This Is Spinal Tap (1984) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error This Is Spinal Tap ( 1984 ) R | Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DeBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence.

a list of 36 titles created 26 Nov 2010 a list of 21 titles created 06 Sep 2011 a list of 25 titles created 03 Feb 2012 a list of 25 titles created 02 Apr 2013 a list of 35 titles created 15 Nov 2015 Title: This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 2 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards » Videos A colorful array of characters compete at a national dog show. Director: Christopher Guest An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance. Director: Christopher Guest Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.

Director: Christopher Guest Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised. Director: John Landis Edit Storyline In 1982 legendary British heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap's pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows a rock group heading towards crisis, culminating in the infamous affair of the eighteen-inch-high Stonehenge stage prop. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk> Does for rock and roll what "The Sound of Music" did for hills Genres: 2 March 1984 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare See more » Filming Locations: $55,854 (USA) (8 September 2000) Gross: Did You Know?

Trivia When the members of Spinal Tap talk about their drummer suffocating on vomit, it's a reference to a number of musicians who have died, or who are rumored to have died, the same way, including Jimi Hendrix , Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham , AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott and big band leader Tommy Dorsey . See more » Goofs During "Rock and Roll Creation", when Derek is trapped inside the pod, a roadie hammers on it at one point, but clearly doesn't make contact. See more » Quotes [first lines] Marty DiBergi : Hello; my name is Marty DiBergi. I'm a filmmaker. I make a lot of commercials. That little dog that chases the covered wagon underneath the sink? That was mine. In 1966, I went down to Greenwich Village, New York City to a rock club called Electric Banana. Don't look for it; it's not there anymore. But that night, I heard a band that for me redefined the word "rock and roll". I remember being knocked out by their... their exuberance, their raw power - and their punctuality. That ... The Real Ian Faith ....

Derek Sutton See more » Connections (North Hollywood, CA) – See all my reviews The humor of "This is Spinal Tap" has a special time-release formula. I didn't find myself rolling on the floor laughing the first time I saw this but as the day went on my friends and I couldn't stop recalling the dialogue. This movie is a legend. "See Spinal Tap" should be written in the dictionary next to satire. Lately satire has come to mean a simple mockery of pop-culture instead of "human vice or folly attacked through irony, derision or wit". Movies like "Scary Movie" claim to be parodies or satire without even trying to be witty. They just imitate something as opposed to commenting on it. True satire takes a bit more work by the writers and will make you laugh much harder. Spinal Tap gives you the absurdity of the rock and roll world, yet still respects the music. I understood this when I saw a clip of the movie for the first time at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It was the scene with amps that go to "11". I couldn't stop thinking about that scene until I finally saw the movie.

Every aspect of the music world is lampooned; arrogance, absurdity, backstage crybabies, has-beenism, volume, even the Beatles. This movie is quoted like the Simpsons, which isn't always good but certainly proof of legendary movie. It's dry, deadpan humor and it may take a day to sink in but this movie is hilarious. 41 of 43 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes The 20 Greatest Rock Films Ever Made | Features | Creative Loafing Charlotte The 20 Greatest Rock Films Ever Made Comments (10) (Five years ago, in the March 21, 2007, issue of Creative Loafing, we ran "Music For The Movies: The 20 Greatest Rock Films Ever Made." The piece and its sidebars - The Also-Rans and The 10 Worst - proved to be so popular, that we've elected to reprint the package circa its fifth anniversary. As an added bonus, we've also included a separate story featuring the individual picks of Editor-in-Chief Mark Kemp and Music Editor Jeff Hahne, neither of whom were here to participate the first time around.

There are tons of viewing suggestions below and in the sidebar stories, so don't be shy about plowing through the whole shebang!) To see the first sidebar, The Best Also-Rans (featuring 30 critical faves that failed to make the main list, including Help! and Purple Rain), go here . To see the other sidebar, The 10 Worst Rock Films Ever Made, go here . To see the picks of Mark Kemp and Jeff Hahne, go here . A Hard Day's Night CRITICS' PANEL Matt Brunson, Kandia Crazy Horse, Lynn Farris, John Grooms, Lew Herman, Fred Mills, John Schacht, Sam Shapiro, Samir Shukla, Ann Wicker Introduction by Matt Brunson When Bill Haley sang that it was "One-two-three o'clock, four o'clock rock," he was in effect declaring that it was time for a new musical revolution in movies. The employment of Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" during the opening credits of 1955's Blackboard Jungle is regarded as the first use of rock music in cinema.

It's been over a half-century since that specific merging of movies and music, and we at Creative Loafing figured it was time to pay tribute to a rich history of rock 'n' roll flicks by offering "The 20 Greatest Rock Films Ever Made." To that end, we assembled a panel of 10 CL contributors (including four previous music editors) who are all well-versed in music and/or movies and asked them to come up with their individual "20 Best" and "10 Worst" lists. The ballots were then compiled to produce our definitive lists. And the spectrum of eligible titles was wide enough to not only include rock but also R&B, pop, disco, punk and other assignations. As with any list worth its salt, this one's sure to produce plenty of angry outcries and spittle-spraying protests regarding both surprise inclusions and exclusions. For example, I was stunned to see that Bob Dylan's Don't Look Back, considered a landmark rock documentary, only appeared on one critic's list - and in the lowly No. 17 position, at that (apparently, the times they are a-changin').

