Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    
    
    Yeah, I've seen it a couple of times..... like about 15.  I almost have it
memorized.  Every time I watch it, I laugh just as much as before.  
    
    The last few times I picked up some jokes I never noticed previously.  
    
    You can even buy the "Black Album".  I know Newbury Comics in and around
Boston sells it.       
    
    Even thinking about it now cracks me up. 
    
    I HIGHLY recommend it!!!
                              
    
    Paul
    

    Here's another BIG third on this flick.  It's a riot.  But I think
    it came out in about 83 or 84, because I saw it when it first came
    out.  
    
    The actors in the film wrote the story and the songs and performed
    all the songs.  They filmed one of the club sequences at a HM club
    in LA and (the way I hear it) didn't tell anyone they weren't 'for
    real' and were accepted like any of the other bands.
    
    The dead drummer gags were great!  I just cringed when Nigel throws
    down that nice Strat (please place Strat put-downs in the 'Fender
    Love/Hate note).
    
    My favorite lines, David is being interviewed just after Nigel leaves:
                 
    .
    .
    .
    David:	 We've lost band members before and we will again.
    Interviewer: But, this is Nigel, you guys have been playing together
                  for 15 years...
    David:	 I'd probably feel worse about it, if I weren't so heavily
                  sedated.
                
    GH
      

    
    Well I saw it on TV and it was brilliant!!!
    
    You know the bit about the stone henge model, well apparently Sting
    was doing a gig, performing a song called "Fortress".  He didn't
    know that the road crew had secretly got hold of a little model 
    fortress and lowered it onto the stage, as in Spinal Tap.

    Brought the house down!!
    
    -Tony

    Brilliant movie!
    
    My favorite seen is when they are at Graceland:
    
      When trying to harmonize on "Heartbreak Hotel":
      "I think it's in the same key"
    
      And who could forget:
      "Too much f***ing perspective"
    
    I could go on and on...
    
    Anyone else see Spinal Tap live? I saw them at the Channel right
    after the movie came (they really did tour). And how 'bout their
    holiday 45 "Christmas With The Devil"?
    
    Alan S.

    Don't forget the article in Guitar Player magazine interviewing
    Spinal Tap's lead guitarist, Nigel Tufnel.  Just as funny as the
    movie and had me fooled into wondering why I had never heard of
    this heavy metal band that had been around for 15 years.  It was
    dissappointing to learn that they weren't for real.
    
    					the Bomb
    

    It really cracked me up how many letters they printed in GP responding
    irately to that article.  It was so obviously a joke...I couldn't
    believe how many folks took it seriously (and were 'intellectually
    offended' enough to write in and complain.  They actually got these
    letters for several months afterward.  The editors responses to
    them was pretty good too.
    
    I mean, look at the author...it was Teisco Del Rey, the guy that
    does the 'Off the Wall' column on cheap and strange guitars.  Tip
    number one.  He doesn't do interviews.  And look at the photos.
                             
    gh

    Did anyone see Nigel Tufnel and David St Hubbins in the making of
    the Hear'n'Aid Stars record, that Ronnie James Dio organised ?
    	They were abound with many little snippets of jokes throughout
    it, my favourite being when David said :
    
    	I like the way Yngwie (sp?) J. Malmsteen, puts the J in his
    name, just to distinguish between all the other Yngwie Malmsteens
    in the world.
    	A great larf.
    
    	Brynn.  (Mine go to 11).
    
    	

    Great movie!
    
    My favorite scene was at the airport with the metal detector. :-)
    I won't give away the details, cuz it will ruin it for those who
    havn't seen the movie yet, but I'm sure those who have seen it remember
    what happened.
    
    
    Aram
    

    Har Har.   That *was* a great scene, I'd almost forgotten it...
    
    My question was, "Why the foil"?
    
    gh

    re. 10
    
    To keep it fresh and stop it going limp. Know what I mean ???
    
    
    See Ya - Brynn

    Is this from personal experience?  :^)
    
    I guess plastic would have worked just as well...but not so funny.
    
    gh

    I found this on video in the bargin bin at Walmart a couple of weeks
    ago and bought it for $11.99!  What a deal on an excellent film.
    
    gh

    ...this shirt is my actual skeleton.  Yes, it's really green, too.
    
    ...how much more black can the album be?  The answer is none more
    black.
    
    What a great film.  I can't believe there isn't anyone who hasn't seen
    this.  You missed the fact that it used to be a skit on Saturday Night
    Live.  Word is that they really hate each other now.  
    
    The funniest thing is that they were making fun of rock and roll, and yet 
    everything they did in the movie is seriously done in rock and roll.  
               

