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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 ...
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 ...
Ric Parnell, our drummer in This is Spinal Tap, passed away today. No one ever rocked harder. — Harry Shearer (@theharryshearer) May 2, 2022 The group — fronted by actor-musicians Michael ...
Spinal Tap, Atomic Rooster: 70: May 1, 2022: Missoula, Montana, U.S. Organ failure caused by blood clot in lungs [106] Howie Pyro D Generation: 61: May 4, 2022: Los Angeles, California, U.S. Complications from COVID-19-related pneumonia following a liver transplant and liver disease [107] Jewell Caples: 53: May 6, 2022: U.S. Lung injury illness ...
Spinal Tap became a working band, recording a soundtrack album and promoting the film with live shows and a 1984 appearance on Saturday Night Live. The character of Mick Shrimpton having died in This Is Spinal Tap , Parnell assumed the role of his "twin brother" drummer Ric Shrimpton for the group's appearances subsequent to the film.
Reiner announced last year that he and the principal cast of the peerless 1984 mockumentary are reuniting for the project. ... who played doomed Spinal Tap drummer Mick Shrimpton, died last May at ...
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in January 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
Spinal Tap II was originally slated for release on March 19, 2024, but will only begin filming that February due to the writers' and actors' strikes. An updated release date hasn't yet been announced.