This Goes To 11: Spinal Tap Movie Trivia

Influences

It’s no wonder there was so much paranoia and confusion among some in the music business when This is Spinal Tap was released. It turns out that there were some key musicians and figures who heavily influenced the characters and situations in the movie. Spinal Tap’s stars have been asked many times over the years which band(s) they based their spoof on, and by now they’ve released a number of names.

One of the bands cited was The Troggs (famous for their garage band hit, “Wild Thing”) because of a pointless blow-out argument they once had that was recorded live in the studio. The film makers claim that this audio was the inspiration for the epic recording studio fight scene in Spinal Tap. None of these recordings are SFW, but they’re worth looking up to compare the Troggs and the Tap versions.

More Spinal Tap influences coming up later…