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Scott "Skippy" Scuffleton was the drummer at the last Tap gig (in Wembley arena) but the article says "Fate Unknown". I'd change it myself, but it'll just get changed back by someone like it always does :(
Additionally, Spinal Top are known to get on guests during Big Bottom / their shows generally, and at the Glastonbury festival these guests were Jarvis Cocker and Jamie Cullum... both of whom have been added to the "Former Members" section. We should split this out into some kind of "Celebrities to have played live with Tap" section, because those two aren't really former members and it might be nice to get list of guest musicians going. If we're going down that road, TAP had Keith Emerson, Justin Hawkins and Andy Scott at the Wembley gig! I may go and change this one myself actually... but watch how quickly it gets put back...
82.36.210.84 ( talk) 18:27, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Oh what a shocker, somebody's undone my changes. Jarvis Cocker (a live guest they had on ONCE) is now listed alongside all the canonical fictional tap members. Good work whoever changed that ;) On a serious note though this needs to be changed because it's wrong, but i'm not going to waste my time changing it again only for it to be undone 2 minutes later. *walks away* —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.210.84 ( talk) 21:03, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Just checked back to see if anyone had done anything about this - as i said before, I'm happy to change it as long as i get some kind of assurance that It's not going to be undone five minutes later by someone! Just to clarify on the points:
1) Skippy Scuffleton was the drummer at the most recent 'tap gig, so shouldn't be in the deceased section.
2) Jarvis Cocker, Jamie Cullum, and a whole bunch of other people there ARE NOT canonical members of spinal tap, they are special live guests that they've had on during their limited live performances. If you ARE going to have those people listed as canonical members, then there are MASSIVE gaps in the list (Justin Hawkinsand Keith Emerson, for example, played at Wembley with Tap and aren't listed..). However, if (sensibly) you're going to have them seperated from the canonical members (because, they aren't!), then a new section "Live Guests" or some such would be much better, and I think would embelish the article nicely. I have this information, along with citations, but I'm not changing it unless i get some kind of assurance that somebody's not just going to hit "undo" five minutes later.
So in closing, you have non-tap members listed in the tap-members section! 82.36.210.84 ( talk) 22:30, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
Someone needs to add the albums covers for the fake albums. Some are really funny such as Shark Sandwich. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.85.244.48 ( talk • contribs) .
At one point it says that the cover to the relgious album is "Rock and Roll Creation," but im pretty sure that album was called "The Gospel According to Spinal Tap."
^That was the working title. They explain it in the movie
"The gospel according to Spinal tap. This ponderous ... collection of religious rock psalms is enough to prompt the question 'on what day did the lord create spinal tap, and couldn't he have rested on that day too" - that's the extent of the mention for this album. They have a *song* called "rock and roll creation" (the one where Smalls gets stuck in the pod) but I don't remember this being mentioned as being the title. Why would the review as read by Marty have the working title on it?
Unless it was on the deleted scenes, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that i am 100% sure that the album is called "The gospel according to spinal tap". "Smell the glove", if I remember, does get referred to as a working title (just before St Hubbins says "Wait till you see the cover, very provocative indeed!"). 82.36.210.84 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:45, 8 July 2009 (UTC).
In theory, separating the details about the expanded universe of the mostly fictional band from the film in which they appeared should help with the organization of both articles. 69.3.70.58 05:03, 14 October 2005 (UTC).
Agreed. Good idea. -- Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 22:19, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
At one point it says that the cover to the relgious album is "Rock and Roll Creation," but im pretty sure that album was called "The Gospel According to Spinal Tap."
The page I linked to this one from has every appearance of the band name written, somehow (i don't know how in the world the letters ended up in a computer font) with the dotless "i" and the umlauted "n" - shouldn't this page follow that fashion also?