    	Very true, a lot of the stuff that happened in the movie actually
    happened in our beloved world of HM. For instance, the Stonehenge
    set was used by Black Sabbath, the song "Big Bottom" has to have been 
    influenced by Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls", one riff used in "Sex Farm"
    sounds almost exactly like Kiss' "Hotter than Hell". Anybody remember 
    the controversy surrounding the cover of "Smell the Glove"? Well, the 
    Scorpions had a similar problem with the cover of "Animal Magnatism".
    Oh yeah, it seems that Spinal Tap's former drummer, Stumpy Joe, and 
    mr. Jimi Hendrix, suffered the same type of horrible (and gross) death.
    Also, the honorable Ozzy Osbourne once opened up for a puppet show in 
    which the puppets actually did have a bigger dressing room.
    	Over the years, I've been doing research into similarities between
    Spinal Tap and real life occurances, if anybody comes up with some more
    please fill me in.
    
    LANDSHARK
    
    P.S. Just kidding about the Ozzy/Puppet show bit, but you already knew
    that, right.

    
    
    	According to last Friday's Boston Globe...
    
        Another Spinal Tap film is due next fall along with a tour and album.
    The film will again be directed by Rob Reiner.  The album is set to be
    called "Back in the Harness Again: The Pathetic Return of Spinal Tap".
    
    
    Paul

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLRIIIIGHT!!!!!!

    
    Saw an interview with one of them in some Marshall magazine...

    Yo Greg, we gotta get together and see he first one, then hit the movie
    theatre the same day...
    
    jc

    
    I did dat b4, but it was all jesse's fault for dowsing me with liter
    fluid!

    re: Coop 

    Yeah that's a good idea!

    BTW, he "spontaneously combusted", and another one died in a "freak
    gardening accident".
    
    ;^)

    
    
    
    	Was at the Channel yesterday (Fugazi, Eye for an Eye, and Seven
    League Boot... awesome show!!!) and saw a promo poster for Spinal Tap's 
    appearance there way back when
    
    	That'd be kinda cool to have.
    
    	Re: Dead drummers
    
        Yet another choked on someone's vomit but they didn't know whose
    vomit it was since "Scotland Yard can't dust vomit." 8^)
    
    
    Paul

    
    
    As I heard it the new film is a spoof on all those bands who were
    around in the early seventies and sort of died or petered out at the
    end of the decade only to reform in the late eighties (presumably
    because the were getting a bit behind on the mortgage repayments).
    If its even half as funny as This Is... it'll be a killer.
    
    "Well personally, as long as there's sex and drugs I can do without the
    Rock'n'Roll"
    
    

    Who's gonna be the Drummer?
    
    

    Not me......That's for damn sure!
    
                   Frizkid
    

    
    
     Yeah, I know what you mean Friz, I hate it when that happens. 8^)
    
                                                                       mike
    

    
    I vote for Cozy Powell, he's played with everyone else!
    
    MDP

        
    
    	An ad appeared in the November 2nd issue of Billboard...
    
    	DRUMMER DIED, need new one.  Must have no immediate family.
        Auditions Oct. 31 at LA Coliseum with David St. Hubbins, Nigel
        Tufnel, Derek Smalls.
    
        The first 50 musicians need only bring their sticks to the
        Coliseum today at noon, but should be prepared to play the drum
        solo from the mega-hit "Big Bottom".
    
        	
    Paul

    You gotta love it!!!
    
    8^)

    
        	
	MTV's news show had a clip of the drummer tryouts.  Stephen Perkins(?) 
    from Jane's Addiction, Mickey Dolenz (Monkeys), ex-Go-Go's and ex-Bangles 
    (as a team), and Mick Fleetwood (wearing a flame resistant suit) all tried 
    out.
    
    	David and Nigel stated they're looking for someone with a good
    strong heartbeat and a low cholesterol level. 
    
    	Also the person must be able to count from 1-4 several times in a
    row without making a mistake... because that's all drummers do anyway.
    
    
    Paul

    HAHAHA!!!  What a riot!  I wanna see that one!

I hear on the news this morning that Spinal Tap is gonna do an album...
AWESOME !!  There is also talk of doing a sequel to the movie !!!!!!

jc

    the original movie is on tonight in the UK.Set yir vids. people!!
    
    
                                                Staynz

"Suck My Love Pump"

Wagagagaga - what a song title.

    Wasn't it "Lick my Love Pump"?
    
              Classic none the less!
    
     frizkid
    

Definately "Lick My Love Pump".  It's in D-minor, the saddest of all keys...

8^)

    Remember to crank it to 11.
    
