver and Bassist Steve "Dobby" Dawson. Many of these anecdotes found their way into the film (hence the stories that the Spinal Tap was inspired by Saxon), and Shearer copied Dawson's famous mannerisms in his characterisiation of Derek Smalls.
• In an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar states that "Most magic shop owners in Sunnydale have the life expectancy of a Spinal Tap drummer".

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External links

• Band's official website, redirected to a fan site as of April 2006
• The Ultimate Spinal Tap Discography - an illustrated guide to Tap's albums (both real and imagined)
• Diary of a Spinal Tap "audition", from the website of the Royal Crown Revue drummer
• This is Spinal Tap at the Internet Movie Database
• SpinalTapFan.com, compiled by Taphead Chip Rowe