Christopher Guest, who wrote This

Christopher Guest, who wrote This Is Spinal Tap and went on to direct and cowrite Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and, most recently, A Mighty Wind, is no farceur, but Mozart understands as well as anybody making movies today that the world is full of earnest, ordinary middle-class folk who are funny to everyone but themselves.

Rob Reiner

This Is Spinal Tap (1984) by Rob Reiner.

Rachel Sweet and Adam Olsen

“This is This is Spinal Tap” was written by Rachel Sweet and Adam Olsen, and directed by Ryan Krayser.

a fictional English heavy metal band created by American comedians and musicians Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer

Spinal Tap is a fictional English heavy metal band created by American comedians and musicians Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer.

Martin Di Bergi

This Is Spinal Tap (stylized as This Is Spın̈al Tap: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi)

writer/director Christopher Guest

After Rob Reiner proved just a film would work in This Is Spinal Tap, writer/director Christopher Guest decided to make much of the rest of writer/director Christopher Guest's career about the joys of improvisational mockumentary filmmaking.

by Rachel Sweet

“This is This is Spinal Tap” was written by Rachel Sweet and Adam Olsen, and directed by Ryan Krayser.

Todd Barry

This is Spinal Tap Todd Barry Johnny Pemberton

Harry Shearer, who made Harry Shearer's name on Saturday Night Live and as a writer and star of This

Harry Shearer, who made Harry Shearer's name on Saturday Night Live and as a writer and star of This Is Spinal Tap, plays the ultimate villain — Mr. Burns — on The Simpsons

as lead singer and ), Christopher Guest (as lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel) and (as bassist Derek Smalls).

Spinal Tap (band) Spinal Tap (stylized as Spın̈al Tap, with a dotless letter i and a metal umlaut over the n) was a fictional English heavy metal band created by American comedians and musicians Michael McKean (as lead singer and co-lead guitarist David St. Hubbins), Christopher Guest (as lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel) and Harry Shearer (as bassist Derek Smalls).

Michael McKean

Spinal Tap (band) Spinal Tap (stylized as Spın̈al Tap, with a dotless letter i and a metal umlaut over the n) was a fictional English heavy metal band created by American comedians and musicians Michael McKean (as lead singer and co-lead guitarist David St. Hubbins), Christopher Guest (as lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel) and Harry Shearer (as bassist Derek Smalls).

co-lead guitarist David St. Hubbins Harry Shearer

Spinal Tap (band) Spinal Tap (stylized as Spın̈al Tap, with a dotless letter i and a metal umlaut over the n) was a fictional English heavy metal band created by American comedians and musicians Michael McKean (as lead singer and co-lead guitarist David St. Hubbins), Christopher Guest (as lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel) and Harry Shearer (as bassist Derek Smalls).

Rob Reiner and his three principals, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer (who did the bulk of the writing)

When This is Spinal Tap was much closer to the pitch stage, Rob Reiner and his three principals, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer (who did the bulk of the writing), put together Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (part 1, part2), a 20-minute rough cut of the movie that they could show to financiers as an example of what the end result would look like.

Steve Vai

– This Is Spinal Tap Steve Vai –

Michael John McKean

Michael John McKean is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and musician known for various roles in film and television such as Lenny Kosnowski in Laverne & Shirley, David St. Hubbins in This Is Spinal Tap, and Chuck McGill on Better Call Saul.

the latest mock-documentary oh all right'mockumentary'by This (, , sigh)

Saw Best in Show last night, the latest mock-documentary (oh all right, 'mockumentary', sigh) by This is Spinal Tap co-writer and star Christopher Guest.

by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks

Spinal Tap was written by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks.

by Three Six Mafia

Yea Spinal Tap was written for the movie but Spinal Tap was written by Three Six Mafia and was included on their Most Known Unknowns album.

Tony Hendra , a writer and satirist who was one of the geniuses behind THIS

Tony Hendra, a writer and satirist who was one of the geniuses behind THIS IS SPINAL TAP, shares an inspiring true story about Tony Hendra's spiritual journey toward God, in the form of a tribute to the Rev. Joseph Warrilow, a Benedictine monk who lives in a monastery on the Isle of Wight.

a fictional band made up of real actors/comedians (Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer) who played their own instruments and wrote their own songs

Spinal Tap was a fictional band made up of real actors/comedians (Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer) who played their own instruments and wrote their own songs.