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The ultimate Spinal Tap moments: rock 'n' roll's biggest names share their most embarrassing stories

By Jon Wiederhorn

Metal masters Glenn Tipton, Matt Heafy, Willie Adler, Dino Cazares, Ben Weinman and more share their own awkward tales

Watch Spinal Tap Play "Christmas with the Devil"

By Jackson Maxwell

No one does Christmas quite like Spinal Tap.

Watch Derek Smalls and Dweezil Zappa Team Up in New "MRI" Video

By Jackson Maxwell

Spinal Tap bassist unveils the latest single from his solo debut, 'Smalls Change.'

Spinal Tap's Derek Smalls Talks "Saucy Jack," Trouser Zucchini and His New Satch- and Vai-Infused Solo Album

By Damian Fanelli

Laughing Stocks: 10 of Hollywood’s Funniest Guitar Moments

By Dan Epstein

Watch Kirk Hammett Play Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well" on the Peter Green Les Paul

By Damian Fanelli

Spinal Tap Bassist Derek Smalls Shares New "It Don't Get Old" Music Video

By Guitar World Staff

Dear Guitar Hero: Submit Questions for Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap

By Damian Fanelli

Spinal Tap Bassist Derek Smalls Announces Star-Studded Solo Album, 'Smalls Change'

By Jackson Maxwell

Is D Minor Really the Saddest of All Keys?

By Chris Scapelliti

Historically, classical composers felt that D minor was the most melancholy of the keys, suitable for lamentations, dirges and requiems.

Joe Perry: “Steven Tyler Didn’t Get ‘This Is Spinal Tap’”

By Christopher Scapelliti

This Is Spinal Tap has been celebrated as the ultimate metal mockumentary. But not everyone got the joke.

Spinal Tap Reunite to Sue Record Label for $400 Million

By Christopher Scapelliti

Spinal Tap have reunited several times onstage and in the studio since they were the subject of director Rob Reiner’s 1984 metal mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.

Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel Talks Steve Vai and the Amplifier Capo

By Damian Fanelli

Tufnel discussed the amp capo—and many other amazing and wonderful things—in the April 1992 issue of Guitarist magazine.

The 10 Coolest Bands Created by Hollywood

By Ebony March

The following gallery shows the best rock music that Tinseltown has managed to create—in some cases with chart-topping success.

Bent Out of Shape: Has Heavy Metal Become a Joke?

By Will Wallner

Harry Shearer Performs Spinal Tap's "Christmas with the Devil" — Video

By Damian Fanelli

Springfield Rock City: Top 10 Rock Star Cameos on "The Simpsons"

By Damian Fanelli, Josh Hart

'This Is Spinal Tap' Gets the Lego Treatment — Video

By Damian Fanelli

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the greatest rock parody ever made, we present a few scenes from 1984's This Is Spinal Tap — in stop-motion Lego form! Hey, why not?

Guitar World Staff Picks: Damian Fanelli's Top 10 Albums of 2012

By Damian Fanelli

Steel Panther's 'Balls Out' Poster Banned by British Authorities for Being "Overtly Sexual"

By Damian Fanelli

Steel Panther are experiencing a Spinal Tap moment: A poster for their 2011 album, Balls Out, has been banned by UK advertising authorities because they find it "overtly sexual."