I believe that the n should have an umlaut over it. 128.151.71.18 13:40, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I second that motion. -- Meesheek 23:53, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Is there a reason Spinal Tap redirects to the disambig page? -- badlydrawnjeff ( WP:MEMES?) 18:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
there isn't much here in the first place, and this was merely a fictional band appearing in a single film. it would be easy to add a section in This is Spinal Tap on the actual band info. Joeyramoney 06:37, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Although the film presented a fictional band, they went on to do proper tours and have 2 proper albums for sure and possibly more. Spinal Tap played 4 or 5 nights at The Royal Albert hall in the early 90s... at first I thought that they obviously neded to be merged... but I don't think so now... perhaps the MOVIE page shoould have the fictional names (DAVID/NIGEL/DEREK) and the band page should have the real names (Christopher Guest/Harry Shearer/Michael McKean). These guys REALLY play on the albums. There are 2 different DVDs and 2 different CDs at least... I think they should remain seperate. The film IS still a huge cult hit. -- TheLedHead 03:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
The article in theory is an excellent idea; there is far more to Spinal Tap than simply the movie. But the article is poorly worded and the layout is terrible. I think some cleanup, not a merger, is in order. 24.224.143.211 21:54, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I agree with the chap at 24.224.143.211! Let's give it a go! Harry Shearer does half the voices on the simpsons... Christopher Guest is married to Jamie Lee Curtis... and all three of them are Saturday Night Live alumni... The spinoff/mockumentary films such as BEST IN SHOW are worth a mention too.. -- TheLedHead 23:36, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
For example, "Gimme Some Money" is similar to the Beatles' "Money (That's What I Want)" (and its appearance in This is Spinal Tap is a parody of the Beatles' famous appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show) and "Big Bottom" is similar to Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls."
I think that "Gimme Some Money" is more similar to "Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker. While I don't care to dispute the second comparison, it's an insult to Queen. - Calmypal ( T) 19:32, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Either way, it's original reserach and specualtion and needs to be removed. Candy 19:21, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
I just heard this remake in a television commercial and it's not the original. Who recorded the remake? PolarisSLBM 17:53, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
All the talk and discussion centres around maybe's perhap's and guess work. I have just seen the 1984 movie, so I figured the best way to see if something really existed was if it was for sale............Amazon will sell you Bitch School, Break Like the Wind, The Majesty of Rock, This is Spinal tap, Return of Spinal Tap. Some of these are still available on cassette and vinyl! Sulker 09:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
I've redirected Spinal Tap here, rather than the disambiguation page. There's already an "other uses" tag at the top of this article in case someone is looking for the lumbar puncture. I did this because I think someone who types "Spinal Tap" (capitalized) would be looking for the band. I left "Spinal tap" and "spinal tap" as they are, pointing to the disambiguation page. -- Bongwarrior 08:04, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
'This article or section may fail to make a clear distinction between fact and fiction.'
It's been a long time since I saw the movie, so is the name David "Saint" Hubbins? If so, there should be no full stop/period - ie: St and not St. as this would make the name David "Street" Hubbins. Thanks, Lion King 18:45, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
This must be a British/American difference. In the States, "saint" is always abbreviated with a period/full stop. Anyway, this one is definitely David St. Hubbins. 18.241.7.241 20:20, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
With actual albums out and the Tap "reforming" again this year, can we still call them "fictional?" Madeeha2 12:45, July 06 2007 (UTC)
I gave up on this argument but will respond now. "Inventions", like that of the submarine, are not "fiction". You are describing a few concepts that had no physical instance, that later were built or created physically. Reproductions of a Star Trek model does not mean the original concept of what the model is based on is no longer fiction. Bat'leth will always be fiction. (The props department presumably build one for initial filming?) The members of the Spinal Tap band are fictional, they simply are not real people. The band and its history were made up in a film script. Their records and the people that made them, and even the record label, never existed. Are The Folksmen "mostly fictitious" too? Format ( talk) 08:29, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
"Christmas with the Devil" was/is a real 45 rpm single. I remember getting, holding in my greedy paws, and playing, it on campus radio in the mid-eighties. Pretty good Christmas novelty song. On the B-side was a scratch-mix version - exactly the same as the A-side but prefixed with a few seconds of a needle plowing a new path through vinyl. 207.34.103.3 22:17, 9 July 2007 (UTC)stumpy
Why is Spinal Tap pop or pop/rock? -- 91.97.45.110 11:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
If I recall correctly, that's from the "flower power" era part of the film, where they play a pop song called "Listen to the Flower People." -- Shrapnelwolf 04:17, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
