Spinal Tap Satire

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Spinal Tap
Spinal Tap is a satirical Rob Reiner film starring actors Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer.

On March 2, 1984, marks the release of one of history’s most acclaimed documentaries , “rockumentaries,” This Is Spinal Tap, which told the story of one of England’s most powerful, exuberant and punctual fake rock bands: Spinal Tap.

Spinal Tap is a improv comedy with a documentary style. The group unwittingly made an enormous contribution to the folklore of popular music.

Stereo Review’s Steve Simels spoke for many when he called This is Spinal Tap “possibly the funniest movie ever made about rock-and-roll.”

In 2002, Spinal Tap was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry because it is a film that is …show more content…

Spinal Tap is lead by two "creative geniuses," guitarist Nigel Tufnall and singer David St. Huppins. Their black album cover was used for a Metallica album. Like the Beatles, the band is seriously affected by the female partner of one of the group's members.

It made Tom Waits and the Edge to cry. Tom Waits once said that when he watched the film for the first time, he cried because of its realism.

The Edge shared a similar sentiment in 2005, when U2 was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: “It's so hard to keep things fresh, and not to become a parody of yourself,” the legendary guitarist told the crowd of onlookers. “And if you've ever seen that movie Spinal Tap, you will know how easy it is to parody what we all do. The first time I ever saw it, I didn't laugh. I wept. I wept because I recognized so much and so many of those scenes.”

A film was released about the Canadian band Anvil which bears striking parallels to Spinal Tap but this is a real band! You must see this 2008 documentary to believe it: Anvil, The Story of Anvil.

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Other facts about Spinal Tap
Ad lib or not?
Rob Reiner and the three main actors are credited as the writers of the movie, based on the fact that much of the dialogue was ad libbed by them.

Many Cameos Appearances
Fran Drescher as Bobby Flekman

Paul Shaffer as Artie Fufkin
Fred Willard as Lt. Hookstratten

Status of bronze
Intravenus de Milo, which was the group's seventh record and released in 1974, is still known to be the first album to ever reach the status of bronze, which a band can only attain if one million copies of an album are returned.

32 Years in the making
In the years since, all of them have been proud of Spinal Tap. The three often bring the wigs and spandex out again for the odd gig, advert and mini film. Guest, who was made a Baron in 1996, due to the death of his British father, Anthony Haden-Guest, virtually reshot This is Spinal Tap as a faux folk mockumentary in 2003's A Mighty Wind, alongside Shearer and McKean.

The members of this fake band is happy to do live concerts but they will never revisit the media of film again. Spinal Tap is a fine example of doing it once and getting it right. No need for spinoffs, remakes or sequels. What does that tell you about the integrity of the creatures of Spinal

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