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It was stated on VH1's infamous mini-series "I Love The 80s" that Spinal Tap was based in part on legendary 80s metal group Iron Maiden. The only proof I've comes across so far is that Iron Maiden did a song called "Flight Of Icarus" for the 1983 album "Piece Of Mind", and in the "Heavy Metal Memories" commercial featured on the MGM DVD, Tap supposedly did a song called "The Incredible Flight Of Icarus P. Anybody".  "The Sure Thing" was Rob Reiner's second feature. If you look on the wall in Gib's room, you can see a reference to Reiner's first feature, a poster for "This is Spinal Tap". The Princess Bride: During the opening scenes of the movie, a grandfather (Peter Falk) begins reading the Princess Bride story to his sick grandson (Fred Savage) in the boy's bedroom. You will catch a glimpse of the boy's baseball cap hanging near his bed. This cap was placed there by the movie's director, Rob Reiner, to fulfill a request by Mark Knopfler, who composed the music for the movie. Knopfler, former frontman for Dire Straits, agreed to write and perform the music for the movie, if Reiner would place somewhere in the movie a cap he had worn in the movie "Spinal Tap". -Thanks to SianThere is a deleted subplot in the movie which explains the cold sores on the band members' lips: the band takes on an opening act for the tour and the lead singer, a slutty girl, sleeps with each bandmember, giving each one herpes in turn. June Chadwick (referred to as the bands 'Yoko Ono' in the review) was later to appear in a re-occuring role on the 80's Sci-fi Television series 'V', as the scheming and power-hungry 'Lydia' who opposed Jane Badlers character 'Diana'. -Thanks to Yaz JungThe lurid cover art for Spinal Tap's "Smell the Glove" was inspired by the misogynistic artwork on Whitesnake's 1978 album "Lovehunter". Nigel Tufnel's name is a joke on Eric Clapton, derived from "dull name" and "location in London". Eric became Nigel, and "Clapton Pond" became "Tufnell Park": Nigel Tufnel. The Stonehenge incident is a swipe at Black Sabbath, who had a three-times normal size Stonehenge replica made for a US tour. It didn't fit the stages they were using. They tried to give it away to the US druids, but the druids only wanted real-life-sized, not oversized. Somewhere in the US, there is a shipping container with a set of oversized Stonehenge megaliths... After the film opened, several people approached director Rob Reiner telling him that they loved the film, but he should have chosen a more well known band to do a documentary on. During an interview with Rob Reiner early in the movie, one of the band members (I believe it is David St. Hubbins / Christopher Guest) talks about a gig that they were playing on the Isle of Lucy. The joke is if you say "Isle of Lucy" fast enough, it sounds like "I Love Lucy." -Thanks to Scott HumeNigel rubbing a violin against his guitar during his solo is a parody of Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, who used a violin bow to play his guitar during many concert performances. Harry Shearer has a thing for disc jockeys.... He is Handsome Dan in Wayne's World 2. -Thanks to JimIn the first diner interview scene, Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) is wearing a t-shirt from "Norman's Rare Guitars", which provided many of the guitars used in the production. On the DVD notes, they list the drummers. There are 6 I believe. Besides, you would have to leave out the keyboard player and the bassist from the shot of "Gimme Some Money." -Thanks to Joshua GearThe credits state that the band Spinal Tap is fictional, and add "And there's no Easter Bunny, either!" -Thanks to John Edward KilduffMcKean, Guest and Shearer totally stay in character whenever they act as Spinal Tap. Examples include cameos for their characters on "The Simpsons", an appearance at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, and appearing in an interview with Metallica, saying that their "Black Album" ripped off "Smell The Glove's cover (quite odd, considering they wanted the original woman and glove cover in the movie). On the MGM DVD, they recorded commentary in character. A cameo guide: Julie Payne, Dana Carvey and Billy Crystal as mime waitpeople; Zane Buzby as a Rolling Stone reporter; Paul Benedict as Tucker Brown, the hotel guest clerk; Paul Shaffer as Artie Fufkin, the A&R man; Anjelica Huston as Polly Deutsch; Fred Willard as Lt. Hookstratten; In uncredited roles, Brinke Stevens as a girlfriend and Marcia Strassman as a flower girl. McKean, Shearer