And even with a unified front on many choices - the balloting on the top three titles was especially tight, with the champion beating the second place choice by just one vote and the third-place finisher by a mere two votes - there were still plenty of disagreements among the jurists. Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous, a favorite with several writers, was dismissed by John Schacht with the notation, "should be listed under 'Fantasy,'" while The Last Waltz, earning near-unanimous praise, was tagged the most overrated rock movie by John Grooms, who added that "the overall tone is what you got when '60s revolutionaries became self-important." Several other pictures earned scattered votes on both "best" and "worst" lists (among them Pink Floyd: The Wall, Beat Street, Tommy and The Doors), while one love-it-or-leave-it title made such an impression that it has the distinction of ending up on both the 20 Best and 10 Worst lists. Before we get to the top 20, let's pay tribute to the five runners-up that just missed making the final list by a couple of points.

These honorable mentions consist of The Commitments (1991), director Alan Parker's raucous look at a fictional R&B band in Dublin; The Decline of Western Civilization (1981), Penelope Spheeris' study of the Los Angeles punk rock scene of the late 1970s; the concert film Year of the Horse: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live (1997), directed by Jim Jarmusch; End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003), an informative and entertaining documentary about the seminal (and dysfunctional) punk band; and Tom Dowd & the Language of Music (2003), a look at the unheralded recording engineer and producer who had a hand in classic albums by Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, John Coltrane and many others. THE 20 BEST 1. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964; Richard Lester) John, Paul, George and Ringo contend with fans and the press while preparing for a live television appearance.

Grooms: Director Richard Lester's inspired idea was to create a facsimile of what The Beatles' lives were really like at the time, including the hangers-on, roadies and dangerous mobs of adoring fans. Luckily, it turned out the boys could act, and the result was the first rock film that actually held together from beginning to end. Wicker: Like The Beatles as a band, their first movie broke new ground for films about musicians and about showcasing the music within the film. With the thinnest of storylines, Lester allowed the four young men to be themselves, more or less, but doing that forever fixed these personas in the minds of the public: Paul was the cute diplomat, John was clever and cheeky, Ringo was goofy in a good way, and George was more serious but with a sly sense of humor. Brunson: It's amusing to note that, at the time, United Artists rushed the movie into production and into theaters because they expected The Beatles to be nothing more than a passing fad. Instead, they ended up with an enduring classic that critic Andrew Sarris famously described as "the Citizen Kane of jukebox musicals." Shapiro: Before there was MTV, there was Richard Lester ... 2.

THE LAST WALTZ (1978; Martin Scorsese) With the help of their musician friends, the members of The Band gather for one final concert. Shukla: Visionary director Martin Scorsese rewrote the book on filming live concerts with The Last Waltz, which was the final performance of the rockers simply known as The Band. The lighting, the camerawork, the A-list musicians and The Band's flawless performance make this a work of art. Crazy Horse: The Band's (and poor Richard Manuel's) swan song, The Last Waltz is also the glorious beginning to - and endless well of - prime roots music, featuring angels and devils from Mavis Staples to Van Morrison. Brunson: Camaraderie and respect among musicians - I love the moment when a noticeably appreciative Neil Young thanks Robbie Robertson for allowing him to take part in their celebration, to which an incredulous (and grinning) Robertson replies, "Shit, are you kidding?" 3.

THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984; Rob Reiner) In this "rockumentary," filmmaker Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) interviews the members of a hard rock band that's seen better days. Schacht: The crown jewel in the Christopher Guest/Michael McKean faux-documentary franchise (which also includes Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, etc.), this parody of the "loudest rock band on earth" manages to take the piss out of rock 'n' roll in general, and over-the-hill metal acts in particular. Classic satire like mini-Stonehenge, exploding drummers and amps that "go up to 11" are practically part of the lexicon today. It's pretty simple: If you don't think this movie's hilarious, you're probably not much fun to begin with. Mills: Dozens of rock films spontaneously combust each year. But this "mockumentary" - the spiritual granddaddy of VH1's Behind the Music, no less - still blazes the brightest. 4.

WOODSTOCK (1970; Michael Wadleigh) The 1969 concert, held in Bethel, N.Y., and featuring "three days of peace and music," is the focus of this lengthy documentary crammed with performances by, among others, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, The Who, and Country Joe and the Fish. Wicker: Seeing Woodstock when I was in high school firmly fixed the notion in my mind that despite the mud and the brown acid, I wanted to have been there. I wanted to see and hear Janis and Jimi, to experience the soaring harmonies of Crosby, Stills and Nash in their very first show, to chant "No rain!" with the best of them. There's nothing like seeing the 1960s through psychedelic, rose-colored, round, mirrored glasses. Farris: This film completely captures one of the greatest moments in the history of music. You are there, in that field in Bethel, with 500,000 of your brothers, sisters and fella music lovers. An unforgettable moment in music and an unforgettable movie that remarkably captures the beautiful insanity of it all. Dig it. 5.

GIMME SHELTER (1970; David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin) The Rolling Stones' 1969 concert in Altamount, California, is marred by the murder of a concertgoer by one of the Hell's Angels charged with providing security for the event. Schacht: This began as a documentary of The Rolling Stones' 1969 tour of the States, but wound up chronicling the nail in the coffin of the peace-and-love decade. You can practically see '60s idealism die as Mick Jagger and company watch playback of the Hell's Angels murdering a black man in front of the stage at the Altamont Speedway. That frightening scenario overshadows the Stones near their decadent peak (for that, see Cocksucker Blues). Farris: This film captures the highest and lowest moments of one of the greatest rock 'n' roll acts of all time. You can't help but feel for Mick (Jagger) and Charlie (Watts) when you see their nervousness and unsettledness once they begin to comprehend the disaster they helped to create. In the end, we also learn the answer to one of music's most important questions.

