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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 guitarist Nigel Tufnel; and Harry Shearer, as the ...
The Spinal Tap II cast features the original three band members, plus some legit rock stars as well. Here's who we know will appear so far: Here's who we know will appear so far: Christopher Guest ...
Harry Shearer as "Derek Smalls" (2019) Derek Albion Smalls is a fictional character played by Harry Shearer in the spoof rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.He is the bassist for mock British heavy metal group Spinal Tap, playing alongside guitarists Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), as well as with a plethora of drummers and keyboardists.
From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The Credibility Gap, a radio comedy group. Following the breakup of the group, Shearer co-wrote the film Real Life (1979) with Albert Brooks and worked as a writer on Martin Mull's television series Fernwood 2 Night. [3] Shearer was a cast member on Saturday Night Live between 1979 and 1980, and 1984 ...
Spinal Tap is a fake band, of course, and this rockumentary is actually a mockumentary parodying popular musical docs like The Last Waltz. Spinal Tap’s Derek Smalls Still Takes It All the Way to 11
Spinal Tap is ready for their encore. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Rob Reiner, who appeared in the 1984 cult rock mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” were spotted filming the movie’s ...
His life changed when he met David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) who lived next door. They began jamming together in a toolshed in David's garden, influenced by (fictional) early blues artists like Honkin' Bubba Fulton, Little Sassy Francis and particularly Big Little Daddy Coleman, a deaf guitar player, and wrote their first song, " All the Way ...
Ric Parnell, the British musician best known for playing doomed drummer Mick Shrimpton in Rob Reiner’s cult-classic heavy metal mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, has died at age 70.The news was ...