“This Is Spinal Tap is released in theaters, chronicling the hapless heavy metal band with exploding drummers and an amp that goes to 11
Directed by Rob Reiner - best known as Meathead from All in the Family - the film follows the mishaps of an outfit of aging rockers dubbed Spinal Tap as they tour and promote their album Smell the Glove. The group is not only comically inept but absurdly pretentious, with delusions of grandeur far exceeding their actual talent. This is actually the second appearance of the band, the first having been in 1979 on a sketch comedy pilot titled The T.V. Show.
The film is a double parody, poking fun not only at rock bands but also at documentaries and, most especially, "rockumenteries." - SONGFACTS.com
