This Is Spinal Tap
Directed by	Rob Reiner
Produced by	Karen Murphy
Written by	Christopher Guest Michael McKean Harry Shearer Rob Reiner
Starring	Rob Reiner Michael McKean Christopher Guest Harry Shearer Fran Drescher Bruno Kirby
Music by	Christopher Guest Michael McKean Harry Shearer Rob Reiner
Distributed by	Embassy Pictures
Release date(s)	March 2, 1984
Running time	82 minutes
Language	English
Followed by	A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
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This Is Spin̈al Tap (which is officially spelled with a non-functional umlaut symbol over the N) is a 1984 mockumentary directed by Rob Reiner and starring members of the semi-fictional heavy-metal glam rock band Spinal Tap. The film is a mock rockumentary that satirizes the wild personal behavior and musical pretensions of bands such as Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Queen, Dio, Aerosmith, Kiss, Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Judas Priest, Sweet, Pink Floyd and The Beatles, among many others. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 269 × 400 pixelsFull resolution (269 × 400 pixel, file size: 25 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Film poster for This Is Spinal Tap This image is of a film poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the... Rob Reiner at the 1988 Emmy Awards Robert Rob Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. ... 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Much of the film was ad libbed, and several dozen hours of footage were shot before Reiner edited it down to the released film. A 4½ hour bootleg version of the film exists and has been traded among fans and collectors for years.^[1] See AdLib for the computer sound card manufacturer. ... An assortment of bootleg recordings A bootleg recording (or simply bootleg or boot) is an audio and/or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist, or under other legal authority. ...

The three core members of Spinal Tap, David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnel, are portrayed by the American actors Michael McKean and Harry Shearer and British American Christopher Guest respectively. They all actually play their instruments and speak credible British English throughout the film. Reiner appears as Marty DiBergi, the maker of the documentary. Other actors in the film are Tony Hendra as the group manager Ian Faith and June Chadwick as St. Hubbin's interfering girlfriend Jeanine. Actors Paul Shaffer, Fred Willard, Fran Drescher, Bruno Kirby, Howard Hesseman, Ed Begley Jr., Patrick Macnee, Anjelica Huston, Dana Carvey and Billy Crystal all play supporting roles or make cameo appearances in the film. David St. ... Derek Smalls (played by Harry Shearer) is the bass player for comedic rock group Spinal Tap. ... Nigel Tufnel is the fictional lead guitarist of the rock band, Spinal Tap, featured in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap. ... 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... Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American comedic actor and writer. ... 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. ... This Is Spin̈al Tap (which is officially spelled with a non-functional umlaut symbol over the N) is a 1984 mockumentary directed by Rob Reiner and starring members of the semi-fictional heavy-metal glam rock band Spinal Tap. ... Tony Hendra (born 1941) is an English satirist and writer, who has worked mostly in the United States. ... Ian Faith was the fictional manager of the rock band Spinal Tap in the film This Is Spinal Tap. ... June Chadwick was born on November 30, 1951 in Warwickshire, England, UK. Her most well known tv roles are in the science fiction television series V: The Series as the evil Visitor named Lydia from 1984 to 1985, and as Lt. ... Paul Shaffer Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949 in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-American musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer currently seen as the bandleader on the Late Show with David Letterman. ... Fred Willard (born September 18, 1939) is an American comedian and character actor, known for his improvisational comedy skills. ... Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is a film and television actress. ... Bruno Kirby, born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu, Jr. ... Howard Hesseman Howard Hesseman (born February 27, 1940 in Lebanon, Oregon) is an American actor. ... Edward James Begley, Jr. ... Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg on the cover of a 1994 reprint of an Avengers novel co-written by Macnee. ... Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and former fashion model. ... Dana Thomas Carvey (born April 2, 1955, in Missoula, Montana) is an American actor and comedian best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and the spin-off movie Waynes World. ... For the American political commentator, see William Kristol. ...

The name "Spinal Tap" alludes to lumbar puncture, a particularly unpleasant medical procedure. A patient undergoes a lumbar puncture at the hands of a neurologist. ...

This film is number 64 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies", and number 29 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs. This article is about the U.S. cable network. ... The 100 funniest American films. ...

