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Music Genre

Comedy/Spoken

Music Style

Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Comedy Rock, Comedy

Music Mood

Ironic, Outrageous, Fun, Humorous, Raucous, Silly, Theatrical, Aggressive

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Gender

Male

Wikipedia Text

Spinal Tap (officially spelled "", with a "heavy metal umlaut" over the letter n�n-diaeresis�and a dotless letter i) is a Grammy-nominated parody fictional heavy metal band that first appeared on a failed 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 (although a similar short film had already been released a year earlier on British televisions' Channel 4 in the form of Bad News). The band members are portrayed by Michael McKean (as David St. Hubbins), Christopher Guest (as Nigel Tufnel) and Harry Shearer (as Derek Smalls).

Origin

United Kingdom (fictional) United States (actual)

Music Genre (Text)

Heavy metal, Hard rock, Comedy rock, Psychedelic rock, Free form jazz

Year(s) Active

1964–1982 (fictional), 1984, 1992, 2001, 2007, 2009–present

Record Label

Polymer, Megaphone, MCA Records

Associated Acts

The Folksmen

Official Websites

www.spinaltap.com/