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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 ...
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.
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. This continued through the band's 1992 reunion album Break Like the Wind and the associated concert tour. Parnell was not a part of more recent Spinal Tap ...
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 ...
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 ...
Being CEO at Yahoo! (NAS: YHOO) has never been a permanent position, and now it's Scott Thompson's turn at the top. The dot-com giant tapped Thompson as the company's new helmsman this morning.
Bizarre Gardening Accident is the second album released by the band Angry Salad.It was released in 1997 by Breaking World Records.The album's title is a reference to the rock mock documentary This Is Spinal Tap, in which the members of the fictional band Spinal Tap explain that one of their former drummers died in a "bizarre gardening accident".
The upcoming This Is Spinal Tap sequel just got a lot more star-studded. ... Ric Parnell, who played doomed Spinal Tap drummer Mick Shrimpton, died last May at the age of 70.