Rock and roll is here to stay and no one has done more staying than Spinal Tap! From their origin in the London music scene of the 60s -- playing in bands like the Originals (later renamed the New Originals) and the Thamesmen -- to their current role as Legends of Hair Metal, Spinal Tap, the world's loudest band, has left a mark on rock that may never be erased. Composed of lank-haired lead singer David St. Hubbins, pseudo-poetic co-lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel, fiery, funny lead bass player Derek Smalls, the band's fifth drummer, the late Mick Shrimpton, and catatonic keyboard wizard Viv Savage, Tap set the rock world aflame when their comeback tour supporting their controversial 12th album, "Smell the Glove," was chronicled by rockumentary auteur Marty DiBergi. Now with an ever-changing fanbase around the world and on the internet, could a "Behind-the-Music" Special be far behind?
DAVID ST. HUBBINS
In his post-Tap life -- following their disastrous world tour
that began and ended in Honshu, Japan -- David St. Hubbins
married his longtime lady, designer Jeanine Pettibone, in 1986,
and settled with her in Pomona, CA, where Jeanine opened a
new-age boutique while David coached soccer and produced
up-and-coming, young, garage bands. In recent years, St. Hubbins
has been collaborating by mail with his amateur musician father,
Ivor, on an "all scat" version of Bizet's Carmen.
NIGEL TUFNEL
Following a trip around the world, Nigel Tufnel returned to his
farm in Kent and began a second career as an inventor, developing
folding wine glasses and the amp-capo, a new musical notation
system.
DEREK SMALLS
Derek Smalls took over his father's telephone sanitation service
and later joined the popular Christian rock band Lambsblood
(famous for mass baptisms in the slam pit). When Lambsblood
next-to-headlined at a "Monsters of Jesus" concert in
Orange County, CA, a chance meeting with St. Hubbins led to
Smalls' decision to, as he puts it, "throw in my lot with
evil again."
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Spinal Tap Sings (Listen to the) Flower People and Other Favorites Megaphone, 1967Songs: (Listen to the) Flower People (2:33), Have a Nice Death Notes: Released in England as Spinal Tap. Album is out of print. |
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We Are All Flower People Megaphone, 1968Songs: We Are All Flower People, To Fly, I Am Flight, Get Me Away From the Ground, The Incredible Flight of Icarus P. Anybody Notes: Rereleased in 1969 without title track as The Incredible Flight of Icarus P. Anybody. Album is out of print |
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Silent But Deadly Megaphone, 1969Songs: Short 'N Easy (18:37), Breakfast of Evil, Silent But Deadly Notes: Live album. Album is out of print |
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Brainhammer Megaphone, 1970 (#NLA184)Songs: Big Bottom (3:31), Lie Back and Take It, Swallow My Love, Brainhammer Notes: Album is out of print |
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Nerve Damage Megaphone, 1971Notes: Album is out of print |
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Blood to Let Megaphone, 1972Songs: Blood to Let Notes: Album is out of print |
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Intravenus de Milo Megaphone, 1974 (#DST2891)Songs: Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight (2:35), Saliva of the Fittest Notes: Album is out of print |
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The Sun Never Sweats Megaphone, 1975 (#DS201)Songs: Daze of Knights of Old, The Princess and the Unicorn, The Obelisk, The Sun Never Sweats (4:24), Stonehenge (4:36) Notes: Album is out of print |
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Jap Habit Megaphone, 1975Songs: Nice 'N Stinky, Devil Take the Hindmost, Nocturnal Mission (instrumental) Notes: Live triple album; U.S. release was double album. Album is out of print |
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Bent for the Rent Megaphone, 1976Songs: When a Man Looks Like a Woman; High Heels, Hot Wheels; Heavy Duty (4:26), Bent for the Rent Notes: Album is out of print |
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Tap Dancing Megaphone, 1976Notes: Album is out of print |
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Rock 'N Roll Creation Megaphone, 1977 (#NLA1249)Songs: Young, Smug and Famous, Rock 'N Roll Creation (4:06) Notes: Also known as The Gospel According to Spinal Tap. Album is out of print |
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Shark Sandwich Polymer, 1980 (#D18892)Songs: No Place Like Nowhere, Throb Detector, Sex Farm (3:19) Notes: Album is out of print |
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Smell The Glove Polymer, 1982Songs: Hell Hole (3:06) Notes: Rereleased with all-black cover. Below is the original cover for Smell The Glove. Album is out of print
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Heavy Metal Memories Metalhouse, 1983 (#D404)Songs: Sex Farm (3:19), Stonehenge (4:36), The Incredible Flight of Icarus P. Anybody, Blood to Let, Big Bottom (3:31), Brainhammer, Silent But Deadly, Bent for the Rent, Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight (2:35), Break Like the Wind (4:35), Cups and Cakes (1:31), Rainy Day Sun (3:42), (Listen to the) Flower People (2:33), Heavy Duty (4:26), The Sun Never Sweats (4:24), (Again With the) Flower People, Nice 'N Stinky, Rock 'N Roll Creation (4:06), Gimme Some Money (2:24) Notes: Album is out of print |
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Spinal Tap: The Original Soundtrack Recording from the Motion Picture This Is Spinal Tap Polydor, 1984Songs: Hell Hole (3:06), Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight (2:35), Heavy Duty (4:26), Rock 'N Roll Creation (4:06), America (3:29), Cups and Cakes (1:31), Big Bottom (3:31), Sex Farm (3:19), Stonehenge (4:36), Gimme Some Money (2:24), (Listen To The) Flower People (2:33) Notes: Not to be confused with Smell the Glove, their 1982 release. (They have similiar covers.) |
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Break Like the Wind Dead Faith/MCA, 1992Songs: Bitch School (2:51), The Majesty of Rock (3:55), Diva Fever (3:06), Just Begin Again (4:53), Cash On Delivery (3:04), The Sun Never Sweats (4:24), Rainy Day Sun (3:42), Break Like the Wind (4:35), Stinkin' Up the Great Outdoors (2:50), Springtime (4:02), Clam Caravan (3:37), Christmas With the Devil (4:33), Now Leaving on Track 13 (2:08), All The Way Home (2:09). Notes: A version of the album on vinyl picture disc was issued in the U.S. as a promotion and sold in the U.K. One side contains the artwork from the album cover, the other shows a Spinal Tap logo and song list. The album also was released as a nonfunctioning promotional 8-track. |
