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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 ...
Tufnel is especially noted for his amplifier, which has numbering going "up to eleven", which he believes makes it louder than amplifiers that only go up to ten ("It's one louder"). When he is asked why the ten setting is not simply set to be louder, Nigel pauses, clearly confused, before responding, "These go to eleven."
The band comprises childhood friends David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel on vocals and guitar, bassist Derek Smalls, keyboardist Viv Savage, and drummer Mick Shrimpton. The documentary shows Spinal Tap's early days as the skiffle group The Originals; they renamed themselves the New Originals when it was discovered another band was already called ...
At the recording studio, Hopkins asked This Is Spinal Tap director Christopher Guest if he had modeled his Spinal Tap alter ego, Nigel Tufnel, on Jeff Beck. "He said, 'Go on, just tell me,' " she ...
Harry Shearer as Derek Smalls, Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel and Michael McKean as David St. Hubbins in "This Is Spinal Tap" After 40 years, a This Is Spinal Tap sequel is happening!. More ...
Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Mick Shrimpton (Ric Parnell), and Viv Savage (David Kaff).
This Is Spinal Tap (or simply Spinal Tap) is the soundtrack to the film This Is Spinal Tap, released in 1984.It was re-released in 2000 with lyrics and two versions of "Christmas with the Devil" as bonus tracks.
Jeff Beck. Courtesy Jeff Beck's Team An icon gone. Guitarist Jeff Beck died after a short battle with meningitis, his family announced. He was 78 years old. Celebrities Who Died in 2023: Stars We ...