The trio behind Spinal Tap and the Folksmen has set a Sept. 1 release date for a DVD of their recent concert tour. By Gary Graff, Billboard, The Associated Press DETROIT — The trio behind Spinal Tap ...

They were loud once, deafeningly so–and dumbingly so, if such a thing is possible. They wore skins of leather stuffed with cucumbers of foil, towered over dwarves who danced around a Stonehenge made ...

(CNN)-- Twenty-five years ago, America discovered "one of England's loudest bands," courtesy of documentarian Marty DiBergi and his film, "This Is Spinal Tap." It was all parody -- DiBergi was ...

DMZ/Columbia will on April 8 release the soundtrack to the film "A Mighty Wind," which, as previously reported, stars "This Is Spinal Tap" principals Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry… By ...

Take away the exploding drummers and foil-wrapped cucumbers, and This Is Spinal Tap is a movie about people who take themselves seriously. Which is why it’s a comedy classic. Christopher Guest used ...

A Mighty Wind blows into Town Hall tonight, part of the comic and literary tornado that is The New Yorker Festival. If you’ve seen last winter’s film, “A Mighty Wind,” you know the players, especially ...

In a large room at the stately Driskill Hotel, I am sitting across from three men known to a generation as David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls, a.k.a. Spinal Tap, the mock British ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.

Spinal fluids, from left: Harry Shearer, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest as the Folksmen…old folksmen. They were loud once, deafeningly so–and dumbingly so, if such a thing is possible. They wore ...