Spinal Tap
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The 10 best scenes from This Is Spinal Tap - and the inspiration behind them
By Henry Yates published
Released in 1984, Spinal Tap's satirical take on the world of heavy metal was brilliantly funny – and painfully accurate

Spinal Tap documentary was a hatchet job, says a furious Derek Smalls
By Scott Munro published
Derek Smalls, aka Harry Shearer, reflects on the filming of This Is Spinal Tap - and blames director Marty DiBergi for making them look ridiculous

Prog Meets Derek Smalls!
By Jerry Ewing published
The new progcast finds us discussing music, courgettes and Jazz Odyssey with the Spinal Tap legend...

Watch Spinal Tap bassist’s new video for It Don’t Get Old
By Scott Munro published
Harry Shearer, aka Spinal Tap’s Derek Smalls, launches video for solo track It Don’t Get Old - featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and guitarist Waddy Wachtel

Dildo drums, Def Leppard + 8 more of the biggest stories from last week
By Metal Hammer published
Your weekly digest of everything that happened in rock and metal last week – from a man playing Enter Sandman with sex toys to Def Leppard finally arriving on Spotify

Spinal Tap bassist to release star-studded studio album
By Scott Munro published
Harry Shearer, aka Spinal Tap’s Derek Smalls, will release his debut solo album in April - featuring Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Taylor Hawkins, Chad Smith, Rick Wakeman and more

Spinal Tap: The Big Black Book by Wallace Fairfax - review
By Jo Kendall published
Don’t touch it. Don’t even look at it. Alright, do.
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