“The review you had on Shark Sandwich, which was merely a two word review, just said ‘Shit Sandwich.’” “Where’d they print that? That’s not real. They can’t print that!” No, it’s not as bad as Shark Sandwich. Let’s accentuate the positive here. When you’re a die-hard fan of a band, …
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“I promise you, after I burn,” Derek Smalls growls on Spinal Tap’s new song, “that I’m gonna be rockin’/ In the urn.” Harry Shearer, who plays Smalls and wrote the song, says the idea was simple: “I just thought it was the silliest way to say, ‘We’re never gonna die. …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The greatest (fictional) rock band has reunited. As Spinal Tap II: The End Continues hits theaters, fans can look back at the iconic band’s origin with a new …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The greatest (fictional) rock band has reunited. As Spinal Tap II: The End Continues hits theaters, fans can look back at the iconic band’s origin with a new …
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As we learn in 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap, money talks, bullshit walks, and Fran Drescher will always dominate any scene in which she finds herself. Nine years before her ascension to TV superstardom with The Nanny, a 26-year-old Drescher was unforgettable as Polymer Records label publicist Bobbi Flekman, a …
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For almost a decade, Christopher Guest has been “essentially retired,” the actor/director reveals in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. After he directed Mascots for Netflix in 2016, he recalls the streamer telling him they’d make any film he wanted —but he didn’t have an idea for one. …
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Director Rob Reiner has never made a sequel in his long career, and he hadn’t ever contemplated a follow-up to the most beloved rock comedy ever made, 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap. But then Harry Shearer, who plays Tap bassist Derek Smalls, fought a long battle to reclaim ownership of …
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Spinal Tap reunite for one last concert in the latest trailer for the classic rock mockumentary’s upcoming sequel. The preview for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues opens up with highlights from the Rob Reiner’s 1984 film before Reiner himself — as documentarian Marty Di Bergi — reveals the purpose …
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David Kaff, the British musician and actor best known for playing keyboardist Viv Savage in This Is Spinal Tap, has died. He was 79. Kaff’s death was confirmed by his bandmates in the group Mutal of Alameda’s Wild Kingdom. In a note on Facebook, they wrote that Kaff (born Kaffinetti) …
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When Rob Reiner and the members of Spinal Tap were trying to crack the story for the long-awaited sequel to the classic heavy metal mockumentary, they found some unexpected inspiration in Kate Bush and Stranger Things. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is slated to follow the titular band as …
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