The Guitar Hero forum ScoreHero.com has the shop slogan "turn it up to 11 with official ScoreHero merchandise!" is this worth adding to the trivia section? [Lucothefish, 10 August 2007 16.10]
Every time I attempt to do so, I am greeted with Lumbar Puncture, which includes a grotesque picture of a person receiving a "spinal tap," which I don't wish to see. Thanks. 72.241.105.214 ( talk) 01:38, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Alan White is not a 'guitarist' - he's a drummer 61.64.195.188 ( talk) 18:30, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
I just saw the RockDoc on VH1 Classic about the band Yes. There were so many moments where all I could think of was Spinal Tap. There's a scene where the guitarist(?) is sitting at a piano demonstrating how he worked out this classical sounding piano piece. Also, one of the final songs played reminded me of Stonehenge and of the violin guitar solo. It appears to be footage from the 70s. If anyone else has seen this, do you think it's worth mentioning? 69.208.89.16 ( talk) 21:04, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes! I saw that too and was immediately reminded of Tap. It was definitely old enough for them to have seen it. I'm just not sure if there are direct similarities. If someone could find the film, I think it would be worth looking at. -- Kmann108 ( talk) 04:27, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
This article needs cleanup that it mixes real life appearances and canon appearance together. SYSS Mouse ( talk) 19:28, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
A few times I've tried to change the infobox details to reflect the real-world "band" (played by US actors, founded in 1982) instead of the fictional band (English musicians, founded in 1964) and each time it's been changed back. I've just had to revert it again, but if anyone wants to discuss it here, there are details on wp policy at Wikipedia: WAF regarding writing in a real-world perspective. Kaid100 ( talk) 14:02, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Yeah i agree completeley (see my comments about the blending of fictional members and live guest musicians in the "Former members" section). 82.36.210.84 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:26, 6 July 2009 (UTC).
The lead states: "They first appeared in a 1978 ABC comedy special, The TV Show." This is not discussed anywhere else in the article. I searched around some websites and found very little to indicate that the band appeared in The TV Show, although the actors portraying the band did appear. This either needs some sourcing, or it should be removed. Ward3001 ( talk) 04:32, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if I would ever be able to prove it but they had a sit-in drummer at one show at the Universal Ampitheatre in 1992. Apparently shortly before the show the drummer (Ric Shrimpton?) broke his leg and it was announced that Spinal Tap would not be able to play due to the drummer being out of commission. A concert attendee who was a drummer and knew all of Spinal Tap's material ran backstage and somehow conveyed to the band that he could play all their songs and they let him play for that one concert so that the show could go on. This was told to me by a friend who worked at a record store with me who knew the substitute drummer. It sounded like an outrageous story but I believed the guy who was telling me this was sincere. A couple months later when they had the Spinal Tap TV special I saw that Ric's leg was in a cast, or he had crutches or something.
You may not believe this but I think some sort of mention of it should be made here. If you think I'm trying to get some type of glory for making up Spinal Tap stories, well, I'm making this comment anonymously so I'd never be able to get credit for it.
Also, somebody should mention in the main entry that the band is working on new material: http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/61983169 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.164.215.102 ( talk) 09:00, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
+"Ric Shrimpton" actually appeared on stage on crutches , with a leg in a cast , and still played. ( I forget the reference appearance...may have been the "Break Like the Wind" Tour. ). I assumed it was a joke relating to Tap drummers and mishaps. Harvey J Satan ( talk) 00:16, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Your Story is very true, as I'm interviewing Ric on the subject. More info. email twilson1188@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.62.194.227 ( talk) 20:49, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Somebody should add a link to their official MySpace page, since there are currently no official websites listed in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.185.87.88 ( talk) 04:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Missing from the discography is "Goatboy". Spinal Tap performed it in a commerical - I think it was for Apple Computers - about a year after "Break Like The Wind" was released. Harvey J Satan ( talk) 00:19, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Ok people, do we really need to add to this article EVERY time someone on television says "up to 11"? I'm sure these people aren't thinking "oh boy, this will be a great Spinal Tap reference!" every time they say it. It's such a generic statement, I'd be willing to bet anything that Spinal Tap weren't the first to say it. 24.185.87.88 ( talk) 23:18, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Regarding the 2009 album "Back from the Dead", the following makes no sense whatsoever:
Can someone clarify this writer's intent? The original songs certainly existed, and were certainly recorded in a studio. Elsquared ( talk) 00:50, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
If you're looking to get a DVD copy of their 2 appearances on the Arsenio Hall Show (5/92 and 12/92) then send an email to musiclover408@hotmail.com I have nearly 1,000 FULL episodes of the show available.