Cast

• Michael McKean as David St. Hubbins
• Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel
• Harry Shearer as Derek Smalls
• Rob Reiner as Marty DeBergi
• Tony Hendra as Ian Faith
• R.J. Parnell, drummer for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, as Mick Shrimpton
• Bruno Kirby as limo driver Tommy Pischedda
• Ed Begley, Jr. as John "Stumpy" Pepys
• Danny Kortchmar as Ronnie Pudding
• Fran Drescher as Bobbi Flekman
• Patrick Macnee as Sir Denis Eton-Hogg
• Julie Payne as mime waitress
• Dana Carvey as mime waiter
• Sandy Helberg as Angelo DiMentibelio
• Zane Buzby as Rolling Stone reporter
• Billy Crystal as Morty the Mime
• Paul Benedict as Tucker "Smitty" Brown
• Howard Hesseman as Terry Ladd
• Paul Shortino as Duke Fame
• Lara Cody as Duke Fame's groupie
• Andrew J. Lederer as student promoter
• Russ Kunkel as doomed drummer Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs
• June Chadwick as Jeanine Pettibone
• Vicki Blue as Cindy
• Joyce Hyser as Belinda
• Gloria Gifford as the airport security officer with the wand
• Paul Shaffer as incompetent promoter Artie Fufkin (Polymer Records)
• Archie Hahn as the room service guy
• Charles Levin as Disc 'n' Dat manager
• Anjelica Huston as Polly Deutsch
• Fred Willard as the Colonel on the military base

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... 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. ... Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American comedic actor and writer. ... Rob Reiner at the 1988 Emmy Awards Robert Rob Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and writer. ... Tony Hendra (born 1941) is an English satirist and writer, who has worked mostly in the United States. ... Brown on the cover of The Crazy World of Arthur Browns Nightmare single The Rev. ... Bruno Kirby, born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu, Jr. ... Edward James Begley, Jr. ... Danny Kootch Kortchmar (born April 6, 1946) is a guitarist and session musician. ... Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is a film and television actress. ... Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg on the cover of a 1994 reprint of an Avengers novel co-written by Macnee. ... Julie Payne (born September 11, 1946 in Terre Haute, Indiana) is an American character and voice actor. ... Dana Thomas Carvey (born April 2, 1955, in Missoula, Montana) is an American actor and comedian best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and the spin-off movie Waynes World. ... Sandy Helberg is an actor who was born in Frankfurt, Germany who has starred in lots of comedy films,especially 3 Mel Brooks films like High Anxiety, History of the World: Part 1 and Spaceballs. ... For the American political commentator, see William Kristol. ... Paul Benedict (born September 17, 1938 in Silver City, New Mexico) is an American character actor who has made several appearances in television and movies from the 1960s on. ... Howard Hesseman Howard Hesseman (born February 27, 1940 in Lebanon, Oregon) is an American actor. ... Paul Shortino is a singer who has sung for several bands, including Rough Cutt/The Cutt, Quiet Riot, and Bad Boyz. ... Lara Cody is an American voice actress. ... Andrew J. Lederer A performer since childhood, Andrew J. Lederer appeared as a vocal soloist with the Brooklyn Borough-Wide Chorus, both in live performance and on CBS-TV. He became a comedian as a teenager and acted in movies and television, including Family Ties, The Facts of Life, and... Russell Kunkel, also known as Russ Kunkel, is a drummer and producer who has worked as a session musician with a number of artists, including Jimmy Buffet, Dan Fogelberg, Bob Segar, B. B. King, Stevie Nicks, Aaron Neville, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, James Taylor, to name but a few. ... June Chadwick was born on November 30, 1951 in Warwickshire, England, UK. Her most well known tv roles are in the science fiction television series V: The Series as the evil Visitor named Lydia from 1984 to 1985, and as Lt. ... Born: September 16, 1959 Joined Runaways: July 5, 1977 Instrument: Bass Bassist Vicki Blue, now known as Victory Tischler Blue, briefly had a band with singer Cherie Currie in the early 80s (Currie-Blue Band), but never released an album, though they did appear together in the film This is... Joyce Hyser (b. ... Gloria Gifford is an American actress who has starred in films and on television. ... Paul Shaffer Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949 in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-American musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer currently seen as the bandleader on the Late Show with David Letterman. ... Archie Hahn is an American character actor and improviser best known for his appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway. ... Charles Levin is an American actor who has appeared in television and movies and on stage. ... Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and former fashion model. ... Fred Willard (born September 18, 1939) is an American comedian and character actor, known for his improvisational comedy skills. ...

Plot overview

This Is Spinal Tap chronicles the group's waning popularity during a tour of the United States to promote their latest album Smell the Glove in the fall of 1982. The sexist, misogynist, and overly-masculinized elements the general public associates with heavy metal music are parodied throughout. Marty DiBergi (Reiner), a director of television commercials, films the tour and interviews the musicians. The revised artwork for Smell the Glove. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel were childhood friends who ran through many band names at the beginning of their career — the initial name of the band was "The Originals", which they had to change to "The New Originals" because there was already another band going by the name — before settling on "The Thamesmen". Under this name, the group found its first fame with the early hit, "Gimme Some Money".

