“I promise you, after I burn,” Derek Smalls growls on Spinal Tap’s new song, “that I’m gonna be rockin’/ In the urn.” Harry Shearer, who plays Smalls and wrote the song, says the idea was simple: “I ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. There’s a lot going on during the end credits with Nigel Tufnel, Michael McKean, Derek Smalls ...

The crimped hair may be gray, but the hair metal still rocks: Spinal Tap is back, baby. That’s right, one of England’s loudest and most punctual (and still fictional) heavy metal bands is getting back ...

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues revisits the subjects of 1984's This Is Spinal Tap for a reunion concert. The long-in-the-works sequel reunites director Rob Reiner with stars Christopher Guest, ...

Satirist Harry Shearer voices several characters on The Simpsons; he’s the bassist for Spinal Tap, host of Le Show on public radio and an impersonator extraordinaire. Working with historian Stanley ...