Actually, it was Led Zeppelin that got lost. From a Rolling Stones interview with Robert Plant (quoted here)
And that’s true, too. You cannot obtain DNA from stomach contents.
The first few times I saw it was in the theater too (my brother worked there, so I got in free 
) and the very first time I saw it, all I knew about how the second drummed died is that it was “in a manner too revolting to relate.” I never heard an audience howl that loud again until I saw “About Schmidt” on opening weekend, and we didn’t know about the nude scene with one Kathy Bates! 
Towards the end of its run, senior citizens were going to see it, because they wanted to find out if the movie really was as funny as everyone said it was, and laughing right along with the kids.
We saw it as part of the Chicago International Film Festival, and Mark, his mom and his best friend were all there, selling copies of Coven on VHS, and we bought a copy from him.
I’ve done my time in the barrel and shot a small, stupid short film for an untalented, inexperienced director. I can believe every second of American Movie.
Yeah, I’ve shot stuff for people who had no business being a director or producer of anything.
I swear, some of American Movie just felt fake to me. I’ve been known to be wrong, though. 
That is simultaneously hilarious and cool. Thanks!
Anvil are nothing like Spinal Tap. They’re much heavier, for one thing, and clearly not a NWOBHM band.
I always assumed Michael McKean’s chacter (David St. Hubbins) was supposed to be Biff Byford. They even look alike.
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Vocals, bass and drums are all from their heyday. Maybe not from day one but certainly the lineup that most know them for. Ritchie Blackmore ran off the the Renfair and Jon Lord died this year after battling cancer. They are more intact than most bands from that era.
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It’s worth bearing in mind that the band didn’t exist from 1976 to the mid-80s, so in that sense they didn’t have any members at all at one point.
OK, maybe a New Wave of Constitutional Monarchy Heavy Metal?
Speaking of Anvil, I just saw them last month opening for Motörhead, and DAMN they were good. Their new album just dropped, so I hope to catch them again if they’re doing a club tour of something.
Edit: Just checked their website. Looks like they’re in Europe for a while.
One band that could have served as a template for Spinal Tap was the English band The Move (with Roy Wood, later of ELO). They had a run of success mostly in the late 60s-early 70s with various styles ranging from hard rock (“Do Ya”, “Fire Brigade”) to ridiculous hippie/psychedelic-inspired numbers like “Flowers In The Rain” and “I Can Hear The Grass Grow” (which they ludicrously insisted was not about an acid trip).
If this revives the “Jimi Hendrix Was Murdered” thread, I’m holding you responsible.
You can’t really dust… for vomit…
Man I love that movie, when me and my buddy from high school get together we can still quote 90% of that movie.
MtM
I like that. We can throw Triumph in there too.
For sheer metal cheesiness, as well as the looks of David St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnel… one need look no further than the band Samson. You’ll notice a young Bruce Dickenson (who’d go on to become lead singer for Iron Maiden and one of the best heavy metal vocalists of all time) in the ‘David St. Hubbins’ white outfit, the hair and mustache of Derek Smalls, and Nigel Tufnel’s mullet. Cheese factor=11. Hair and clothing=check, ‘manly’ song title=check. If only they’d had their own ‘Thunderstick’ (the drummer), we could close the lid on this case once and for all.
(I don’t trust my memory here, so corrections are welcomed)
The “Headbanger rock stars arguing pretentiously about their Art” aspect of Spinal Tarp was inspired by a legendary 20 minute studio tape of The Troggs.