         Look at all my guitars........
             Can I hold one?
            No...No....Hey...Don't even look at it!
    
                 Frizkid
    

    "The thing about this guitar is the sustain.  Aaaaaaaaaaaaa...  You could
    go out for a bite and come back and it'd still be Aaaaaaaaaaa.  The
    sustain.  Can you hear it?"
    
    "No."
    
    "Well, you could, if it were playing."
    
    gh (notice my nodename?)

A classic tale for sure.

    
    > D minor
    
    So is Beethovens 9th!

    >> D minor
    
    >So is Beethovens 9th!
    
    Not religioulsy.  The _Ode to Joy_ section is in D *major*!
    

    
    There was a recent Spinal Tap re-union (or half of 'em) on a UK telly 
    program recently - 'twas funny!

    - taken without permission from Rolling Stone Magazine, Issue 622, 
    January 23rd, 1992.
    
    
    "In the Studio"
    
    
    SPINAL TAP
    
    
    "The concept for the new album is sales," says rhythm guitarist David 
    St. Hubbins of the upcoming Spinal Tap album, tentatively titled *Break 
    Like the Wind.*  Lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel voices a similar 
    sentiment:  "What we're saying with this album is, 'We're back.  Come 
    back with us.  Join us, won't you, in a consumer sense'".
    
    Just when you thought it was safe to head back to the record stores, 
    Spinal Tap has reunited for its first album since 1984's *Smell the 
    Glove*.  Asked why the veteran heavy-metal group has decided to reunite 
    - the band's history has been marked by constant personality clashes, 
    musical differences and, of course, unexplained drummer deaths - the 
    members seem stumped.  Finally, St. Hubbins offers his theory: "Just to 
    make that joyful music we make, I suppose.  Our manager, Ian Faith, 
    passed away, and we all met at his funeral in hopes of meeting some of 
    his relatives, because he owed us a great deal of money.  But we were 
    the only ones there, so we started talking."
    
    The band spent the last months of 1991 recording its MCA debut at 
    various studios in the Los Angeles area.  THe choice of location came 
    at the behest of St. Hubbins, who's been living in Pomona, California.  
    "It's been wonderful," he says.  "I've met so many great producers, 
    musicians and drinkers here.  You walk up to them at the Rainbow and 
    ask if they'd like to produce a track, and they're so blind drunk, they 
    say, 'Fine, yea, sure.' Then I get their home phone numbers."
    
    Among those manning the board for the Tap are Dave Jerden, Steve 
    Lukather, T Bone Burnett and Danny Kortchmar and Niko Bolas.  Of the 
    multiproducer approach, bassist Derek Smalls explains:  "We're hedging 
    our bets.  Because maybe one of them might get it right, we figure."
    
    Tufnel describes the sessions thus far as "a bit more relaxed and 
    mature," although St. Hubbins confides, "There was still some vomiting 
    in the beginning."  The band has mixed feelings about breakthroughs in 
    recording technology:  "There's a lot of things in the studio they 
    wouldn't let us touch," says St. Hubbins.  "Anything that says 
    'digital', they would say, 'Now you stay away from that.'"
    
    The material for *Break Like the Wind* includes a new version of "Clam 
    Caravan," the misprinted title track of Tufnel's hard-to-find solo 
    album.  Because of publishing complications, the song will not be 
    released under its original title, "Calm Caravan."  "The damage is 
    already done," says Tufnel.  "It's too late to change it now.  But it's 
    painful because there are still no clams in the song."  Also featured 
    will be new songs like "Bitch School" and "Cash on Delivery," as well 
    as anthemlike yet tentative title track, which, says Smalls, is about 
    "the majesty of rock."  Smalls, incidentally, has written three songs 
    for the album.  "One of them is very commercial," St. Hubbins says, 
    "but we're not sure which one."
    
    Finally, the band - which worked with various session drummers - is 
    still looking for a new semipermanent drummer.  "It's rather sad, of 
    course," says St. Hubbins.  "How do you approach this sensitively, 
    without causing great grief to the families of percussionists of the 
    past?"
    
    "It's a curse, really," adds Smalls.
    
    "Yes," says Tufnel.  "It's a modern-day curse.  How do you break it?  
    You can't just smack it about the face and say, 'Stupid curse, nitwit 
    curse, go away!'  We tried that, but it didn't listen."
    
    

    Roolliinnggg!!!

    Excellent!
    

     Yesterday on The Day In Rock on Mtv they said Spinal Tap has a new
    drummer....It's the last drummer's brother...Something Srimpton?
    They also said they'll be touring for their new album!!!
    
                 Frizkid
    

    
    
    	Re: Friz
    
    
    	Saw that also... it's Rick Shrimpton, brother of Mick.
    