Is there any opposition for changing the redirect from "Spinal tap" (upper case S and lower case t) which is currently pointed to this "Spinal Tap" page to instead point to "lumbar puncture". I don't think there any significant chance that people who want to reach one of the proper nouns (such as the band) are going to type specifically with a capital S and lower case t, but they are likely to do that if they are looking for the common noun. All three pages in need of disambiguation (which I have handled) that were pointed at "Spinal tap" were intended to go to Lumbar puncture. -- JamesAM ( talk) 16:36, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
It was my understanding that they are based on Deep Purple. If this is correct it should be integrated into the article. 78.86.61.94 ( talk) 04:30, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
In the lede where we have the "official" name of the band, the entire name was inside the {{ Unicode}} template. The problem with that was that it made the entire name display in a sans-serif font, even if one's regular Wikipedia default is serif. I tested different IE versions at [1], and only the umlauted "n" needs to be in that template; the dotless i displays fine without it on every version at least since 5.5. So I set the template to only be for the "n". (Sadly, even IE 8 needs the template to display that; it won't be until IE 9 has taken over that we can finally get rid of the template altogether.)— Chowbok ☠
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Sorry if this is overly long, but I thought there might be some useful material to incorporate into the article here - or perhaps a reference to the spinal tap trivia page where this material comes from (reference at the bottom of page)
Spinal Tap Trivia
Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/trivia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gmeades ( talk • contribs) 19:08, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
PLEASE MERGE WITH IDENTICAL ARTICLE This is Spinal Tap and just link this entry via redirect— Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.45.171.18 ( talk • contribs) 21:49, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Guitar Player and Guitar World Magazines, both very highly respected publications which have been read by a vast number of guitarists of all levels of ability worldwide for decades, published interviews with Nigel Tufnel and the other members of Spinal Tap as actual interviews to their readers. The content of these interviews were both side splittingly funny, but as with the Spinal Tap film, presented without any explanation of a parody or hoax taking place, and similarly leading many of their readers to believe Spinal Tap was a real band.
The Guitar Player Magazine interview occurred in the October 1984 edition, which featured Stevie Ray Vaughan, Huey Lewis And The News (Guitarist Chris Hayes). Gary Moore, The Police (Guitarist Andy Summers) and Nigel Tufnel - Spinal Tap on the cover. (I own a copy of this) http://www.musicmansteve.com/Maghome/GuitarPlayer.htm
Guitar World Published an interview with Spinal Tap in the April 1992 edition entitled "Abuse Your Delusion" which can be read online here - http://www.guitarworld.com/abuse-your-delusion-1992-guitar-world-interview-almost-legendary-spinal-tap
In 2009, Guitar World published 2 interviews with Spinal Tap, in their June and September Issues. The first interview was titled "Spinal Tap: The Unpublished Nigel Tufnel Interview!" and can be read online here - http://www.guitarworld.com/spinal-tap-unpublished-nigel-tufnel-interview
The promo piece for the second Guitar World interview, published in the September 2009 issue, read "On the 25th anniversary of their debut, Spinal Tap resurrect their career with 'Back from the Dead'. GW plugs in and guitarist Nigel Tufnel speaks volumes." "Back from the Dead", one of their actual singles, is referenced in the wiki entry already, as well as their "Tapster" (wordplay on "Napster") wehsite where it could actually be downloaded from. http://www.musicdispatch.com/product/viewproduct.do?itemid=77770902&lid=8&promotion=710012& — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gmeades ( talk • contribs) 20:50, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
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I always assumed it was, ever since seeing "This is Spinal Tap" when it originally came out. I tried to submit this to the "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" Wikipedia article, and my claim was rejected as unsubstantiated. The editors were right to reject it, because I have not been able to find anything connecting the two in a Google search.
