This Is Spinal Tap: The Official Companion - Softcover

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The companion to the funniest film ever made about rock bands.

Rob Reiner's hilarious "rockumentary" about an aging British heavy-metal group has reached legendary status since its release in 1984. Largely ad-libbed by lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), lead singer David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), and bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer)-as well as a succession of drummers whose careers were cut short by spontaneously combusting, drowning in somebody else's vomit, or other untimely deaths- This Is Spinal Tap chronicles the band's latest American tour in a cunning satire of rock and roll culture.

Now, just in time for the theatrical re-release of This is Spinal Tap, as well as the ensuing video and DVD release, comes The Official Companion, featuring:
Fully illustrated text
A complete transcript of the film (much of the film was ad-libbed, so an ordinary screenplay can lack entire scenes)
Never-before-seen stills from cut footage
A comprehensive A-to-Z Guide featuring everything you've ever wanted to know about This Is Spinal Tap

Don't miss the chance to see behind the scenes of one of the most riotous and memorable satires of our time!

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The artists behind such esteemed recordings as Silent But Deadly, Intravenus de Milo and the classic Bent For The Rent, Spinal Tap have become part of popular consciousness in a way that few ageing heavy rock bands with a penchant for deceased drummers have achieved. This excellently detailed book by Karl French is intended to feed the addictions of those who find that repeated viewings of the classic 1984 documentary This is Spinal Tap are no longer sufficient, and educate the world further about the work of the legends that are David St Hubbins, Nigel Tufnell and Derek Smalls.

Housed in a black cover bringing to mind the classically minimalist artwork of the 1982 album Smell The Glove (a stylistic challenge which sadly led to very limited sales), French's book, represents a treasure chest of Tap facts. Beginning with a "Pre-Epilogue" from Michael McKean, the actor behind David St Hubbins, the book includes a comprehensive "Tap'istory" detailing the band's activities since their formation in 1966, the full transcriptions of the 1984 spoof rockumentary, complete with the many out-takes left on the cutting-room floor after an agonising nine-month editing process, and an A-Z guide to the many characters and events vital to their story. Throughout, the original film is rightfully celebrated, and new facts presented. (For example, we learn that Spinal Tap were the first band to have an album certified Bronze, the honour being bestowed for having more than one million copies returned.) While certain mysteries remain (we will, for example, probably never know the exact circumstances of the group's original drummer's "tragic gardening accident"), there is much new and often hilarious information to satisfy even the most obsessive Tap fan.

In all, this book is a valuable addition to the Spinal Tap legend. Indeed, many readers will no doubt feel compelled to award it an unprecedented six stars out of five. Well, it's one extra, isn't it? --Steve Price

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Karl French is the co-author of Cult Movies and the editor if The Oficial Spinal Tap Companion.

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