'Listen to the Flower People'

Invariably, Spinal Tap tried to capitalize on whatever music trend was popular, but always as it was waning. Renaming themselves Spinal Tap, they had another hit with the flower power anthem, "Listen to the Flower People", before turning to heavy metal. Various real bands underwent similar musical development. Status Quo started out as a psychedelic band before turning to the more traditional rock and roll sound that made them famous; Black Sabbath were originally a blues-based psychedelic band before turning to their current heavy metal stylings; while Sweet went from bubblegum pop to hard rock, while Queen did the opposite; started out as a hard rock or metal band before softening their sound. Image File history File links Spinal Tap young image 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 young image File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This article is about the quasi-fictional heavy metal band. ... A bus covered with Hippie slogans and flowers Flower power was a slogan used by hippies in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of the non-violence ideology. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Sweet (referred to as The Sweet on albums before 1974 and singles before 1975) were a popular 1970s British band. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ...

A theme running through the story is that Hubbins and Tufnel possess genuine talent as composers, but have compromised their talents through laziness, stupidity, or through pursuit of commercial success. This idea is demonstrated when Nigel plays a complex new composition for Marty, discusses its minor key and relation to classical music, then reveals that the title is "Lick My Love Pump." This article discusses classical music in the first sense (see below). ...

The film notes early on that Spinal Tap — "One of England's Loudest Bands" — have had a succession of drummers, all of whom have died under odd circumstances, one in a "bizarre gardening accident". (Coincidentally, in 1992, long after this film appeared, Toto drummer Jeff Porcaro died of a heart attack due to an allergic reaction to a gardening pesticide). Another of Spinal Tap's drummers "choked on vomit", specifically someone else's vomit (several musicians have died after choking on their own vomit, notably singer Bon Scott of AC/DC, guitarist Jimi Hendrix and drummer John Bonham of Led Zeppelin); and one drummer seems to have fallen prey to spontaneous human combustion. St. Hubbins reports that "Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It's just not really widely reported." This run on drummers was a nod towards several bands; both John Bonham and Keith Moon had died years before, while Judas Priest were, for a variety of reasons, on their seventh drummer at the time of the film's release. Which band is the loudest band in the world is a subject of some dispute in musical circles. ... A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... A gardener Gardening is the practice of growing flowering plants, vegetables, and fruits. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was a highly regarded session drummer and a founding member of the Grammy Award winning band Toto. ... Ronald Belford Bon Scott (July 9, 1946 – February 19, 1980) was a Scottish born Australian rock musician. ... AC/DC is a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Led Zeppelin were an English rock band who formed in 1968. ... Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is a pseudo-scientific hypothesis that suggests that burning of a persons body may occur without an external source of flammable ignition. ... Keith Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. ... Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. ...

Spinal Tap's concert appearances are repeatedly cancelled due to low ticket sales. Tensions continue to rise when several major retailers refuse to sell Smell the Glove because of its sexist cover art (which was boycotted in stores) and there is growing resentment shown towards the group's manager Ian Faith (played by humor writer Tony Hendra). Nigel becomes even more perturbed when St. Hubbins' girlfriend Jeanine — a manipulative yoga and astrology devotee — joins the group on tour and proceeds to participate in band meetings and attempts to influence their costumes and stage presentation. The revised artwork for Smell the Glove. ... Sexism is discrimination between people based on their Sex rather than their individual merits. ... Ian Faith was the fictional manager of the rock band Spinal Tap in the film This Is Spinal Tap. ... Tony Hendra (born 1941) is an English satirist and writer, who has worked mostly in the United States. ... Statue of Shiva performing Yogic meditation Yoga (Devanagari: योग) is a group of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. ... Hand-coloured version of the anonymous Flammarion woodcut (1888). ...

Airport Security.

"Polymer Records" (not Polydor Records) decides to release Smell the Glove with an entirely black cover, though without consulting the band (four years after The Damned's The Black Album some versions of which were genuinely all-black, but embossed; two years after AC/DC's Back in Black, also all black with embossed writing; and seven years before Metallica's eponymous 1991 album, which featured a nearly-all black cover). This prompts more distress from the band, declaring the album cover depressing and reminiscent of death, but they are somewhat mollified after Faith reminds them that so much great art is about death. While studying the Smell The Glove cover, Tufnel says that it seems to ask how much more black it could be (the answer, "none more black", later became the name of an American rock band), and St. Hubbins delivers the memorable observation, "There's a fine line between stupid and clever." Image File history File links Spinal Tap 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 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Polydor Records is a record label once headquartered in Germany. ... The Damned are a punk rock and later gothic rock band formed in London, England in 1976. ... The Black Album was the fourth album by The Damned. ... AC/DC is a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. ... For other uses, see Back in Black (disambiguation). ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... Metallica (also known as The Black Album because of its largely black and nearly-featureless cover) is the fifth album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. ... None More Black is a New Jersey-based melodic punk outfit on Fat Wreck Chords, formed by lead singer / guitarist Jason Shevchuk after the demise of his previous band, Philadelphias Kid Dynamite. ...