Could there ever really be another Woodstock? Not a chance ... Grooms: The look on Jagger's face when he sees the fan with a gun being stabbed to death by a Hell's Angel is one of the most unnerving scenes in any film. 6. HAIR (1979; Milos Forman) With only a couple of days to kill before he enlists in the Army, a Midwestern farm boy (John Savage) falls in with a group of Central Park hippies. Brunson: A far more accomplished stage-to-screen translation than Jesus Christ Superstar, this superb musical is too vibrant to be dismissed as merely a "time capsule" piece. Milos Forman's direction is exhilarating (ditto Twyla Tharp's choreography), the Ragni-Rado-MacDermot score remains glorious, and Treat Williams' performance as lead hippie Berger is by turns playful, sensual and - in that knockout final number ("The Flesh Failures/Let the Sun Shine In") - heart wrenching. Shapiro: At the time of its release, Forman's film was considered too close to the era it nostalgically celebrated - which explains, perhaps, its so-so reception at the box office.

Well, what a difference another 28 years can make. This is the rare musical that delivers character complexity, and its Vietnam-haunted finale is devastating. 7. ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL (1979; Allan Arkush) A Ramones fan (P.J. Soles) is thrilled when her favorite band helps take down her school's dictatorial (and rock-hating) principal (Mary Woronov). Herman: Don't know how many times I've seen this. Though The Ramones are (mostly) dead and gone, thanks to this film, they'll never grow old. Killer soundtrack, too; not just The Ramones, but Eno, Velvet Underground, Devo and The MC5. Shukla: Sure it's a hormonally charged and cheesy comedy, but the cult classic gave a boost to the inimitable Ramones and will forever hold a place in the halls of punk rock history. Brunson: I don't know what delights me more: Soles' lovable performance or the great line, "Do your parents know you're Ramones?" 8.

JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957; Richard Thorpe) A former convict (Elvis Presley) becomes an unlikely recording star, but will success go to his head? Shapiro: From 1956 to 1969, Elvis starred in an astounding 31 movies. While none of the other pictures were very astounding, Jailhouse Rock was terrific, unquestionably Elvis' finest Hollywood moment. Pre-Army, shit-kicking, young Presley plays troubled - and trouble-making - rock star Vince Everett, who learns his guitar prowess while serving time for manslaughter. The "Jailhouse Rock" dance number in the Big House is the showstopper, but the entire film is great fun. Grooms: Elvis transcended the clichéd plot with great musical performances of "Treat Me Nice," "Baby I Don't Care," "Young and Beautiful" and, of course, the iconic title song, which revealed his surprising choreographic skills. This is one of the few Elvis films that even hinted at the power of his live performances. 9.

WATTSTAX (1973; Mel Stuart) The Los Angeles Coliseum is the setting for this motion picture focusing on a landmark soul concert held in 1972. Grooms: A powerful, moving documentary that managed to capture and communicate the black experience in 1972 Los Angeles, seven years after the Watts riots. It's part concert film - with Isaac Hayes, Albert King, The Staples, Rufus and Carla Thomas and others - and part collage of conversations with L.A. residents (including a biting, hilarious Richard Pryor). Shukla: Organized by Stax Records, this fine documentary is a snapshot of black music and the state of black America in the early 1970s. The focal point was the concert, with the appearances of Richard Pryor and Jesse Jackson accentuating the highlights. Mills: More bounce to the ounce and more towering Afros per capita than would ever be allowable in Bush's Amerika. 10. MONTEREY POP (1968; D.A.

Pennebaker) The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival captures lightning in a bottle with legendary performances by (to name just a few) Janis Joplin, Jim Hendrix, Ravi Shankar, and The Mamas and the Papas. Farris: Until Woodstock, this concert was easily one of the most historical and memorable events in music. The sight of Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar ablaze is forever etched in our minds ... and it happened at this show ... and this was the movie that took you there. Mills: Director D.A. Pennebaker arguably set the visual and aesthetic tone for all rock docs that followed (including Woodstock). And the Who, Hendrix, Big Brother and Otis Redding performances are riveting. 11. YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968; George Dunning) In this animated adventure, The Beatles save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies. Herman: Must've been high the first time around, as this was psychedelia at its best: incredible colors, songs, dialogue, plot, animation, Blue Meanies. Seen again straight, it was just as much fun. Reality didn't cloud my judgment; it enhanced it.

Grooms: So enthralling that, after leaving the theater, it took me a while to realize we weren't in a cartoon anymore. Hallucinogens may have had something to do with that, but still ... Brunson: Just how staggering is this film's imagery? Understand that the first two times I saw it - both as a wee lad - were on a crummy black-and-white TV set, and even then, the mind-blowing visuals made me realize that I was in the presence of something quite unique. Mills: Through the eyes of a child - it turned my son on to The Beatles, still his favorite band. 12. LET IT BE (1970; Michael Lindsay-Hogg) On the verge of breaking up, the Fab Four come together to create another classic album. Wicker: Let It Be, according to Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn, was first conceived as a TV show. The final film is an intriguing look at the creative process and the creative differences of one of the world's greatest bands. My favorite part is The Beatles' now legendary rooftop concert (and their last concert appearance), reduced here to about half of the 42 minutes originally recorded.

