This is gonna be fun!

Why Spinal Tap? Is Spinal Tap bad? Is rock bad? They use it to make fun of something. Late Deep Purple has been called "Spinal Tap". I thought it was all about Mike Myers.

Is it "Spinal Tap Two" or "Spinal Tap Pi"?

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Michael McKean talks Spinal Tap on " The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", May 12

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Why Spinal Tap? Is Spinal Tap bad? Is rock bad? They use it to make fun of something. Late Deep Purple has been called "Spinal Tap". I thought it was all about Mike Myers.

Did people really drink the Kool Aid?

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever

The Story of Spinal Tap

By Rob Reiner With Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer



For the first time, director Rob Reiner and cocreators Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and its upcoming sequel.

Since its original release in 1984, This Is Spinal Tap has evolved from a beloved cult film into a cinematic landmark: an all-time comedy classic that pioneered an entire genre, the mockumentary. Now, director Rob Reiner and his cowriters and costars, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer, tell the complete story of the movie and its fictitious band—how they met, how Spinal Tap came to be, and how their low-budget indie film took on a life of its own. Years after the movie first came out, the Library of Congress selected This Is Spinal Tap for inclusion in the National Film Registry and Tap went on to play The Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium, and to over 100,000 fans at the Glastonbury Festival in England.

Reiner, Guest, McKean, and Shearer provide the backstories to the movie’s famous lines—among them “Hello, Cleveland!,” “None more black,” “You can’t dust for vomit,” and “These go to eleven”—and to such Tap anthems as “Big Bottom” and “Stonehenge.” Featuring never-before-seen photographs, band memorabilia, and personal reminiscences of their enduring creative partnership, A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever will delight Tap-heads of all ages—just as the long-awaited Spinal Tap sequel is hitting theaters.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever also comes with a bonus memoir by Reiner’s directorial alter ego, Marty DiBergi, in which he interviews Tap band members Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls about their musical journey and their drummers who paid the ultimate sacrifice to the rock gods.

Publisher: Gallery Books (September 9, 2025)

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The End Continues? I thought that was the title for the new Who tour?!

Watching Harry Smith interview the cast. Reiner said they hired their cinematographer because he had experience with rock concerts, including Altamont.

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The End Continues? I thought that was the title for the new Who tour?!

Or The Eagles

New trailer

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Soundtrack album



Spinal Tap – “The End Continues” tracklist:

1. “Nigel’s Poem”
2. “Let’s Just Rock Again”
3. “Flower People” with Elton John
4. “Brighton Rock”
5. “The Devil’s Just Not Getting Old”
6. “Cups and Cakes” with Paul McCartney
7. “I Kissed a Girl”
8. “Angels”
9. “Big Bottom” with Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood
10. “Judge and Jury”
11. “Rockin’ in the Urn”
12. “Blood to Let”
13. “Stonehenge” with Elton John

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Funny album cover, but boy that Elton clip is painful. I guess its all just good fun, but I'm surprised they all felt this would be a good idea, particularly Christopher Guest who doesn't just seem to do anything like McKean. At what point does the idea of the joke band stop being funny if they keep putting work into it. Hopefully its good but I do feel its sorta run its course.

Inside 'Spinal Tap 2' and Much More with Rob Reiner

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Soundtrack album



Spinal Tap – “The End Continues” tracklist:

1. “Nigel’s Poem”
2. “Let’s Just Rock Again”
3. “Flower People” with Elton John
4. “Brighton Rock”
5. “The Devil’s Just Not Getting Old”
6. “Cups and Cakes” with Paul McCartney
7. “I Kissed a Girl”
8. “Angels”
9. “Big Bottom” with Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood
10. “Judge and Jury”
11. “Rockin’ in the Urn”
12. “Blood to Let”
13. “Stonehenge” with Elton John

[ultimateclassicrock.com]

A takeoff of CSN's debut album cover??

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A takeoff of CSN's debut album cover??

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"Jimmy Kimmel Live!", September 8

Brilliant!

I like this multi-bass approach. They are really getting down to the bottom!

I will reserve judgment, but I am wary of anything released today,

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I sadly thought the movie was awful, but hopefully they had fun and it does well at the box office and with reviews. I could go much further into a review but I wouldn't want to be too much of a party pooper. For what its worth, others in my theater seemed to enjoy it but this couldn't have been a further cry from the original film or the other great Christopher Guest movies.

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I sadly thought the movie was awful, but hopefully they had fun and it does well at the box office and with reviews. I could go much further into a review but I wouldn't want to be too much of a party pooper. For what it’s worth, others in my theater seemed to enjoy it but this couldn't have been a further cry from the original film or the other great Christopher Guest movies.

Thank you, RollingFreak. It’s a film, released in 2025. It’s going to be bad. There isn’t much else to add

I saw this movie and found it incredibly humorless and dull. No real plot or theme. The actors, especially McKean, seemed asleep. The opposite of the first one.

Who will save the film? Japan?

I saw this last night and loved it.
I went in with verrrrrrrrry low expectations as legacy sequels are usually terrible (hello Zoolander 2 and Dumb And Dumber To).
There were some genuinely laugh-out-loud moments.

This bombed spectacularly, did it not? Grossing a mere 1.6 million in its first weekend? If you want to see it in a theater, you'd better hurry.



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Conan O'Brien sits down with Nigel, Derek, David and filmmaker Marty DiBergi.