In an interlude, Nigel Tufnel is shown during one of his trademarked on-stage guitar solos, playing the guitar first with his feet (parodying Jimi Hendrix's habit of playing his guitar with his teeth) and then with a violin, parodying Jimmy Page's violin bow solo spot on "Dazed and Confused". This article contains a trivia section. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. ... A cello bow In music, a bow is a device pulled across the strings of a string instrument in order to make them vibrate and emit sound. ... Dazed and Confused is a song by folk singer Jake Holmes from his debut solo album The Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes, released in June, 1967. ...

As resentment towards Ian Faith grows, Jeanine increasingly becomes involved in the group's problems. During a tense meeting where Jeanine's idea for new stage costumes based on astrological signs is rejected, Nigel suggests the band reinstate the Stonehenge set and scribbles out a diagram of Stonehenge on a napkin. Ian agrees he will follow the band's direction to the letter; unfortunately he does not check the diagram properly and presented with an 18-inch (46 cm) model, made exactly as indicated on the original plan by Tufnel (a restaurant napkin with 18" instead of 18' written on it). The band nevertheless use the tiny Stonehenge in the show with two dwarves arriving on stage to dance around it; unfortunately it seems ridiculous to the concert audience who laugh at the band. St. Hubbins laments during the gig debrief, "I think that the problem may have been... that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed... by a dwarf." This may be a play on Black Sabbath's tour for 1983's Born Again album,^{[citation needed]} which featured massive Stonehenge sets that barely fit on the stages the band played (Sabbath's management had ordered the set measurements in feet, but the manufacturers accidentally built the set using metres.^{[citation needed]} But in reality the film may have inspired the real-life band, as the Stonehenge sequence appeared in a 1982, 20-minute demo of the film. Led Zeppelin also had had a Stonehenge stage theme in the final US concerts held in Oakland, California in July 1977. For other uses, see Stonehenge (disambiguation). ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... An example of a man afflicted with Dwarfism see dwarf, and for insular dwarfism and other meanings see Dwarf (disambiguation). ... Men hur kommer man in i berget, frågade tomtepojken (But how do I get into the mountain? the young dwarf asked. ... Born Again is Black Sabbaths eleventh studio album, released in August 1983. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...

After the Stonehenge debacle, manager Ian Faith quits in disgust when St. Hubbins suggests that his girlfriend Jeanine can co-manage the group. Jeanine takes over management duties and begins plotting astrology charts for the group members and for the group itself, and begins basing their concert appearances on the alignment of stars. Her character is drawn chiefly on the public image of Yoko Ono, Linda McCartney and Nancy Spungen as inexperienced interlopers in their lovers' music careers. Hand-coloured version of the anonymous Flammarion woodcut (1888). ... Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 Ono Yōko(ONO Yōko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ... Linda Louise, Lady McCartney (September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, and animal rights activist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Spinal Tap in Concert: Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), and David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean).

The group performs at a US Air Force base, managed by Fred Willard, who calls the group "Spangle Tarp", and requests a Barry Manilow song suitable for slow-dancing. The audience disapproved, not expecting a hard rock group, and Tufnel's wireless guitar-amplification system picks up interference from an air traffic control broadcast. After the various problems of the tour, resentment towards Jeanine, and the general unsuitability of the Air Force gig, this latest problem prompts Nigel to storm off stage. We soon learn that he has left the group; DiBergi asks St. Hubbins how he feels about his longtime collaborator's departure and St. Hubbins replies, "Well, I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation." 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. ... 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. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... Fred Willard (born September 18, 1939) is an American comedian and character actor, known for his improvisational comedy skills. ... Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus, June 17, 1943[1] in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer and songwriter best known for his recordings I Write the Songs, Mandy and Copacabana. His career achievements include selling more than 75 million records worldwide. ... Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs) at Amsterdams Schiphol Airport Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. ...

The remaining band members continue the tour. After arriving to play at an amusement park where they are given second billing after a puppet show ("Puppet Show and Spinal Tap") they plan the show omitting all the Tufnel-composed tracks (this may be a reference to Pink Floyd's Roger Waters refusing to play any of the songs that David Gilmour wrote on solo tour after Roger quit the band). This leaves them with about 10 minutes of material. Against St. Hubbins' initial reluctance, faced with a dearth of material to perform the group is forced to launch "The new birth of Spinal Tap, Mark 2", with Smalls' fusion-esque, "Jazz Odyssey", which is roundly rejected by their already diminishing fan base. Bitches Brew (1970) by Miles Davis is considered the most influential early fusion album. ...

