Spinal Tap is a fictional English heavy metal band created by American comedians and musicians Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer. They are characterized as "one of England's loudest bands".[1] McKean, Guest and Shearer wrote and performed original songs for the band.
The band first appeared on a 1979 ABC television sketch comedy pilot called The T.V. Show. Later the band became the fictional subject of the 1984 rockumentary / mockumentary movie This Is Spinal Tap.
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