It shows they could put aside their differences and still rock. And annoy the police. Herman: Simply explained The Beatles' breakup, though the concluding rooftop performance made it bearable. And that rooftop scene became a rock reference point, a role model for the shape of things to come. 13. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973; George Lucas) In 1962, two friends (Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard) separately cruise the streets of their small town as they try to decide whether to head for college or stay put. Brunson: In compiling our choices, we tried to stay away from pictures that weren't in some way set within a specific musical milieu or didn't feature a character jockeying to become a singer/musician/groupie/whatever. But in this beloved classic, small-town America is itself the ultimate rock milieu, with omniscient Wolfman Jack as a benign deity and a killer soundtrack serving as the gospel music for a generation. Grooms: I saw this film seven times in the first 10 days of its theatrical release.

Still, my mania was nothing compared to George Lucas' obsession with getting the mood, clothes, music, cars, language and customs exactly right for his portrait of early rock's teen culture. The "automotive ballet" shot of cars cruising the main drag to the tune of "Runaway" still gives me chills. Wicker: Since I grew up in a small town where cruising was an entirely acceptable form of teenage entertainment, I totally identified with the characters in this film. But it's truly the use of the music as a motif holding the story together that kicks this film up at least three notches, to paraphrase Emeril. 14. STOP MAKING SENSE (1984; Jonathan Demme) The critical darlings Talking Heads jam their way through a 16-song set that includes "Psycho Killer," "Burnin' Down the House" and "Once In a Lifetime." Brunson: A rock orgy of volcanic power, this changed our perception of what we could reasonably expect from a concert movie. Jonathan Demme and cinematographer Jordan Cronenweth (Blade Runner) shoot in an inventive style that goes far beyond front-row-center.

And at the nucleus is head Headsman David Byrne, a human dynamo who meshes the inexhaustible performing stamina of Bruce Springsteen with the rubber-limbed capabilities of a Warner Bros. cartoon character. Shukla: Demme directed this concert film of Talking Heads with minimal flash, letting the music do the, um, talking. The band is phenomenal and singer David Byrne's visual absurdities enhance the eclectic combo that was Talking Heads. 15. ALMOST FAMOUS (2000; Cameron Crowe) A high school boy (Patrick Fugit) is given the opportunity to follow an up-and-coming band on the road and write about their exploits for Rolling Stone magazine. Mills: Almost my life - or so I fantasized, as I watched an aspiring young rock critic grill rock stars and nail nubile groupies while learning life lessons. Farris: Just a great movie for all of us who have ever longed to say those cool four words: I'm with the band. Exceptional casting here, too, especially Philip Seymour Hoffman as gonzo journalist Lester Bangs. That was genius! 16.

THE HARDER THEY COME (1973; Perry Henzell) Newly arrived in Jamaica, a young man (Jimmy Cliff) hopes to make it as a reggae star but first finds himself turning to a life of crime. Crazy Horse: Jimmy Cliff's starring turn and immortal themes for this imaginary Western-by-the-sea (picturing those white cliffs of Dover?) made this an instant classic. And generations of stoners keep it dear. Herman: Simply the best overall soundtrack of pop ever assembled on film - "Pressure Drop," "Draw Your Brakes," "Rivers of Babylon" and "Shanty Town," to name a few. As the song goes, "Dem a loot, Dem a shoot, Dem a wail in shanty town." 17. 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (2002; Michael Winterbottom) Idea man Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) spearheads a musical revolution in Manchester. Schacht: "Genius. Poet.

Twat." Thus read the tagline to Michael Winterbottom's often hilarious docudrama about the late-1970s/early-1980s "Mad-chester" music scene and three of its key players: Joy Division's Ian Curtis, Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder and impresario Tony Wilson (played brilliantly by Steve Coogan). For a while there, Wilson's label (Factory Records), the Hacienda venue and Manchester were the center of the music world, and Winterbottom does a bang-up job recreating that vibrant scene. Shapiro: This tells the story of producer/entrepreneur Tony Wilson, who had the genius (and prescient timing) to mainline the exploding talents of various musical bands of late-'70s/early-'80s Manchester (New Order, Happy Mondays, etc.) into his Factory Records label. Directed in mock-documentary style by the madly prolific British director Michael Winterbottom, who masterfully captures the "moment" of the meteoric Manchester scene. 18.

PERFORMANCE (1970; Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg) Solely occupying his time with sex and drugs, a faded rock star (Mick Jagger) finds his unlikely muse in a violent hoodlum (James Fox) who's elected to hide out from irate mobsters in the musician's home. Crazy Horse: Before Elvis, his Performance star Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page or Marilyn Manson, the late Scottish director/artist Donald Cammell was the counterculture's original bad-ass and occultist, and Performance is the brilliant rendering of his dark fantasies. Many staples of rock 'n' roll fantasy - cohabiting with two chicks, devotion to Aleister Crowley, glam aesthetics, drug discovery - were Cammell's reality. This not only features proto-hip-hop in the score (The Last Poets), but it's responsible for about 30 years of Cool Britannia cinema - especially the likes of Layer Cake and Guy Ritchie's entire career. Shapiro: Performance finally came out on DVD a couple of months ago, so let me regain my composure while I check it off my "must have" list.