Is the name "Intravenus de Milo" a parody of something else in rock lore? Markerb ( talk) 12:45, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
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Scott "Skippy" Scuffleton was the drummer at the last Tap gig (in Wembley arena) but the article says "Fate Unknown". I'd change it myself, but it'll just get changed back by someone like it always does :(
Additionally, Spinal Top are known to get on guests during Big Bottom / their shows generally, and at the Glastonbury festival these guests were Jarvis Cocker and Jamie Cullum... both of whom have been added to the "Former Members" section. We should split this out into some kind of "Celebrities to have played live with Tap" section, because those two aren't really former members and it might be nice to get list of guest musicians going. If we're going down that road, TAP had Keith Emerson, Justin Hawkins and Andy Scott at the Wembley gig! I may go and change this one myself actually... but watch how quickly it gets put back...
82.36.210.84 ( talk) 18:27, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Oh what a shocker, somebody's undone my changes. Jarvis Cocker (a live guest they had on ONCE) is now listed alongside all the canonical fictional tap members. Good work whoever changed that ;) On a serious note though this needs to be changed because it's wrong, but i'm not going to waste my time changing it again only for it to be undone 2 minutes later. *walks away* —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.210.84 ( talk) 21:03, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Just checked back to see if anyone had done anything about this - as i said before, I'm happy to change it as long as i get some kind of assurance that It's not going to be undone five minutes later by someone! Just to clarify on the points:
1) Skippy Scuffleton was the drummer at the most recent 'tap gig, so shouldn't be in the deceased section.
2) Jarvis Cocker, Jamie Cullum, and a whole bunch of other people there ARE NOT canonical members of spinal tap, they are special live guests that they've had on during their limited live performances. If you ARE going to have those people listed as canonical members, then there are MASSIVE gaps in the list (Justin Hawkinsand Keith Emerson, for example, played at Wembley with Tap and aren't listed..). However, if (sensibly) you're going to have them seperated from the canonical members (because, they aren't!), then a new section "Live Guests" or some such would be much better, and I think would embelish the article nicely. I have this information, along with citations, but I'm not changing it unless i get some kind of assurance that somebody's not just going to hit "undo" five minutes later.
So in closing, you have non-tap members listed in the tap-members section! 82.36.210.84 ( talk) 22:30, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
Someone needs to add the albums covers for the fake albums. Some are really funny such as Shark Sandwich. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.85.244.48 ( talk • contribs) .
At one point it says that the cover to the relgious album is "Rock and Roll Creation," but im pretty sure that album was called "The Gospel According to Spinal Tap."
^That was the working title. They explain it in the movie
"The gospel according to Spinal tap. This ponderous ... collection of religious rock psalms is enough to prompt the question 'on what day did the lord create spinal tap, and couldn't he have rested on that day too" - that's the extent of the mention for this album. They have a *song* called "rock and roll creation" (the one where Smalls gets stuck in the pod) but I don't remember this being mentioned as being the title. Why would the review as read by Marty have the working title on it?
Unless it was on the deleted scenes, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that i am 100% sure that the album is called "The gospel according to spinal tap". "Smell the glove", if I remember, does get referred to as a working title (just before St Hubbins says "Wait till you see the cover, very provocative indeed!"). 82.36.210.84 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:45, 8 July 2009 (UTC).
In theory, separating the details about the expanded universe of the mostly fictional band from the film in which they appeared should help with the organization of both articles. 69.3.70.58 05:03, 14 October 2005 (UTC).
Agreed. Good idea. -- Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 22:19, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
At one point it says that the cover to the relgious album is "Rock and Roll Creation," but im pretty sure that album was called "The Gospel According to Spinal Tap."
The page I linked to this one from has every appearance of the band name written, somehow (i don't know how in the world the letters ended up in a computer font) with the dotless "i" and the umlauted "n" - shouldn't this page follow that fashion also?
