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(from left) Nigel Tufnel, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather, and Slash perform onstage

Spinal Tap once surprised Nigel Tufnel with an all-star guitar solo tribute – but he wasn't thrilled about it

By Jackson Maxwell published 16 July 25

Explaining (well, bickering about, really) the star-studded Break Like the Wind, David St. Hubbins maintained that the collaboration was merely intended as a friendly gesture from admirers, and that Tufnel misunderstood it

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