After that, it becomes apparent to the remaining members that Spinal Tap cannot continue as it has been, and consider winding-up the band. St. Hubbins and Smalls reconsider "Saucy Jack", their long-abandoned idea for a musical based on Jack the Ripper (perhaps a jab at any number of overwrought rock and roll concept albums). Backstage at their last show, before the band takes the stage, Tufnel returns to tell the group that "Sex Farm", one of their songs from the album Shark Sandwich, treated with a frosty reception in the States (with one review only reading "Shit Sandwich") has become a big hit in Japan and that their former manager would like to arrange a tour. His entreaties are initially rebuffed, but later, as Tufnel watches from the wings and mouths the words to "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight", St. Hubbins relents and invites his friend back onstage. The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in history Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. ... Jack the Ripper is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London, England in the second half of 1888. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The film ends with Spinal Tap performing in Japan with new drummer, Joe "Mama" Besser (a reference to one of the latter members of The Three Stooges as well as a pun on the comic insult standby "yo mama"), after Mick Shrimpton's sudden death from spontaneous human combustion. Besser himself then combusts in the background, right at the film's finale. As the band plays on stage, reinstated manager Ian Faith stands proudly offstage, aggressively brandishing the cricket bat he carries to assert his dominance, while David's girlfriend sits by passively. Joe Besser Joe Besser (August 12, 1907 – March 1, 1988) was a comedian, known for his impish humor, and is now best remembered for his brief stint as part of the Three Stooges. ... The Three Stooges was an American comedy act in the 20th century. ... Yo Mama Yo Mama and Yo Mama jokes was a popular offensive tool used primarly in the 1990s. ... Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is a pseudo-scientific hypothesis that suggests that burning of a persons body may occur without an external source of flammable ignition. ...

Reception

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This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap was only a modest success upon its initial release, suffering from, among other things, the failure of many viewers to understand that it was not a real documentary. Audience feedback cards from early screenings had comments such as "Too shaky. Get new cameraman." However, the film found greater success, and a cult following, after it was released on video. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Wikiquote is a sister project of Wikipedia, using the same MediaWiki software. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Video (Latin for I see, first person singular present, indicative of videre, to see) is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion. ...

In 2002 the United States Library of Congress deemed the original film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.^[2] The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. ... The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...

The movie cut a little too close to home for some musicians. Iconic metal singer Ozzy Osbourne reported that, like Spinal Tap, he had become lost in confusing arena backstage hallways as he tried to make his way to the stage.^[3] Singer Tom Waits claimed he cried upon viewing it and Eddie Van Halen has said that when he first saw the film, everyone else in the room with him laughed as he failed to see the humor in the film. "Everything in that movie had happened to me," Van Halen said. When Dokken's George Lynch saw the movie he is said to have exclaimed, "That's us! How'd they make a movie about us?"^[4] Ozzy Osbourne (born John Michael Osbourne, December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England) is the lead vocalist of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, a popular solo artist, and the star of the reality show, The Osbournes. ... Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ... Edward Van Halen (born Edward Lodewijk van Halen on January 26, 1955[1] in Nijmegen, Netherlands), is a guitarist, songwriter and producer most famous for being leader and a co-founder of the hard rock band, Van Halen. ... Dokken is an American metal band which was formed in 1977. ...

Lars Ulrich told a press conference crowd that the Metallica/Guns N' Roses 1992 tour seemed "so Spinal Tap." Shortly after the tour started, Metallica's James Hetfield suffered third degree burns on his arms after he stood too close to a pyrotechnic device. Lars Ulrich (born December 26, 1963) is the drummer and co-founder of Metallica. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... Guns N Roses (abbreviated as GNR) is a nine-piece American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

According to a 1997 interview in Spin magazine with Aerosmith rhythm guitarist Brad Whitford, "The first time Steven [Tyler] saw it he didn't see any humor in it. That's how close to home it was. He was pissed! He was like, 'That's not funny!'" The terms spin and SPIN have several meanings, including those primarily discussed as spinning: For spin in sub-atomic physics, see spin (physics) For the stalled aircraft maneuver or any of several forms of loss of control in aircraft, see spin (flight) For the periodical, see Spin Magazine For the... r>Joe Perry Tom Hamilton Brad Whitford Joey Kramer | Past_members = Ray Tabano Jimmy Crespo Rick Dufay }} This article is about the band Aerosmith. ... Brad Whitford (born February 23, 1952 in Reading, Massachusetts) is a musician and guitarist for the rock and roll group Aerosmith. ... Stephen Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948 in Yonkers, New York), better known as Steven Tyler (and often nicknamed The Demon of Screamin) is an American musician and songwriter. ...

