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Spinal Tap (stylized as Spın̈al Tap, with a dotless letter i and a metal umlaut over the n) are a fictional English heavy metal band created by the American comedians and musicians of The T.V. Show, who wrote and performed original songs as the band: Michael McKean, as the lead singer and guitarist David St. Hubbins; Christopher Guest, as the ...
May 20, 2022 · A fictional band, they were originally made famous by the 1984 motion picture "This Is Spinal Tap." The mockumentary – if you will, rockumentary – was full of ad-libbed lines; exaggerated misogyny; and of course sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal. Themes: Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, Alcohol, Humour. Last label: Unsigned/independent. Years active: 1979-1984, 1992, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2019. A band made up for the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, a satire of the hard rock and heavy metal music scene.
This Is Spinal Tap, American film comedy released in 1984 that parodies the “rockumentary” film genre via the exploits of the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap. Directed by American filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner, the film was largely improvised by Reiner and the core cast members—American.
The film stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer as members of the heavy metal band Spinal Tap, who are characterized as "one of England's loudest bands". Reiner plays Martin "Marty" Di Bergi, a documentary filmmaker who follows them on their American tour.
Spinal Tap Is Now a Real (and Successful) Band (Photo by NBC/Getty Images) Unlike every other popular music group that received the rockumentary treatment, Spinal Tap was a fake band...
Apr 29, 2014 · 30 years ago this month, Spin̈al Tap released their debut album, This Is Spinal Tap (their real debut, not the in-film debut). And because we still love both the movie and the music, we thought we'd look back at just why Spin̈al Tap are the greatest band on the planet.