        
    Paul

    Cool...Thanks for the help!
              Frizkid
    

         - taken without permission from Rolling Stone magazine, Issue 
         627, April 2nd, 1992.
         
         
         Record Ratings
         
         
         BREAK LINE THE WIND    ***
         Spinal Tap
         
         
         
         
         Crumbling under the weight of a tiny Stonehenge, Spinal Tap 
         split up in 1984 - leaving "Big Bottom" and "Sex Farm" to the 
         annals of classic rock.  *Break Like the Wind* marks the 
         band's reunion and, by some bizarre twist of fate, coincides 
         with heavy metal's resurgence in popularity and sales.  Until 
         recently, guitarist-vocalist Nigel Tufnel had been adrift in 
         the murky waters of a solo career, making a kind of gumbo of 
         African music, Polynesian music and even the obscure sounds 
         of the Pee-Wee Islands off Tasmania.  In January, he told 
         ROLLING STONE, "What we're saying with this album is 'We're 
         back.  Join us, won't you, in a consumer sense.'"
         
         Sure, this is a joke, but Spinal Tap is a joke that everyone 
         is in on - unlike most metal, which some people think isn't 
         funny.  Tufnel, guitarist-vocalist David St. Hubbins and 
         bassist Derek Smalls are great parodists, from thier absurd 
         British pomp and their bulges swathed in crushed velvet to 
         histrionic guitar solos and the endless exploding-drummer 
         gag.  This album, like its predecessor *Smell the Glove*, 
         covers the obligatory rock & roll ground:  sex, women, 
         machismo, romantic longing, a Beatles nod.  And to make it 
         modern, Spinal Tap has added an environmental song ("Stinking 
         Up the Great Outdoors"), the influence of world music ("Clam 
         Caravan," which St. Hubbins describes as "a brilliant sort of 
         East Indian sound picture") and an impressive list of guest 
         producers and artists (from the omnipresent Slash to Cher, 
         who hasn't sounded better since "Dark Lady").
         
         On "Majesty of Rock," Spinal Tap mocks metal titans (AC/DC, 
         Black Sabbath, even Zep) and their spiritual children:  
         "That's the majesty of rock!/The mystery of roll!/The darning 
         of the sock/The scoring of the goal!/The farmer takes a 
         wife/The barber takes a pole."  Clever criticism disguised as 
         bathroom humor, *Break Like the Wind* amplifies the absurdity 
         of pop music in general.  After all, Nigel, Derek and David 
         are fellas who would proudly check into the Beverly Wilshire 
         under the alias Richard Head.
         

    
    
    	Spinal Tap are scheduled to appear on David Letterman tonight and
    they're supposed to host the Headbangers Ball tomorrow.

Coolness !!

Hey Greg what channel is Letterman on up in Woodland ??

jc

>Hey Greg what channel is Letterman on up in Woodland ??

    I think it's on channel 4.  It's on after Carson, right?
    
    gh (who doesn't stay up that late real often)

    So, what's the review on the Letterman gig?  I missed it.
    
    Jim

    It was pretty funny, but too short.  They played one new song and
    talked to Letterman for about 5 minutes about the new album.
    
    Gh

    I heard them on KILO not too long ago. They were asked how they decided
    to get back together. They said they talked about it at a party after a
    real @$$ died. 

 My wife was seeing the kids off to school monday, and on Good Morning
America she saw Charlie was interviewing Nigel and Derek in the studio
and David via remote satellite! Anyway, she plugged a tape in for the
2nd half and below is the transcript from that point on.

Droid

        (don't forget to read with the accents!)


Charlie: "Yea... did they flock to you, did the Christians flock to you?"

Derek:   "Yea, actually, ah, we had a good run intent and we played the
          Monsters of Jesus festival a couple of years in a row."

Charlie: "Ah, I see... and I've heard, Nigel, that you've been doing
          some inventing?"

Nigel:   "Yea, well *I* said that..."

Derek:   "That's where we all heard it."

Nigel:   "...You all heard it from me."

Charlie: "So what did you invent?"

Nigel:   "Well, I've invented a folding wine glass."

Charlie: "Goooooood!"

Nigel:   "For people... If you'd like to go on a picnic, which you probably
          have, and you've said 'What should I use?'. A glass!  But it will
          break if I put it in my pocket, won't it?!"

Charlie: "Good point."

Nigel:   "That would be stupid, shards in your pocket's no good. This is...
          folds down on all four sides with lit-el hinges, and the only bad
          part is... the wine leaks."

Charlie: "Oh, well... but as soon as you get that worked out..."