It became a common insult for a pretentious band to be told they were funnier than Spinal Tap. As George Lynch put it, the more seriously a band took themselves, the more they resembled Spinal Tap.^[4] After seeing a 1986 performance by British metal band Venom, singer Henry Rollins compared them to Spinal Tap.^[5] In their respective Behind the Music episodes, Quiet Riot's Rudy Sarzo and Ratt's Robbin Crosby compared their own bands to Spinal Tap to some extent. George Lynch (b. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Henry Rollins (born February 13, 1961 as Henry Lawrence Garfield[1]) is a singer and songwriter, spoken word artist, book author (prose and poetry), radio and TV personality, occasional movie actor, comedian, and voice-over artist. ... For the album by The Soundtrack of Our Lives, see Behind the Music (album). ... Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band, whose 1983 & 1984 success contributed to launching the 1980s glam metal scene. ... Rudy Sarzo (born 1950 in Cuba) is a bassist who has played with Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Manic Eden, Dio, etc. ... RATT redirects here, it can also be used as an acronym for radio teletype. ... Robbin Crosby (August 4, 1959 – June 6, 2002), born Robbinson Lantz Crosby and nicknamed King was one of the former lead guitarists in the glam metal band Ratt, who had several platinum albums in the U.S. in the mid to late 1980s. ...

DVD

This Is Spinal Tap has been released twice on DVD. DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

The first release was a 1998 Criterion edition which used supplemental material from the 1994 Criterion laserdisc release. It included an audio commentary track with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer; a second audio commentary track with Rob Reiner, Karen Murphy, Robert Leighton and Kent Beyda; 79 minutes of deleted scenes; Spinal Tap: The Final Tour, the original twenty minute short they shot to pitch the film; a mock promo film, Cheese Rolling; a TV promo, Heavy Metal Memories; and a music video, Hell Hole. Sales of this edition were discontinued after only two years and the DVD has become a valuable collector's item. Much of this material had appeared on a 1994 CD-ROM by The Voyager Company that included the entire film in QuickTime format. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Criterion Collection logo The Criterion Collection is a privately held company that distributes authoritative consumer versions of important classic and contemporary films on DVD. It was established in 1984 as a joint venture between Janus Films and the Voyager Company. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A major selling point of DVD video is that its storage capacity allows for a wide variety of extra features in addition to the feature film itself. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... The Voyager Company was a pioneer in CD-ROM production in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... QuickTime is a multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc. ...

In 2000, a special edition was released with new supplemental material. It has a new audio commentary track with Guest, McKean and Shearer performing in character throughout, commenting on the film entirely in their fictional alter-egos, and often disapproving of how the film presents them; 70 minutes of deleted scenes (some of which were not on the Criterion DVD); a new short, Catching Up with Marty DiBergi; a shorter version of Cheese Rolling; the Heavy Metal Memories promo and six additional TV promos; music videos for Hell Hole, Gimme Some Money, Listen to the Flower People and Big Bottom; segments of Spinal Tap appearing on The Joe Franklin Show; and the theatrical trailer. The special features were produced by Automat Pictures. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Early American actor William Garwood starred in numerous short films, many of which were only 20 minutes in length Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of cinema. ... Joseph Fortgang (born March 9, 1926) is an American radio and television personality who uses the stage name Joe Franklin. ... Category: ...

On IGN, This is Spinal Tap was the only DVD - and seemingly the only thing reviewed on IGN - to get 11 out of 10, though it is more than likely a joke in reference to the memorable scene in the film.[1] IGN is a multimedia news and reviews website that focuses heavily on video games. ...

References in popular culture

Main article: Up to eleven

The video game Guitar Hero II for the Playstation 2 and the Xbox 360 features Spinal Tap's "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight". It is the encore song for the first set list in the Playstation 2 version, and the encore song for the second set list on the Xbox 360 version. After completing the song in career mode, the camera zooms in on the stage, where the band's drummer explodes. Also, the final venue in the game's career mode is Stonehenge. In the original Guitar Hero, all volume options can be turned up to 11. Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ... Guitar Hero II is a music video game and a sequel to Guitar Hero. ... The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... The Xbox 360 is the successor to Microsofts Xbox video game console, developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, Samsung and SiS. Information on the console first came through viral marketing campaigns and it was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged... For other uses, see Stonehenge (disambiguation). ... Guitar Hero series in general, see Guitar Hero (series). ...