I believe that the n should have an umlaut over it. 128.151.71.18 13:40, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
I second that motion. -- Meesheek 23:53, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Is there a reason Spinal Tap redirects to the disambig page? -- badlydrawnjeff ( WP:MEMES?) 18:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
there isn't much here in the first place, and this was merely a fictional band appearing in a single film. it would be easy to add a section in This is Spinal Tap on the actual band info. Joeyramoney 06:37, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Although the film presented a fictional band, they went on to do proper tours and have 2 proper albums for sure and possibly more. Spinal Tap played 4 or 5 nights at The Royal Albert hall in the early 90s... at first I thought that they obviously neded to be merged... but I don't think so now... perhaps the MOVIE page shoould have the fictional names (DAVID/NIGEL/DEREK) and the band page should have the real names (Christopher Guest/Harry Shearer/Michael McKean). These guys REALLY play on the albums. There are 2 different DVDs and 2 different CDs at least... I think they should remain seperate. The film IS still a huge cult hit. -- TheLedHead 03:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
The article in theory is an excellent idea; there is far more to Spinal Tap than simply the movie. But the article is poorly worded and the layout is terrible. I think some cleanup, not a merger, is in order. 24.224.143.211 21:54, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I agree with the chap at 24.224.143.211! Let's give it a go! Harry Shearer does half the voices on the simpsons... Christopher Guest is married to Jamie Lee Curtis... and all three of them are Saturday Night Live alumni... The spinoff/mockumentary films such as BEST IN SHOW are worth a mention too.. -- TheLedHead 23:36, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
For example, "Gimme Some Money" is similar to the Beatles' "Money (That's What I Want)" (and its appearance in This is Spinal Tap is a parody of the Beatles' famous appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show) and "Big Bottom" is similar to Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls."
I think that "Gimme Some Money" is more similar to "Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker. While I don't care to dispute the second comparison, it's an insult to Queen. - Calmypal ( T) 19:32, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Either way, it's original reserach and specualtion and needs to be removed. Candy 19:21, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
I just heard this remake in a television commercial and it's not the original. Who recorded the remake? PolarisSLBM 17:53, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
All the talk and discussion centres around maybe's perhap's and guess work. I have just seen the 1984 movie, so I figured the best way to see if something really existed was if it was for sale............Amazon will sell you Bitch School, Break Like the Wind, The Majesty of Rock, This is Spinal tap, Return of Spinal Tap. Some of these are still available on cassette and vinyl! Sulker 09:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
I've redirected Spinal Tap here, rather than the disambiguation page. There's already an "other uses" tag at the top of this article in case someone is looking for the lumbar puncture. I did this because I think someone who types "Spinal Tap" (capitalized) would be looking for the band. I left "Spinal tap" and "spinal tap" as they are, pointing to the disambiguation page. -- Bongwarrior 08:04, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
'This article or section may fail to make a clear distinction between fact and fiction.'
It's been a long time since I saw the movie, so is the name David "Saint" Hubbins? If so, there should be no full stop/period - ie: St and not St. as this would make the name David "Street" Hubbins. Thanks, Lion King 18:45, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
This must be a British/American difference. In the States, "saint" is always abbreviated with a period/full stop. Anyway, this one is definitely David St. Hubbins. 18.241.7.241 20:20, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
With actual albums out and the Tap "reforming" again this year, can we still call them "fictional?" Madeeha2 12:45, July 06 2007 (UTC)
I gave up on this argument but will respond now. "Inventions", like that of the submarine, are not "fiction". You are describing a few concepts that had no physical instance, that later were built or created physically. Reproductions of a Star Trek model does not mean the original concept of what the model is based on is no longer fiction. Bat'leth will always be fiction. (The props department presumably build one for initial filming?) The members of the Spinal Tap band are fictional, they simply are not real people. The band and its history were made up in a film script. Their records and the people that made them, and even the record label, never existed. Are The Folksmen "mostly fictitious" too? Format ( talk) 08:29, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
"Christmas with the Devil" was/is a real 45 rpm single. I remember getting, holding in my greedy paws, and playing, it on campus radio in the mid-eighties. Pretty good Christmas novelty song. On the B-side was a scratch-mix version - exactly the same as the A-side but prefixed with a few seconds of a needle plowing a new path through vinyl. 207.34.103.3 22:17, 9 July 2007 (UTC)stumpy
Why is Spinal Tap pop or pop/rock? -- 91.97.45.110 11:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
If I recall correctly, that's from the "flower power" era part of the film, where they play a pop song called "Listen to the Flower People." -- Shrapnelwolf 04:17, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
