1984's perfect, side-splitting rock documentary spoof This Is Spinal Tap wouldn't have succeeded if Spinal Tap's "original" music didn't properly mimic what it poked fun at. But not only does the music have the exact traits of hard rock and heavy metal, the lyrics are a scream. The soundtrack features the howlingly funny songs used in director Rob ...
The fourth installment of Rhino's Hard Rock Records series, Hard Rock Cafe: '80s Heavy Metal is a fine collection of familiar heavy metal and hard rock from the glitzy '80s. There are a few album cuts and forgotten singles that never reached classic status -- Zebra's "Who's Behind the Door?," Rainbow's "Since You Been Gone," Krokus' "Midnite ...
Released to announce the long-awaited re-formation of Spinal Tap's classic lineup (minus missing former drummer Joe "Mama" Bessemer), 1992's Bitch School instantly became one of the storied British band's most controversial releases. Although guitarist Nigel Tufnel was quick to point out that the title song was indeed about dogs, not women, this ...
Since Spinal Tap only existed for the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap, the idea that Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer were actually going to release a studio album rather than a soundtrack brought on a tremendous amount of anticipation. The resulting product is Break Like the Wind, a record that, like the 1984 soundtrack, boasts ...
In 2009, when Back from the Dead was released, it was impossible for any listener to not be in on Spinal Tap's joke, so it's fitting that this is their first release to play as pure comedy, an album that doesn't even attempt to pass itself off as a rock record. The concept is this: a reunited Tap -- hence the name Back from the Dead -- celebrates ...
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