The review of the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II in the Official Australian XBox Magazine gave the game a score of "11: Yes it really does go to eleven". The review text notes "And if you don't understand the joke behind giving this game a score of 11 out of 10, you should ask someone who does..."

A cameo is made by the band in the animated sitcom The Simpsons, in the episode "The Otto Show". Harry Shearer, a member of Spinal Tap, is one of the voice actors on The Simpsons. Simpsons redirects here. ... The Otto Show is the 22nd episode of The Simpsons third season. ... Harry Julius Shearer (born December 23, 1943) is an American comedic actor and writer. ... Simpsons redirects here. ...

In the video game The Simpsons Road Rage when playing as the character of Otto, he is often heard to remark "Woah, that one went all the way to 11". The Simpsons Road Rage is a video game that was released in 2001 by Electronic Arts. ...

A 2007 American Express commercial uses the Spinal Tap (as "The Thamesmen") song "Gimme Some Money." American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as AmEx or Amex, is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. ...

On Gilmore Girls, Lorelai tells her daughter that her idea is riskier than "auditioning to be the drummer of Spinal Tap" Gilmore Girls is an hour-long American television drama/comedy that began on October 5, 2000 and aired its final episode on May 15, 2007. ...

Sue Townsend, in her Adrian Mole series of Diaries made the reference that doing a particularly risky activity is "Like being the drummer of Spinal Tap" i.e. suicidal. Susan Lillian Sue Townsend (born April 2, 1946) is the author of the Adrian Mole series of books (Mole claims that she stole the copyright from him in 1981). ... Adrian Albert Mole (born April 2, 1967) is the fictional protagonist in a series of books by Sue Townsend. ...

Much the same reference is made in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when it is remarked that magic shop proprietors in Sunnydale "have the life expectancy of a Spinal Tap drummer". Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated American cult television series that initially aired from March 10, 1997 until May 20, 2003. ... Sunnydale Sunnydale, California, is the fictional suburban setting for the popular television drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ...

Frequently throughout the British TV series Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson uses the "goes all the way up to 11" quote. The current format of Top Gear is a BAFTA[1] and Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. ...

Nigel Tufnel's neon green ribcage T-shirt is noted in Maxim's Hilarious Movie T-shirts slideshow; the publication declares that it screams "Tonight I'm going to rock you tonight."^[6]

During the WCW pay-per-view Fall Brawl, wrestler Chris Jericho and his entourage got "lost" on the way to the ring, with Jericho repeatedly shouting "Rock and Roll! Hello Winston Salem!" in a fashion identical to the scene in the film, where Spinal Tap get lost backstage. World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. ... Fall Brawl was an annual pay per view in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) held in the month of September from 1993 through 2000. ... Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is a Canadian actor, radio host, rock musician and inactive professional wrestler. ...

On Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mystery Science Theater 3000, often abbreviated MST3K, is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc. ...

• During the screening of Rocketship X-M, while the astronauts are walking down a long dark corridor toward their rocket, Joel quips, "Hello Cleveland!", echoing the lost backstage scene.
• Watching Cave Dwellers, Crow attempts a recitation of the introduction to Stonehenge during a shot of ominous clouds rolling.
• In the Overdrawn at the Memory Bank episode, a cube with the merged faces of a long-haired woman and Raul Julia is described as "a Viv Savage Christmas ornament."

When Spinal Tap reunited in 1992, Marshall developed a custom stack amp head for Christopher Guest. The head's volume pot and knob label went from zero to an infinity symbol. Rocketship X-M (1950) was the second of the American science fiction feature films of the space adventure genre begun in the post-war era, in 1950. ... Joel and the bots. ... Cave Dwellers (Ator linvincibile 2) was a European film that was made in 1984. ... Crow T. Robot Crow T. Robot is a fictional character from the American science fiction comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). ... Overdrawn at the Memory Bank was a 1983 television movie. ... Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay (March 9, 1940 - October 24, 1994) was a Puerto Rican actor who lived and worked for many years in the United States. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with This is Spinal Tap. ... Christmas bauble (called a Christmas ball in American English Christmas ornaments are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood or ceramics) that are used to festoon a Christmas tree. ...

Nigel Tufnel was featured in a Volkswagen television promoting the quality of the car's sound system. Dressed in a kilt, sandals and white gym sox, Nigel plays a strong guitar solo on the roof of the car, commenting "This amplifier has airbags!". Upon finishing, Nigel falls off the roof.

In the MMORPG Kingdom of Loathing, there is an Area that one can visit (Little Canadia, and only if they've ascended under a Mystcality sign) which has what is called the 'Super Secret Canadian Mind Control Device. The Device can be set from level 0 to level 11. It even says 'Most Mind Control Devices go up to Ten. This goes to Eleven. It's one Higher.' This is also a reference to the fact that the Number 11 is referenced many, many times in the Game

In the third series of the "New" Doctor Who, the Doctor claims to have turned the organ up to 11 in order to defeat Lazarus. Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who travels in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) time ship, which appears from the exterior...