and Guest recreated their Spinal Tap roles for a series of pizza roll commercials overseas. These can be seen on the MGM DVD. While being a member of Spinal Tap, Harry Shearer also does the voices of Mr. Burns, Smithers, Ned Flanders, and 14 other voices on the Simpsons animated show. -Thanks to Jaysen CarringtonThe first time the band heard the record reviews was when the scene was shot - the reactions are genuine, and Michael McKean and Christopher Guest are visibly seen to be barely holding in their laughter. -Thanks to Bad HorseyThe singer the band encounters in the Holiday Inn, who is named 'Duke Fame' and is managed by Howard Hessman is played by Paul Shortino, who sang for the 80's LA hair band Rough Cutt. -Thanks to Staff Sergeant Erik GuidotBaron Christopher Guest who plays Nigel Tufnel in Spinal tap is married to Halloween/True lies actress: Jamie Lee Curtis (she inherited the title, Lady Haden-Guest in 1986 and they have been married for over 25 yrs). -Thanks to Electric_peaAccording to the BBC 1 documentary When Rock Ruled the World, Spinal Tap were actually based on UK heavy metal group Saxon and not Iron Maiden as is sometimes suggested, this is backed up by several of the films stars. -Thanks to ChrisThe tall thin drummer that is on the tour being filmed is Ric Parnell, a real musician and professional drummer who played with the influential British band, Atomic Rooster. He was the only professional musician in the band and became famous for beating the drums with his head. Ric's father is Jack Parnell the Jazz drummer who was musical director for the Muppet show which was filmed in England. -Thanks to JoanChristopher Guest enjoyed the mockumentary concept so much that he continued to use it in his own movies, directing such comic gems as "Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show," and "A Mighty Wind." Shearer, McKean, and Begley are among Guest's talented group of improvisational actors who have appeared in these movies. Shearer, Guest, and McKean have been performing together as "The Folksmen," a folk music trio, since at least November of 1984, when they were a featured musical guest on Saturday Night Live. (McKean was the guest host that night, and Shearer and Guest were regular SNL cast members.) As the Folksmen, the three became an opening act on the (real) Spinal Tap tour, where they were routinely booed off the stage by hard-rocking audience members who didn't realize the three were also part of the band. The Folksmen went on to appear as one of three folk acts "reunited" in Guest's third mockumentary "A Mighty Wind," released in 2003. -Thanks to Brad Randall« Click here to add some This Is Spinal Tap trivia  Find much more great trivia in the filmmaker's commentary on the This Is Spinal Tap DVD.Rediscover your favorites! If you like This Is Spinal Tap or 80's Comedy classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Tootsie ..... Raising Arizona ..... Good Morning, Vietnam ..... Blues Brothers ..... Heathers ..... Fast Times At Ridgemont High ..... Naked Gun ..... Adventures In Babysitting ..... Airplane ..... License To Drive ..... Money Pit ..... Porky's ..... Risky Business ..... Twins ..... Soul Man .....[More] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The end-of-tour party was shot on the roof of The Continental Hyatt House, Los Angeles. This was a favourite hellraising locale for Led Zeppelin, to the extent it was nicknamed "The Continental Riot House". [Thanks to Bad Horsey] Can you help? Do you know any of the S. California filming locations used for This Is Spinal Tap? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This great compilation of songs from the movie. Track listing: 1. Hell Hole 2. Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight 3. Heavy Duty 4. Rock and Roll Creation 5. America 6. Cups and Cakes 7. Big Bottom 8. Sex Farm 9. Stonehenge 10. Listen To Me (The Flower People) 11. Christmas With The Devil (Bonus Track) 12. Christmas With The Devil (Scratch Mix) (Bonus Track) The actors are all competent musicians and the soundtrack is actually them playing. McKean, Shearer, and Guest got together in 1992, and released a new Spinal Tap album, titled "Break Like the Wind." It's just a cheesy and tasteless as you'd expect from Spinal Tap, featuring the songs "Break Like the Wind" and "Christmas With the Devil." -Thanks to DrSlinky« Click here to add new music trivia for This Is Spinal Tap Soundtrack Available: On CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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