Space limitations prevent me from summarizing its bizarre plot, so suffice it to say that it can rather tidily be pigeonholed into the "crime film/rock star/shape-shifting/mushroom-munching/black-magic-and-groupie-sex" genre we all know and love. 19. WE JAM ECONO: THE STORY OF THE MINUTEMEN (2005; Tim Irwin) Childhood chums hang together to eventually position themselves as one of the most promising punk outfits of the '80s. Schacht: Of all the bands to emerge from the early 1980s' second-wave punk explosion, San Pedro's The Minutemen were the most intriguing. This documentary collects archival footage and current interviews with surviving band members Mike Watt and George Hurley, among others involved in that fertile scene. A portrait emerges of an extraordinarily talented punk band that expanded the genre's definition by incorporating funk, jazz, surf and Mexican influences until The Minutemen's bright future was cut short by the death of guitarist D. Boon.

Mills: Powered by emotional spiels from bassist Mike Watt as well as astounding live footage, it's also the story of the Amerindie underground's coming of age in the 1980s. 20. STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN (2002; Paul Justman) Basically Berry Gordy's "house band" during the heyday of the Detroit sound, a group of unknown musicians collectively known as The Funk Brothers back up such luminaries as Smokey Robinson, The Supremes and Marvin Gaye as they produce hit after hit between 1959 and 1972. Brunson: Rich anecdotes spun by the surviving musicians are mixed with archival photos, a few dramatic recreations, and footage from a reunion concert in which The Funk Brothers play Motown classics fronted by the likes of Ben Harper, Bootsy Collins and Joan Osborne (soaring through a lovely version of "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted"). Crazy Horse: A beautiful elegy to Motown's true heart and soul - the mostly deceased musicians who made magic in Studio A. One viewing of this rock doc, and you'll never dispute that The Funk Brothers are the greatest band in history.

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Aglets Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? Marie Curie Who issued the first mail order catalog in the United States? Tiffany's ? Christopher Guest Teases 30th Anniversary 'Spinal Tap' Reunion | Movie News | Movies.com "I tried being reasonable, I didn‘t like it." Movies.com > Movie News > Christopher Guest Teases 30th Anniversary 'Spinal Tap' Reunion Christopher Guest Teases 30th Anniversary 'Spinal Tap' Reunion Christopher Guest Teases 30th Anniversary 'Spinal Tap' Reunion Tweet Internet denizens, are you ready to rock? We hope so, because the boys from Spinal Tap may be coming to your town in the very near future. Actor-director Christopher Guest revealed some interesting information in a new interview with The Observer – which hints that the king of all spoof rock bands is seriously considering another comeback. This would mark the band’s first reunion since their 2009 album Back from the Dead and their 25th anniversary tour. A tour in 2014 would celebrate the classic film’s 30-year birthday. When the subject came up during the interview, Guest offered up the following comment.

“We get asked to do shows on a regular basis. But what I will say is that we're in the midst of talking about something for next year.” No word yet on how the guys will top their 2009 effort, which found them playing to 130,000 people at Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage, but we have no doubt they’ll come up with something. Not too shabby for a fictional rock band, eh? Spinal Tap | Music | The Guardian The Guardian This week a reader has harvested your suggestions and produced a multi-genre playlist including songs from Spinal Tap, Shirehorses and Anton Barbeau Published: 17 Nov 2016 Readers recommend playlist: your songs about farm produce October 2016 As his new film, Mascots, arrives, the genius behind Spinal Tap talks about sitting in the House of Lords – and dying for five minutes Published: 11 Oct 2016 The HBO comedy mercilessly lampoons Google.

But with its latest announcement, when it buried a reference to the sitcom in a press release, the corporation suggests it is in on the joke – much like the rock world embraced Spinal Tap Published: 11 Aug 2015 Les Paul: the guitar of choice for Chuck Berry, Spinal Tap and the Sex Pistols The Les Paul has earned a reputation as the ultimate guitar for rock, blues and reggae greats. As the original Black Beauty model of the Gibson Les Paul guitar heads for auction next month in New York, here’s some of the brand’s most famous fans Les Paul’s original Gibson Les Paul goes up for auction Published: 8 Jan 2015 Spinal Tap | Rock Peaks Spinal Tap Know a thing or two about this artist? Want to help make this page better? Earn points and win prizes. Find out what's involved Track Spinal Tap on Late Night in 1992 The quintessential rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap is available as a single DVD purchase , and as part of a Collector's Set . But for the best live Spinal Tap material, check out The Return of Spinal Tap .

This movie consists primarily of Spinal Tap's 1992 Royal Albert Hall concert. Order By: 1 day 9 hours ago Read the original article on Wikipedia Spinal Tap on Wikipedia Scan from DVD box art of This is Spinal Tap Background information The Originals, The New Originals, The Thamesmen Origin Heavy metal, hard rock, comedy rock, psychedelic rock Years active 1964–1984, 1992, 2001, 2007, 2009–present Labels Polymer, Megaphone (fictional); Polydor, MCA Associated acts Past members See: Former members Spinal Tap (stylized as Spın̈al Tap, with a dotless letter i and a metal umlaut over the n) is a parody band spoofing the style of British heavy metal groups. The band first appeared on a 1979 ABC TV sketch comedy pilot called The T.V. Show, starring Rob Reiner. The sketch, actually a mock promotional video for the song "Rock and Roll Nightmare", was written by Reiner and the band, and included songwriter/performer Loudon Wainwright III on keyboards.

Later the band became the fictional subject of the 1984 rockumentary/mockumentary film 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). This Is Spinal Tap was accompanied by a soundtrack album of the same name. In the years following the film's release, the actors have portrayed the band members at concerts and released music under the Spinal Tap name. Guest, McKean, and Shearer toured in the United States in April and May 2009[1] and performed as Spinal Tap in a "One Night Only World Tour" on June 30, 2009 at Wembley Arena in London, three days after playing the Glastonbury Festival.