Nigel:   "That's the bug you see...  but Leonardo..."  (gets cut off)

David:   "'Till then we'll all have to use paper cups like everyone else,
          right?!"  (said in his all serious face and wise voice!)

Nigel:   "Yea, well don't rub it in.."

Charlie: "But as soon as you work that out it'll be ok... Now, is the
          band any different?"

All:     "Older... More mature... more maturity... etc"

Charlie: "Do you sound different?"

Nigel:   "No, we sound, louder... cuz you always got to sound louder. We've
          got a new keyboard player because the old one went to visit the
          grave of the drummer and the grave exploded and he was killed."

Derek:   "The scientific explaination was ME-thane gas build-up. We've
          got a new drummer who's the younger twin brother of our ex-
          drummer, who just insisted..."

David:   "It's very complicated, yea..."

Charlie: "The younger twin brother..."

Derek:   "20 minutes, yea."

Charlie: "...so you get somewhat the same sound?"

Derek:   "Yea, but harder."

Charlie: "Now you're going to tour with this new album?"

Nigel:   "Oh yes, in May we go out all over the United States and then
          back to England and we end up at the Royal Albert Hall in July."

Charlie: "And David, is there another album, er, another movie in all of
          this?"

David:   "Nah, I hope not. I mean the last one made us all a bit nervous.
          We were shown one cut in the film that really made us look rather
          good, and a bit mature before our time. So um, now that we've
          achieved actual maturity there's no reason to try and fake it
          with a film."

Charlie: "Well, it's wonderful that you're all are back together, I think
          this is a blessed event."

David:   "It's nice that you're back together too, Charlie."

Charlie: "Well, that's still debatable..."

David:   "Oh."

Derek:   "Well turn it up Charlie!"

David:   "Bye Gents!"

                Goodbyes...
[EOB]

    I'm really bummed about having to miss BOTH the show here in the
    Springs (first show of the tour) and the one in Denver, as I'll be out
    of town on vacation!
    
    AAACk!

    I caught the tour's opening show here in Colorado Springs and wasn't
    blown away by the TAP. The humor was great as well as the acoustic set.

    Nigel had his stacked MARSHALLS. 
    
    My 12 year old son was a bit restless and bored by the end of the 2 Hr.
    + show.  (15 minute intermission in the middle). 

    All-in-all, the show was fun and relaxing.  
    
    Catch it if you can...
    
    -Flash 
    

    Wait a minute here...... Are you saying the members of Spinal Tap
    actually play intruments?   This is news to me!  They are all
    comedians, not musicians!  Two of them have been regular cast members
    of SNL for a short time, and one played Lenny on Laverne and Shirley.
    
    I realize it possible for a comedian to also be a musician, but I
    figured some other band played the music and they just did the
    'acting'.
    
    Ken
    

    
    
    I always figured they played their own stuff... Pretty basic, and they
    pretty much look like they know what their doing when they are
    playing..
    
    JW-

    Even though they're comedians, they always played and wrote their own
    material.
    
    I don't see a problem, I know lots of people who are Digital Equipment
    employees by trade that also write and perform music!
    
    gh

and some of them write pretty funny code......

Tim

    
    
    	There was a small bit in yesterday's Boston Herald about a
    "Spinal Tap Reunion Special" in the works at NBC.  Rob Reiner
    is reported to be interested.
    
    
    Paul

    
    	Any new news on the Spinal Tap front?
    
    	I just read through all these replies and noticed that there
    	was a movie sequel planned?  But that was 3 years ago and I
    	haven't heard anything about it since.
    

    
    I think the "Break Like The Wind" CD and Tour replaced the movie.  It
    was a great concert, though!  :^)
    
    I'd only see a movie if Rob Reiner did it again.
    
    - Sean
    

    
    	I listened to "Break Like the Wind" and caught a good one ...
    
    	... in "Cash on Delivery", right before the last beat of the
    	song, you can hear a faint 1-8 count so they know when to hit
    	the last note.  8^)
    

    I've got that movie! It's not up to the original's standards, but still
    a laugh. It's set up in a reunion type of deal. They do some interviews
    and the whole movie revolves around the show they are doing. Pretty
    cool...
    
    -kev [MAJOR Tap fan!]

    
    I personally liked the gig they did on the "Isle Of Lucy"...  :^)
    
    - Sean
    

    Yeah, I saw the Break Like the Wind thing and it struck me that hey...
    these guys are actually pretty darn good live!!!!

    Now lets be CORRECT about this...  It goes like this:
    
    "There's a fine line between cleaver and stupid..."

    
    	"cleaver"?
    
    	Glad we got that straightened out.  Thanks, Coop.  8^)