Spinal Tap On Progarchives

I`ve had the opportunity to have written 3 band bios for this great web-site ( Larry Coryell, Guru Guru and Octobre ) and have proposed the addition of rock spoof band Spinal Tap where I would write a silly bio following their fictional career based on the three movies, actual albums,archival material plus outakes ( unused material ) from the first film This Is Spinal Tap. The admins are not too crazy about my proposal but I believe that it would be a valid addition because a lot of Tap`s parodying reflects the eccentricities and excesses of prog bands(Uriah Heep and Jethro Tull come to mind.)And who can forget that prog classic Stone Henge.

So I`ve created this little poll to try and win the admins over to my cause. I would appreciate all responses and comments,for or against, so this matter can be resolved ASAP.

Edited by Vibrationbaby - October 19 2007 at 19:07

The song "And Cups And Cakes" that you hear only very briefly on the radio during the film is a clear spoof of the Canterbury scene, and songs like "Rock and Roll Creation" and "Stonehenge" have a very Rush-like quality to them.

P.A. seems to be trying to add every classic rock band ever to the Archives, so it seems reasonable to add a fictitious classic rock band or two as well.  

I guess an argument for them being prog related could easily be made as they do parody prog and have several prog songs. On the whole though they aren't a progressive band - they're a damn good one though.

Dudes,

Has anyone forgotten "Jazz Odyssey " Or the rock opera "Saucy Jack"?

if Spinal Tap are added i will rate their album "11"

TheProgtologist wrote: Sorry,but I am totally against it and think adding them here is ridiculous.   And you know that only polls about bands in the archives go in Prog Polls,you just put it here so more people would see it.

Well, then the Rough Guide To Rock must be a ridiculous publication because they have a section on them. They even have an album review because it is a REAL band. Tap even staged a sold out concert at the Royal Albert Hall which was made into a video entitled " THe Return Of Spinal Tap". 

What? I really cant ever see this coming to life...

We should have the ability to review their albums 6 stars.

EDIT: DAMN not the first to think of this lame joke.


Edited by Shakespeare - October 20 2007 at 12:20

Whether or not they belong on the site doesn't change the fact that they made a great movie, maybe the only movie that does a funny parody of mid 70s psuedo progressive rock and other excessive 70s rock styles.

The movie has a lot of clever references to various 70s bands. In one scene the bassist steps up to the mic and screams, and the whole shot is done like Waters doing Careful with that axe at Pompeii. When the band changes their lineup they refer to the new lineup as MK II ala Deep Purple.

I have heard in an interview that Iron Maiden was the overall blue print for Spinal Tap. I have seen Maiden videos where they have a very similar color scheme to Tap in their presentation, but to me the keyboard player is based on Ian Stewart of the Stones.