At the conclusion of This Is Spinal Tap, director Marty DiBergi's warts-and-all (or, as David St. Hubbins puts it, “all warts”) documentary of the metal pioneers' 1982 American tour, the band's future couldn't have looked brighter. But true to the up-and-down nature of Spinal Tap's legendary career, the band proceeded to do the only thing that could derail certain success: They disbanded to concentrate on solo projects – most of which either failed miserably or were never fully realized.
Lead guitarist Tufnel's much-anticipated trilogy, Clam Caravan (which includes the neo-classical Lick My Love Pump) remains “under construction”; St. Hubbins' Saucy Jack, a musical based on the life of Jack The Ripper, opened and closed in London in record time; and bassist Derek Smalls played the North England pub circuit in various Tap copy bands.