Bungie.net, web site of the creators of the Halo game series, has a random Internet Explorer toolbar heading that says, "This one goes to 11" Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer), and commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of proprietary graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995. ...

Chipotle's burrito wrappers used to be emblazoned with the phrase "Our burritos go up to 11" Chipotles (pronounced chee-POHT-lehs) are smoke-dried jalapeño chilis used primarily in Mexican and Mexican-inspired cuisine. ...

In the Mythbusters episode "Snow Special", Adam Savage is holding the bullhorn and states "I turned it up to 11." MythBusters is a U.S. popular science television program on the Discovery Channel starring special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use their skills and expertise to test the validity of various rumors and urban legends in popular culture. ...

In the video game Pokemon Battle Revolution, when in a team battle and each trainer is down to one pokemon, the announcer sometimes says "Each trainer is down to their last pokemon, the fans' excitement is turned up to 11!" Pokémon Battle Revolution is the working title for the first Pokémon game on Nintendos Wii home console. ...

Other musical parodies

Other notable "rockumentaries" include: The term rockumentary is a neologism denoting a program on television or movie documentary about rock and roll or its musicians. ...

• The Comic Strip Presents... Bad News Tour
• More Bad News
• Hard Core Logo
• Still Crazy
• Far Too Gone
• All You Need Is Cash (also known as The Rutles)
• Sons of Provo
• Ah! The Beatles--a parody of The Beatles and The Rutles

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25 Years On

Marking their 23rd Anniversary, and 15 years since their last concert, Spinal Tap re-formed and played at the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium on July 7, 2007. Tap also appeared at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. A new short-film promoting their forthcoming performance has been made in a 'Where Are They Now' format. At the helm of this short-film is once again Rob Reiner. In the film Reiner asks guitarist Nigel Tufnel what he thought global warming meant, Tufnel replies "wearing too much clothing". 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. ...

The performance coincided with the release of their new single "Warmer Than Hell".

Spinal Tap performed "Stonehenge", "Warmer Than Hell", and "Big Bottom" at Live Earth.

During "Stonehenge", their Stonehenge setup was (intentionally) miscued, with the 2 side pieces appearing on stage at the correct time, when Nigel Tufnel performs his mandolin solo, and the 2 dwarf dancers appear. But the top piece, which was lowered from the ceiling, didn't appear until near the end of the song.

On "Big Bottom", keeping in line with the bass-only theme of the song, almost every bass guitarist who was present at the concert (including a few guitarists to play bass, ie. James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica) came out on stage to play with Spinal Tap (almost 30 bassists in all). This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ...

Related works

Break Like the Wind, a follow up to Smell The Glove, was released in 1992. Break Like the Wind is an album by the near-fictional band Spinal Tap. ...

A shorter made-for-TV sequel, "The Return of Spinal Tap", was released in 1992 to promote Break Like the Wind. It consisted mostly of footage from an actual Spinal Tap concert at the Royal Albert Hall. The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victorias husband and consort, Prince Albert. ...

This is Spinal Tap: The Official Companion (ISBN 0-7475-4218-X) was published in 2000. It featured a "Tap'istory", full transcript of the film (including out-takes), a discography, lyrics and an A-Z of the band.

Audio samples

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References

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See also

• A comprehensive Spinal Tap discography
• Mockumentary
  • Morton & Hayes (TV series, 1991)
  • Waiting for Guffman (1996)
  • Best in Show (2000)
  • A Mighty Wind (2003)
  • For Your Consideration (2006)

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. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Morton & Hayes was a short-lived comedy television series, shown Wednesday nights at 8:30 on CBS. Only six episodes were shown, from July 24, 1991, to August 28, 1991. ... Waiting for Guffman is a mockumentary written,starring, and directed by Christopher Guest that was released in 1997. ... Best in Show (2000) is a mockumentary film following five entries in a prestigious conformation dog show. ... A Mighty Wind is a 2003 mockumentary about a folk music reunion concert and the three groups that must come together to perform on national television for the first time in years. ... For Your Consideration is a feature film directed (and co-written) by Christopher Guest. ...

External links

• Complete script
• The Ultimate Spinal Tap Discography - the ultimate source for pictures and info on Tap's albums (both real and imagined)
• This Is Spinal Tap at the Internet Movie Database
• SpinalTapFan.com - fan site, includes the extensive guide Spinal Tap A to Zed
• Ah! The Beatles site - The Beatles and The Rutles Parody Web site]