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Actor and comedian Harry Shearer is slipping back into his character of Spın̈al Tap bassist Harry Smalls for a new solo album due later this year.

Spinal Tap’s Harry Shearer has revealed that the corporation that holds the rights to This Is Spinal Tap claimed it made only $179 in profit-sharing payments over 22 years.

Renowned session guitarist Tommy Denander is delighted to have played on Deep Purple’s upcoming album Infinite – even though he contributed only one single chord to the whole LP.

The three members of Spinal Tap and the director of the 1984 movie about the fictional band are involved in a very real lawsuit.

How much more sued could French movie studios Vivendi and StudioCanal be? The answer is none. None more sued.

The Thamesmen, featuring future members of Spinal Tap, released "Gimme Some Money" b/w "Cups and Cakes" as their first – and only – single.

We're breaking the bubble and smelling the glove as Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott goes up against Spın̈al Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnel in the opening round of our March Mullet Madness tournament.

One of the funniest rock music films of all time is This Is Spinal Tap. If you're a fan, then you will definitely appreciate the fact that some of the best scenes in Rob Reiner's legendary mockumentary got a special honor-to be immortalized in LEGO! Check it out.

On March 2, 1984, a little film called 'This Is Spinal Tap' quietly hit theaters, but its influence on pop culture and the music world has resonated loudly over the past 30 years. It's not just one of the funniest rock movies ever made, but one of the funniest films of all time.

For a fake band whose career problems formed the basis of one of the funniest mockumentaries in film history, Spinal Tap have enjoyed some truly impressive longevity.

It would have been just another performance of the new Fall Out Boy single last night on the 'Conan' show, but for a few Spinal Tap-inspired moments.

If you're an old rockers like me, you  probably remember a band called Uriah Heep. You've probably heard songs by them that we play on The Rock, including Stealin', Sweet Lorraine, and Easy Livin'.  These were some tremendous tunes that became staples of Rock radio. I mean just check out the awesomeness of the lyrics from Stealin'- "I stood on a ridge and shunned religion, thinkin' the world