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Spinal Tap play Big Bottom on Jimmy Kimmel with Tal Wilkenfeld and Thundercat

By Phil Weller Published 10 September 25

David St. Hubbins led a legion of bassists out onto the Jimmy Kimmel stage for a rendition of Spinal Tap’s 1984 track

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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues – the legendary British metal band attempts a comeback, older, not any wiser but with a point to prove.

Every guitar featured in the trailer for Spinal Tap II, from St. Vincent’s Music Man to Joe Satriani’s Ibanez JS-3

By Jonathan Horsley Published 25 July 25

The Spinal Tap II trailer is finally here – and this is what Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls will be playing in the movie

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Spinal Tap (Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, and Christopher Guest) pose standing in a spotlight in Los Angeles in 1992

Spinal Tap discuss all-star guitar duels, (maybe) influencing the Beatles, and persevering through multiple sudden tragedies

By Teisco Del Rey Published 20 July 25

Fresh off of their sterling 1992 comeback album, Break Like the Wind, David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls reflect on (and bicker about) their remarkable creative arc, the tragic fates that befell many of their bandmates, and that humbling documentary they'd prefer to forget

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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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