Thursday July 27 12:01 AM ET
Spinal Tap Returns With Web Song
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By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Spinal Tap is back
from the dead on the Internet.
The spoof British band created for Rob Reiner's cult favorite
rockumentary ``This Is Spinal Tap'' from 1984 has recorded a new
song that will be available for download starting Thursday from
tongue-in-cheek Tapster.com.
``Back From the Dead'' features Michael McKean, who played Spinal Tap's lead
singer David St. Hubbins, Christopher Guest, who was lead guitarist Nigel
Tufnel, and Harry Shearer, who was bass player Derek Smalls.
``We're putting it on the Internet because we want the people who really care that
we're still alive to have it in their hands and their machinery and then in their
ears,'' McKean said, copping a British accent for a telephone interview in
character as St. Hubbins.
``If you're a Spinal Tap fan, and God knows there aren't many of them, we
wanted to lay it on you,'' he said.
``This Is Spinal Tap'' parodied a pretentious hard rock band trying to soldier on
despite a dwindling fan base. The movie is being rereleased in theaters and on
DVD and videotape in September.
McKean, Guest and Shearer have periodically regrouped for recordings,
appearances and even a guest spot on ``The Simpsons.'' The new song fits the
Spinal Tap theme, dealing with ``this bunch of old dinosaur bones that can still
move around,'' McKean said.
Spinal Tap's future lies in a ``carefully regulated series of breakups and
comebacks,'' McKean said. ``That's what attracts the attention.''
The group is using Tapster.com as a spoof of Napster, a site that allows
computer users to download copyrighted songs for free. In a Spinal Tap news
release, ``Tufnel'' said Napster simply offers too many songs. A Federal judge on
Wednesday barred the real company, Napster, from trading music online pending
a trial.
``One of the brilliant things about Tapster is that there's only one song to choose
from,'' Tufnel said.
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On the Internet:
tapster.com |
