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Hello Cleveland! What's wrong with being sexy? Eleven ways in which Spinal Tap changed the lexicon of rock

The improvised lines from Spinal Tap that have been assimilated into common rock parlance and beyond

Metal Hammer · Mar 26, 2024

“We were spoofing the idea of the concept album, but in a fun way that didn’t totally mock it… It’s only in recent times that I’ve appreciated how complex the music is”: Why Jethro Tull’s Thick As A Brick needed to be serious - and a send-up

Ian Anderson set out to make “the mother of all concept albums” while incorporating a large measure of Monty Python - but some people laughed at all the wrong places

Louder · Mar 2, 2024

This Is Spinal Tap at 40: the note-perfect rock satire still goes up to 11

Christopher Guest and Rob Reiner made a 1984 classic that ingeniously straddles the ‘fine line between stupid and clever’

The Guardian - US · Mar 2, 2024

Watch Spinal Tap go toe-to-toe with Jonathan Ross on British prime-time TV

See the band tell Mick Fleetwood to his face why he wasn't good enough to be their 13th drummer

Metal Hammer · May 23, 2023