SPINAL TAP
Spinal Tap (stylized as Spın̈al Tap, with a dotless letter i and a metal umlaut over the n) is a parody English heavy metal band that first appeared on a 1979 ABC TV sketch comedy pilot called The T.V. Show, starring Rob Reiner. The sketch, actually a mock promotional video for the song “Rock and Roll Nightmare”, was written by Reiner and the band, and included songwriter/performer Loudon Wainwright III on keyboards. Later the band became the fictional subject of the 1984 rockumentary/mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap. The band members are portrayed by Michael McKean (as David St. Hubbins), Christopher Guest (as Nigel Tufnel) and Harry Shearer (as Derek Smalls). (More from Wikipedia)
The newest member of Trillion, CJ Vanston has been in music for many years and is probably best known for performing on two of the three “actual” albums by the fictitious heavy-metal band Spinal Tap, Break Like the Wind (1992) and Back from the Dead (2009) – under the name “Caucasian” Jeffrey Vanston on the latter album. Vanston has also worked on the soundtrack for numerous films by Christopher Guest – the best known member of Spinal Tap – including A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Almost Heroes, and For Your Consideration, plus the Reese Witherspoon film, Sweet Home Alabama.
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