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over the letter "n", in satirical reference to the spurious use of Heavy Metal Umlaut s by bands such as Motörhead and Blue Öyster Cult .]] Spinal Tap is a mostly fictional Heavy Metal band best known from 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''. The band is "mostly fictional" in the sense that its primary members have always been actors parodying heavy metal stereotypes, yet by playing concerts and releasing albums, they've blurred the line between fact and fiction. The film was accompanied by An Album Of The Same Name . BACK STORY 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 accident"; another "choked on vomit," (although it was never determined whose vomit it was, it was not his own) and a third from apparent Spontaneous Human Combustion . These are all poking fun at how many rock drummers tend to die young and often from embarrassing, drug-related deaths. Former band members Guitarists
Bass Guitarists
Backing Vocalists
Harmonica Players
Tambourine Players
Horn Players
Keyboardists
Drummers
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Singles
Compilations, bootlegs and unreleased material Compilations:
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Unreleased:
Unfinished/unknown
Solo releases Derek Solo:
Nigel Solo:
Ross Solo:
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." In 2000 a new song, "Back from the Dead" was made available for download from the band's website. 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. OTHER APPEARANCES As part of the promotion surrounding ''Break Like the Wind'', Spinal Tap was portrayed in An Episode from the animated world of '' The Simpsons '', a television show in which Shearer is one of the principal voice actors. 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. |
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