Guest then brought up This is Spinal Tap and told the real-life story that inspired This is Spinal Tap.
Christopher Guest revealed the initial inspiration for This is Spinal Tap at the A.V. Club comedy festival.
Many bands may claim to be the real inspiration for This is Spinal Tap, but they’re all wrong as Guest points out.
Rob Reiner’s This is Spinal Tap is the legendary mockumentary on the fictional hard rock band Spinal Tap that has spawned countless imitators and has even been turned into a descriptive term to poke fun at musicians and the entire music business as a whole.
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Christopher Guest shares the real-life inspiration for Spinal Tap