The Guitar Hero forum ScoreHero.com has the shop slogan "turn it up to 11 with official ScoreHero merchandise!" is this worth adding to the trivia section? [Lucothefish, 10 August 2007 16.10]
Every time I attempt to do so, I am greeted with Lumbar Puncture, which includes a grotesque picture of a person receiving a "spinal tap," which I don't wish to see. Thanks. 72.241.105.214 ( talk) 01:38, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Alan White is not a 'guitarist' - he's a drummer 61.64.195.188 ( talk) 18:30, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
I just saw the RockDoc on VH1 Classic about the band Yes. There were so many moments where all I could think of was Spinal Tap. There's a scene where the guitarist(?) is sitting at a piano demonstrating how he worked out this classical sounding piano piece. Also, one of the final songs played reminded me of Stonehenge and of the violin guitar solo. It appears to be footage from the 70s. If anyone else has seen this, do you think it's worth mentioning? 69.208.89.16 ( talk) 21:04, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes! I saw that too and was immediately reminded of Tap. It was definitely old enough for them to have seen it. I'm just not sure if there are direct similarities. If someone could find the film, I think it would be worth looking at. -- Kmann108 ( talk) 04:27, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
This article needs cleanup that it mixes real life appearances and canon appearance together. SYSS Mouse ( talk) 19:28, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
A few times I've tried to change the infobox details to reflect the real-world "band" (played by US actors, founded in 1982) instead of the fictional band (English musicians, founded in 1964) and each time it's been changed back. I've just had to revert it again, but if anyone wants to discuss it here, there are details on wp policy at Wikipedia: WAF regarding writing in a real-world perspective. Kaid100 ( talk) 14:02, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Yeah i agree completeley (see my comments about the blending of fictional members and live guest musicians in the "Former members" section). 82.36.210.84 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:26, 6 July 2009 (UTC).
The lead states: "They first appeared in a 1978 ABC comedy special, The TV Show." This is not discussed anywhere else in the article. I searched around some websites and found very little to indicate that the band appeared in The TV Show, although the actors portraying the band did appear. This either needs some sourcing, or it should be removed. Ward3001 ( talk) 04:32, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if I would ever be able to prove it but they had a sit-in drummer at one show at the Universal Ampitheatre in 1992. Apparently shortly before the show the drummer (Ric Shrimpton?) broke his leg and it was announced that Spinal Tap would not be able to play due to the drummer being out of commission. A concert attendee who was a drummer and knew all of Spinal Tap's material ran backstage and somehow conveyed to the band that he could play all their songs and they let him play for that one concert so that the show could go on. This was told to me by a friend who worked at a record store with me who knew the substitute drummer. It sounded like an outrageous story but I believed the guy who was telling me this was sincere. A couple months later when they had the Spinal Tap TV special I saw that Ric's leg was in a cast, or he had crutches or something.
You may not believe this but I think some sort of mention of it should be made here. If you think I'm trying to get some type of glory for making up Spinal Tap stories, well, I'm making this comment anonymously so I'd never be able to get credit for it.
Also, somebody should mention in the main entry that the band is working on new material: http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/61983169 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.164.215.102 ( talk) 09:00, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
+"Ric Shrimpton" actually appeared on stage on crutches , with a leg in a cast , and still played. ( I forget the reference appearance...may have been the "Break Like the Wind" Tour. ). I assumed it was a joke relating to Tap drummers and mishaps. Harvey J Satan ( talk) 00:16, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Your Story is very true, as I'm interviewing Ric on the subject. More info. email twilson1188@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.62.194.227 ( talk) 20:49, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Somebody should add a link to their official MySpace page, since there are currently no official websites listed in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.185.87.88 ( talk) 04:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
Missing from the discography is "Goatboy". Spinal Tap performed it in a commerical - I think it was for Apple Computers - about a year after "Break Like The Wind" was released. Harvey J Satan ( talk) 00:19, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Ok people, do we really need to add to this article EVERY time someone on television says "up to 11"? I'm sure these people aren't thinking "oh boy, this will be a great Spinal Tap reference!" every time they say it. It's such a generic statement, I'd be willing to bet anything that Spinal Tap weren't the first to say it. 24.185.87.88 ( talk) 23:18, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
Regarding the 2009 album "Back from the Dead", the following makes no sense whatsoever:
Can someone clarify this writer's intent? The original songs certainly existed, and were certainly recorded in a studio. Elsquared ( talk) 00:50, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
If you're looking to get a DVD copy of their 2 appearances on the Arsenio Hall Show (5/92 and 12/92) then send an email to musiclover408@hotmail.com I have nearly 1,000 FULL episodes of the show available.
