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Spinal Tap (band)
Spinal Tap
(stylized as , with a
dotless letter i
and a
metal umlaut
over the n
) is a
parody
British
heavy metal
band that first appeared on a 1979 ABC TV sketch comedy pilot called
The T.V. Show
, starring
Rob Reiner
. The sketch, actually a mock promotional video for the song "Rock and Roll Nightmare", was written by Reiner and the band, and included songwriter/performer
Loudon Wainwright III
on keyboards. Later the band became the fictional subject of the 1984
rockumentary
/
mockumentary
film
This Is Spinal Tap
. The band members are portrayed by
Michael McKean
(as David St. Hubbins),
Christopher Guest
(as
Nigel Tufnel
) and
Harry Shearer
(as
Derek Smalls
).
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