Support at Wembley Arena came from the same trio's fictitious folk music band The Folksmen.[2][3] Contents 5.2.3 Bass guitar, backing vocals 5.2.4 Drums, percussion 8 External links Background Although the 1984 film portrays the band hailing from the United Kingdom, all three actors who play the principal band members were actually born in the United States. (Christopher Guest, however, was raised in both countries, and he currently has dual citizenship and a title of nobility: Baron Haden-Guest.) Fans of Spinal Tap have assembled details about the band based on fictional film, albums, concerts, and related promotional material, including a discography and a list of the band's former members.[4] Spinal Tap's fictional history includes a succession of drummers, all of whom are said to have died in strange circumstances, one in a "bizarre gardening accident," another who "choked on vomit" (a reference to John Bonham's and Bon Scott's deaths) but not his own vomit (in a back-handed reference to Jimi Hendrix's death),[clarification needed] and two from "spontaneous human combustion" onstage.

Additionally, it is claimed that police described one of the deaths as a mystery "best left unsolved." 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, who auditioned in a fireproof suit. 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 Freddie Mercury and released as a single. The band also released the single called "Bitch School." On July 1, 1992, Tap crossed five time zones for three performances in St. John's, Newfoundland; Barrie, Ontario; and Vancouver, British Columbia, for MuchMusic 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.[5][6] In 2001, the band "reunited" for the nine-city "Back from the Dead Tour" that began on June 1, 2001, at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. 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. The opening act for some of these shows were The Folksmen, the folk trio seen in the film A Mighty Wind, and also performed by Guest, McKean, and Shearer. In 2007, Tap reunited again, this time to help combat global warming. "They're not that environmentally conscious, but they've heard of global warming," said Marty DeBergi (portrayed by Reiner).

"Nigel thought it was just because he was wearing too much clothing – that if he just took his jacket off it would be cooler." This reunion also included the release of a new song called "Warmer Than Hell". The band played on the London leg of the SOS/Live Earth concert series, and Rob Reiner has directed a short film (entitled Spinal Tap) which was released on the Live Earth website on April 27.[7] The film reveals that Nigel Tufnel is now working as a farm hand looking after miniature horses. He plans to race them. David St Hubbins is currently working as a hip-hop producer and Derek Smalls is in rehab for being addicted to the Internet. A new album, Back from the Dead, was released on June 16, 2009.

The album consists mostly of re-recordings of songs from the original film's soundtrack, as they would have sounded had they really existed and been recorded in a studio.[8] On April 6, 2009, the band announced a one-date "world tour," performing at London's Wembley Arena on June 30, 2009.[9][10] Support on this night came from The Folksmen. The band unexpectedly also self-confirmed for Glastonbury Festival 2009 during an online interview on May 8, 2009 in the Philadelphia Daily News following a "Unwigged and Unplugged" show in the city.[11] In November 2012, it was announced the band members would be reuniting for a new BBC show co-written by Christopher Guest, called Family Tree. Other appearances The band appeared as the musical guests on an episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL) in the spring of 1984. Barry Bostwick was the host. At this time producer Dick Ebersol approached Shearer, Guest and McKean to join the cast. Shearer and Guest accepted.

(McKean would not join until ten years later, by which time original producer Lorne Michaels was back at the show's helm.) Shearer's stint on SNL the following season—his second, the first having been the 1979–80 season—was to be short-lived, following creative disputes with the show's management. Shearer has said that when Ebersol made the offer during the Spinal Tap guest appearance, "I didn't realize that guests were treated better than cast members." In 1985 at the invitation of Ronnie James Dio, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer took part in the heavy metal benefit project Hear 'n Aid, to raise money for Ethiopian refugees. McKean and Shearer met dozens of real-life metal stars, many of whom were huge fans of Spinal Tap. The musicians greatly enjoyed meeting McKean and Shearer and sharing their own stories of disastrous gigs and malfunctioning special effects. 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, for which Shearer is a principal voice actor.

The Simpsons follows the approach of the original film by presenting the group as if they were a real group. During the disastrous performance, a massive devil balloon on the stage does not inflate properly, and Nigel is temporarily blinded by lasers. Later in the episode, their tour bus is accidentally pushed off a cliff due to Otto's reckless driving. On July 1, 1992, as part of MuchMusic's Canada Day "Great Canadian Party" festival, Spinal Tap completed an unprecedented tour of Canada in less than 24 hours. Jetting across five time-zones, the band played St. John's, Newfoundland, Barrie, Ontario, and Vancouver, British Columbia. That evening, during a performance of "Stonehenge", Tap received their signature, triptych set-piece via Canada Post in a small, bubble-wrap envelope that Derek Smalls signed for onstage. Bemused, Smalls tore open the packaging, and revealed to the cheering crowd the prop which looked to be half the size of the original 18 inch Stonehenge rock from the film. In 1993, Nigel Tufnel appeared in the rockumentary Joe Satriani: The Satch Tapes.

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. 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. 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. Also in 2006, the song "Gimme Some Money" was used in a TV commercial[citation needed] for Open from American Express, "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" appeared in Harmonix's video game Guitar Hero 2 and "Christmas with the Devil" appeared in BBC One promo spots for the network's Christmas program.

