Spinal Tap

'We don't break up, but we dissolve a lot, much like a fast-acting pain tablet,' says Smalls of Spinal Tap.

Spinal Tap's Derek Smalls has revealed some of the fellow collaborators, song titles and a potential moniker for his solo album.

A meeting of drumming legends Dave Grohl, Chad Smith and Jim Keltner may have revealed a potential solo album for Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap.

'This Is Spinal Tap' co-creator Harry Shearer, who played bassist Derek Smalls in the mockumentary, has filed a $125 million lawsuit for unpaid royalties.

In this edition of ScreenCrush's 'You Think You Know Movies?' segment, the staff delves deep into heavy metal's greatest parody flick.

The legendary mockumentary 'This Is Spinal Tap' celebrated its 30th anniversary this month. The film hit theaters on March 2, 1984, and became the stuff of legend. The movie followed the fictional hard rock band Spinal Tap, who experienced a string of comedic mishaps during their U...

Wasn't it supposed to be the drummer that always suffered the misfortune in Spinal Tap? That wasn't the case on Tuesday as 'This is Spinal Tap' actor Michael McKean, who played the role of frontman David St. Hubbins in the cult mockumentary film about a heavy metal band, was struck by a car in Manhattan.

The entire metal community is celebrating today (Nov. 11)  as National Metal Day and cranking their favorite tunes ... well, to 11. There's something about the date -- the synchronicity of numbers, the cutting parallel lines  -- that when 11/11/11 is written out that looks pretty metal. But the real metal-ness of National Metal Day dates back to the classic 1984 rock movie satire 'This is Spinal T