Is there any opposition for changing the redirect from "Spinal tap" (upper case S and lower case t) which is currently pointed to this "Spinal Tap" page to instead point to "lumbar puncture". I don't think there any significant chance that people who want to reach one of the proper nouns (such as the band) are going to type specifically with a capital S and lower case t, but they are likely to do that if they are looking for the common noun. All three pages in need of disambiguation (which I have handled) that were pointed at "Spinal tap" were intended to go to Lumbar puncture. -- JamesAM ( talk) 16:36, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
It was my understanding that they are based on Deep Purple. If this is correct it should be integrated into the article. 78.86.61.94 ( talk) 04:30, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
In the lede where we have the "official" name of the band, the entire name was inside the {{ Unicode}} template. The problem with that was that it made the entire name display in a sans-serif font, even if one's regular Wikipedia default is serif. I tested different IE versions at [1], and only the umlauted "n" needs to be in that template; the dotless i displays fine without it on every version at least since 5.5. So I set the template to only be for the "n". (Sadly, even IE 8 needs the template to display that; it won't be until IE 9 has taken over that we can finally get rid of the template altogether.)— Chowbok ☠
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What do you folks think?— Chowbok ☠ 16:45, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
Sorry if this is overly long, but I thought there might be some useful material to incorporate into the article here - or perhaps a reference to the spinal tap trivia page where this material comes from (reference at the bottom of page)
Spinal Tap Trivia
Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/trivia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gmeades ( talk • contribs) 19:08, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
PLEASE MERGE WITH IDENTICAL ARTICLE This is Spinal Tap and just link this entry via redirect— Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.45.171.18 ( talk • contribs) 21:49, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Guitar Player and Guitar World Magazines, both very highly respected publications which have been read by a vast number of guitarists of all levels of ability worldwide for decades, published interviews with Nigel Tufnel and the other members of Spinal Tap as actual interviews to their readers. The content of these interviews were both side splittingly funny, but as with the Spinal Tap film, presented without any explanation of a parody or hoax taking place, and similarly leading many of their readers to believe Spinal Tap was a real band.
The Guitar Player Magazine interview occurred in the October 1984 edition, which featured Stevie Ray Vaughan, Huey Lewis And The News (Guitarist Chris Hayes). Gary Moore, The Police (Guitarist Andy Summers) and Nigel Tufnel - Spinal Tap on the cover. (I own a copy of this) http://www.musicmansteve.com/Maghome/GuitarPlayer.htm
Guitar World Published an interview with Spinal Tap in the April 1992 edition entitled "Abuse Your Delusion" which can be read online here - http://www.guitarworld.com/abuse-your-delusion-1992-guitar-world-interview-almost-legendary-spinal-tap
In 2009, Guitar World published 2 interviews with Spinal Tap, in their June and September Issues. The first interview was titled "Spinal Tap: The Unpublished Nigel Tufnel Interview!" and can be read online here - http://www.guitarworld.com/spinal-tap-unpublished-nigel-tufnel-interview
The promo piece for the second Guitar World interview, published in the September 2009 issue, read "On the 25th anniversary of their debut, Spinal Tap resurrect their career with 'Back from the Dead'. GW plugs in and guitarist Nigel Tufnel speaks volumes." "Back from the Dead", one of their actual singles, is referenced in the wiki entry already, as well as their "Tapster" (wordplay on "Napster") wehsite where it could actually be downloaded from. http://www.musicdispatch.com/product/viewproduct.do?itemid=77770902&lid=8&promotion=710012& — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gmeades ( talk • contribs) 20:50, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
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I always assumed it was, ever since seeing "This is Spinal Tap" when it originally came out. I tried to submit this to the "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" Wikipedia article, and my claim was rejected as unsubstantiated. The editors were right to reject it, because I have not been able to find anything connecting the two in a Google search.
Is the name "Intravenus de Milo" a parody of something else in rock lore? Markerb ( talk) 12:45, 23 October 2023 (UTC)