"In an exclusive with Esquire, band members Nigel Tufnel (actually Christopher Guest), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) assemble for an on-camera group interview to discuss what they've been up to lately, their struggles to keep up with TikTok, and to sound off on some of music's biggest names today. While they are fans of Taylor Swift and her "great selection" of boots,"
"(A disclaimer before Carpenter stans get mad, and for anyone else who might have missed the memo: Spinal Tap are fictional. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues is the long-awaited sequel to the still-hilarious 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, which details the highs and lows of an obnoxious glam metal group during the Reagan years. The 2025 sequel satirizes band reunions and how far out of touch era-defining rock stars can become when they grow old. Okay? Okay. Back to the illusion.)"
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues opens September 12, following the fictional glam metal band reuniting after fifteen years. Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls appear in a filmed group interview covering their recent activities, difficulties adapting to TikTok, and opinions on contemporary musicians. The band expresses admiration for Taylor Swift's boots but accuses Sabrina Carpenter of appropriating Spinal Tap's Smell the Glove cover concept, citing a photograph of Carpenter on all fours. Tufnel notes the Smell the Glove image was only described, not printed, after sexism accusations led to a black square album cover.
Read at www.esquire.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]