Background
Although the 1984 film portrays the band hailing from the United Kingdom, all actors who play the band members were actually born in the United States. (Although Christopher Guest was raised in both countries, and currently has dual citizenship and a title of nobility: Baron Haden-Guest.)
Fans of Spinal Tap have assembled details about the band based on fictional film, albums, concerts, and related promotional material, including a discography and a list of the band's former members. Spinal Tap's fictional history includes a succession of drummers, all of whom are said to have died in strange circumstances: one in a "bizarre gardening accident", another "choked on vomit, but not his own vomit", and two from "spontaneous human combustion" onstage. Additionally, it is claimed that police described one of the deaths as "a mystery better left unsolved."
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“In the true sense one’s native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.”
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