Spinal Tap - new songs forthcoming
After 25 years, Spinal Tap is coming back with new material. The news dropped a few weeks ago, but I'm finding it today. All Apologies.
Read fresh new insights from Tap band members bassist Derek Smalls, guitarist-singer David St. Hubbins and guitarist Nigel Tufnel from a recent Vanity Fair piece.
How do you stay relevant after all these years?
Smalls: We never were relevant. That’s the key.
St. Hubbins: We never had the pain of seeing relevance slip away from us.
Tufnel: You can’t chase relevance. You can’t be wed to it. You can’t look at it like a religion. If you look in the mirror and see it, you’ve made a mistake. That’s your first mistake.
What about groupies? What would you say is the average age of a Spinal Tap groupie in the year 2008?
Smalls: It’s not the age, it’s the circumference that’s worrying.
St. Hubbins: For some reason, because of a certain song, we do attract the larger south end.
Tufnel: Once in awhile there’s a granddaughter of someone from the original days, and that’s always interesting. The typical age: I would say between 50 and 70.
St. Hubbins: But we’re talking a young 70 and an old 50.
Tufnel: We have a code when we’re doing a show—backstage, if some women come back. We’ll look at each other, with a sly look, and David will say, “Six.” And that’s the number of teeth they might have.…

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