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Spinal Tap
1967-
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Artistfacts:
| They were the subject of the legendary 1984 cult rockumentary This is Spinal Tap, which the band immediately denounced after its release. |
| St. Hubbins married longtime girlfriend Jeanine Pettibone in 1986, but they divorced on good terms in 2000. |
| St. Hubbins flunked his US citizenship test after referring to the two Houses of Congress as the House of Lords and the House of Commons. |
| Savage was killed by a natural gas explosion at the grave of late Tap drummer Mick Shrimpton. |
| Savage was originally a drummer before joining Tap. |
| The group has a bad history with drummers. All of their drummers seem to die, whether through mysterious gardening accidents, choking on vomit, or spontaneously combusting. |
| Tufnel owns over 100 different guitars. |
| The band had Marshall create special amps just for them that went to "11." They never caught on. |
| After losing the name "The Thamesmen", Spinal Tap became "The Originals", which, ironically, was already taken. The band changed their name to "The New Originals." (thanks, Jeff - Seaville, NJ) |
| Ronnie Pudding played bass until 1967, when Derek Smalls replaced him. (thanks, Tim - Kittery, ME) |
| David St. Hubbins contends that the origin of his surname, St.Hubbins, was the patron saint of quality footwear. (thanks, Jon - Seattle, WA) |
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Comments:
| Although Tap isn't a real band they got together to make an actual album after the strait to t.v. special movie thing. The only problem with this was they took themselves too seriously and it kind of made the music sound too serious compared to their soundtrack featuring great songs lik Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight, Big Bottom, Sex Farm, Hell Hole, Heavy Duty, and Rock N' Roll Creation (when Smalls got stuck in the pod thing.) Still one of my favorite bands that don't actually exist. - Matt, Cherry Hill, NJ |
| Oh my god, this is probably my favorite movie. The whole movie was improvised, and it was HILARIOUS. by the way, this is not a real band, it is totally fake. - Tom, East Lyme, CT |
| spinal tap is NOT a band...it was just the greatest band that NEVER was... - Sara MacKenzie, Middle of Nowhere, FL |
| Is Spinal Tap A band? Or not? The actors did do an awesome job! There are people out there who truly thought that Spinal Tap was a real group & real band ? not just created for the movie. But the movie created the band, and now it is part of our music history. - John, Kirkland, WA |
| thats a hilarious movie these guys also did the movie "best in show" which was about a dog show - logan, Durham, NH |
| I saw these guys at The Channel in Boston when they toured and they were a great show. No virtuosity mind you but a great show! - Chris, Limington, ME |
| These guy could always play great, as on the 'Break Like the Wind" live tour dvd i did own once," it was stolen"
The only disapointing moment for me was no "Viv Savage" he really was what made that band tick in the early 80's. He's gone on to great things. www.vivsavage.com - street, brisbane, Australia |
| I think they count as a band cause they played their own instruments and wrote and recorded their own songs. - bloozer, pelham, NH |
| An acquaintance of mine in the mid/late 1980s thought Spinal Tap were a real band. He raved about their participation in the metal bands' version of "Band Aid". When I told him St. Hubbins was really American actor Michael McKean of "Laverne and Shirley" he said, "Oh yeah!? Well where did the English accent come from?!!" Uh, dude...he's an ACTOR! - Shell, Riverdale, GA |
| Their not a real band. They're comedians and their real artistfacts is Spinal Tap(2). - Bob, Mt. Laurel, NJ |
| Do these guys really count as a band? Great movie though. - C.J., Tunkhannock, PA |
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