Spinal-tap-ish things that really happened

4) When Bret Michaels ran into scenery at the 2009 Tony Awards because he didn't attend rehearsals or pay attention when the director told him how he was supposed to exit the stage in order to avoid injury.

One can't help but remember "I think that the problem may have been that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf."

The whole part about poor ticket sales, and gigs being changed to smaller venues reminded me of Motley Crue in the 90's after they lost their original singer and changed their sound. The bands taking of Vince Neil back into the fold, and reclaimed success could be likened to Tufnel getting back into the band and their new found success in Japan.

Christopher Guest:

"In the '70s I was in a lobby waiting for a friend at a hotel, and a British band came in. This was probably '76 or something. The manager went up to the desk and he just turned, and one of the musicians was just standing there. He says, 'Where's your bass? … Where'd you put your bass?' 'I don't know. I think I left it at the airport.' 'You left your bass at the airport?' 'My what?' 'Your bass.' 'So you're saying you left your bass at the airport?' 'Well, I don't know.' 'It's your bass,' " Guest recalled, pointing out that the exchange went on for 20 minutes. "I guess somewhere in my head this lodged something like a bizarre one-act play."

I've completely lost my short term

During the last British Music Awards, Madonna was yanked off the stage to the floor. She was wearing some type of cape that was supposed to tear away. There are several videos online.

Yoko Ono, the "Fifth Beatle" had to be the inspiration for the intrusive and disrupting Jeanine, inexplicably adored by David St. Hubbins.

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Umm....Manowar?

Nothing specific really. Just Manowar in general :-)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj6nHFLHYcU

I was reading an article about the sadly short life of Randy Rhoads, and this part seemed a bit Spinal Tap like:


"Determined to keep Ozzy contemporary, Sharon had commissioned a new show for the tour, featuring a castle facade, complete with turrets, gantries, and medieval outfits for the band to wear, as well as a dwarf – nicknamed Ronnie, after Ozzy’s replacement in Sabbath, the diminutive Ronnie James Dio.

None of the band was happy with the set-up. Tommy Aldridge’s drums were set so high among the castle’s turrets that he complained he couldn’t hear what the rest of the band were doing, while Randy’s and Rudy’s amps were hidden so far behind the castle’s walls they also had trouble with to their own sound. Worst of all, Ozzy was required to stand on a giant mechanical hand for the encores, which would lift him above the front rows of the audience.

“If it’s so safe, you do it!” Ozzy roared at Sharon before storming off. By now Ozzy and Sharon’s fights were such a regular occurrence that the band accepted it as part of the touring landscape."


https://classicrock.teamrock.com/features/2012-02-01/randy-rhoads-the-guitarist-who-changed-the-world

There's the legendary Van Halen and the brown M&M's incident.

Plenty of bands have reported getting lost in the bowels of venues, but I understand This Is Spinal Tap took the idea specifically from something that happened to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

After Hell Hole, someone in the crowd can be heard yelling 'play Stonehenge'. This could likely be based on the once-ubiquitous 'play Whippin Post' at Allman Brother's Band - and later, just about any rock band during the 70's - concerts.



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