In 2007, while accepting an award from the BBC Two program The Culture Show, Christopher Guest broke into Nigel Tufnel, and considered what his wife and kids would make of the Mark Kermode shaped award.[citation needed] On July 7, 2007 Spinal Tap played at Wembley Stadium in London[12] along with many major bands and groups as part of Live Earth, a Climate Change awareness concert. Their set included a new song written for the occasion, "Warmer Than Hell." During their final number, the song "Big Bottom," St. Hubbins and Tufnel both picked up basses. Spinal Tap was also joined by "every bass player in the known universe," including Nate Mendel (of the Foo Fighters); Robert Trujillo, Kirk Hammett, and James Hetfield (Metallica); Gordon Moakes (Bloc Party); and Adam Yauch (a.k.a. MCA), of Beastie Boys. They were also joined on back-up vocals by Annette O'Toole, Michael McKean's wife.

In May 2008, Nigel Tufnel appeared in the National Geographic show Stonehenge Decoded, expounding his nonsensical theories about Stonehenge and who was responsible for building it. His claims to have invented "decoder" experiments capable of unveiling the true purpose of the monument are, as yet, unproven. McKean, Guest and Shearer have made several appearances as their alter egos The Folksmen, including the television shows Saturday Night Live and Mad TV and the film The Return of Spinal Tap. On March 2, 2009, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer held a press conference at the House of Blues in Los Angeles to announce their forthcoming album of new and old Spinal Tap songs, plus a 2009 "Unwigged & Unplugged" tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the film, This Is Spinal Tap. According to an L.A.

Weekly report, when MTV News' Kurt Loder asked the trio "if they had plans beyond an album and tour, Shearer answered, 'We're gonna bomb Iran.'"[13] The tour also features songs from the Folksmen and others from throughout the trio's career. On April 1, 2009, Guest, McKean, and Shearer played on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as the musical guest. On June 15, 2009, Spinal Tap performed on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as the musical guest. On Saturday, June 27, 2009, Spinal Tap performed on the main stage at the Glastonbury Festival with Jarvis Cocker guesting on bass during "Big Bottom," and also inviting Jamie Cullum on stage to play keyboards. One of the unexpected highlights for Tap fans was a rendition of the newly written overture from the mythical Jack the Ripper musical Saucy Jack.

Also on the bill were Kasabian, Crosby Stills & Nash, and Bruce Springsteen.[14][15] On Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Spinal Tap performed at Wembley Arena with The Folksmen as support. A variety of special guests featured including Keith Emerson (joined them on organ/keyboards – which he later destroyed during the show), Justin Hawkins from the Darkness and others.[16] On July 27, 2009, the band performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as the musical guest announcing their retirement and shortly thereafter their comeback. The next day, Tuesday, July 28, 2009, they were the musical guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. On August 25, 2009, Spinal Tap released a seven-minute short film titled Stonehenge: ‘Tis a Magical Place celebrating their 25th anniversary. The video is distributed through INgrooves and is available only on iTunes.

The short film depicts the founding members of Spinal Tap making a pilgrimage to Stonehenge for the first time.[17][18] The Folksmen Main article: The Folksmen The same trio of actors (Guest, McKean and Shearer) also portray the fictitious American folk music revival band The Folksmen, who first appeared on November 3, 1984 episode of Saturday Night Live. Some Spinal Tap concert appearances in the 1980s and beyond have even featured Guest, McKean, and Shearer opening for themselves as The Folksmen. The folk trio is also featured prominently in the 2003 Christopher Guest-directed "mockumentary" film A Mighty Wind. Current members David St.

Hubbins (portrayedby Michael McKean) – lead vocals, rhythm & lead guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar (1964–present) Nigel Tufnel (portrayed by Christopher Guest) – lead guitar, backing & lead vocals, bass guitar, piano, violin, violin bow, mandolin (1964–present) Derek Smalls (portrayed by Harry Shearer) – bass guitar, backing & lead vocals (1967–present) "Caucasian" Jeffery Vanston (portrayed by C. J. Vanston) – keyboards, backing vocals Gregg Bissonette (as himself) – drums, percussion Former members This list contains both fictional former members of Spinal Tap and celebrities that have played with the band.

Guitar, backing vocals "Ricky from San Francisco" (1982) Rhyan Gordon (1992) also played baseball bat Keyboards, backing vocals Jan van der Kvelk (1965) Tony Brixton (1965–1966) Denny Upham (1966–1968) Ross MacLochness (1974–1975) Viv Savage (David Kaff) (1975–198?) also played keyboard bass. Savage was allegedly killed when he went to visit the grave of former drummer, Mick Shrimpton, whose grave exploded due to methane gas build up.

John Sinclair (1982) Jon Carin (Amnesty International performance in 1991) Jamie Cullum (Glastonbury 2009) Ronnie Pudding (1964–1967) (Portrayed by Danny Kortchmar) Danny Jarman (1967) David Gilmour (Amnesty International performance in 1991) Tim Renwick (Amnesty International performance in 1991) Pino Palladino (Amnesty International performance in 1991) Cody Wheaton Drums, percussion Actual Gary Wallis (Amnesty International performance in 1991) (Wallis pretended to explode at the end of the performance) Jody Linscott (Amnesty International performance in 1991) Mick Fleetwood (2000) Todd Sucherman (2009) Deceased John "Stumpy" Pepys (1964–1966) (Portrayed by Ed Begley, Jr.

in the video "Gimme Some Money") Died in a bizarre gardening accident that the authorities said was "best left unsolved." Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs (1966–1967) Choked on vomit of unknown origin, perhaps but not necessarily his own, because "you can't really dust for vomit." Peter "James" Bond (1967–1977) (Portrayed by Russ Kunkel whose character was mistakenly credited as the name of the previous drummer) Spontaneously combusted on stage during a jazz-blues or blues-jazz festival on the Isle of Lucy, leaving behind what has been described alternately as a "globule" or a "stain" Mick Shrimpton (1977–1982) (Portrayed by R. J. "Ric" Parnell) Exploded onstage. Joe "Mama" Besser (1982) (Portrayed by Fred Asparagus). Claimed he "couldn't take this 4/4 shit"; according to an MTV interview with Spinal Tap in November 1991, he disappeared along with the equipment during their Japanese tour.

He is either dead or playing jazz. The name is a play on that of Joe Besser, who similarly had a short-lived and ill-fitted stint as a member of The Three Stooges. Richard "Ric" Shrimpton (1982–1999) Allegedly sold his dialysis machine for drugs; presumed dead. Sammy "Stumpy" Bateman (1999–2001) Died trying to jump over a tank full of sharks while on a tricycle in a freak show. Scott "Skippy" Scuffleton (2001–2007) Fate unknown. Chris "Poppa" Cadeau (2007–2008) Eaten by his pet python Cleopatra. Plus 9 other drummers at various times (Probably between 1970 and 1981) all of whom are dead. Tambourine Jeanine Pettibone (1982) After she left, Jeanine opened her own Irish clothing store named Potato Republic. Stewart Ikin (1982) – Backing Tambourine-Left the band to join Creme Brulee.

Consider to be death as a joke[clarification needed]. Oliver Ridout (Amnesty International performance in 1991) Billy Murgatroyd (1996) Murgatroyd is the only Tambourine player of the band to be killed, overdosing on coffee creamer. Harmonica Little Danny Schindler (1965–1966) Horns Keelan Hegarty (1965–1966) Geoff Clovington (1965–1966) Dan Taman (1967) Died while falling off a train as it was entering Kings Cross station, his body was never recovered. Backing vocals Andy Sutcliffe (1987) died beating himself to death with his own shoes. Session members Dweezil Zappa – guitar on "Diva Fever" Cher – vocals on "Just Begin Again" Slash – guitar on "Break Like the Wind" Steve Lukather – guitar on "Break Like the Wind" Joe Satriani – guitar on "Break Like the Wind" Jeff Beck – guitar on "Break Like the Wind" Timothy B.

Schmit – backing vocals on "Christmas with the Devil," "Cash on Delivery" Steve Vai – guitar on "Short And Sweet" John Mayer – guitar on "Short And Sweet" Phil Collen – guitar on "Short And Sweet" Actual discography This Is Spinal Tap (1984) U.S. No. 121[19] Break Like the Wind (1992) U.S. No. 61[19] UK No. 51 Back from the Dead (2009) U.S. No. 52[20] Singles "Christmas with the Devil" / "Christmas with the Devil (Scratch Mix)" (1984) "Bitch School" / "Springtime" (1992) UK No. 35 "The Majesty of Rock" (1992) UK No.

61 "Back from the Dead" (2000) "Warmer Than Hell" (2007) "Saucy Jack" (2009) (released as free MP3 download from official website)[21] Bootlegs Ultra Rare Tap, Volume 11 (unknown date) None More Black (unknown date – a three-CDR set) The Ultimate Rock 'n' Roll Creation (unknown date) Discography Spinal Tap Sings "(Listen to the) Flower People" and Other Favourites (1967) We Are All Flower People (1968) Brainhammer (1970) The Sun Never Sweats (1975) Bent for the Rent (1976) Tap Dancing (1976) Rock 'n' Roll Creation (referred to as The Gospel According to Spinal Tap in the film) (1977) Shark Sandwich (1980) The Incredible Flight of Icarus P.

Anybody (1969) Heavy Metal Memories (1983) "All the Way Home" (1961) – an unreleased demo "Gimme Some Money" (1965) "(Listen to The) Flower People" (1967) "Breakfast of Evil" (1969) "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" (1974) "Stonehenge" (1975) "Bent for the Rent" (1976) "Tap Dancing" (1976) "Rock 'n' Roll Creation" (1977) "Sex Farm" (1980) "No Place Like Nowhere" (1980) "Hell Hole" (1982) Top Hit for Nows (1968) Audible Death (1969) Got Thamesmen on Tap (unknown date) Maximum Tap (unknown date) It's a Dub World (unknown date) Unreleased/unfinished material SEXX!

(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Hernia Shark Sandwich[22] Nigel Tufnel's Trilogy in D-minor, including song with the working title "Lick My Love Pump" David St. Hubbins' / Derek Smalls' Saucy Jack, a musical based on the life of Jack the Ripper The title song from the musical was released in 2009 as a free MP3 download from the official Spinal Tap website[21] Solo releases Nigel Tufnel's Clam Caravan (1979) Pyramid Blue (unknown date) It's a Smalls World (1978) Ross MacLochness Doesn't Anybody Here Speak English? (unknown date) References ^ "Live Daily: Spinal Tap Alums Plot Comedy Tour". Retrieved 2009-03-04 ^ "Spinal Tap announce 'world tour'". BBC. BBC. April 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-17. ^ Gundersen, Edna (April 14, 2009). "THIS is Spinal Tap? Don't wig out, dudes; they're still funny".

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Retrieved 2011-01-02. External links The complete "This is Spinal Tap" script Spinal Tap Fan site This is Spinal Tap at IMDb.com Theeviljam.co.uk

Question: What cult movie spoof rock band reunited at Glastonbury 2009?
Answer: Spinal Tap