Spinal Tap is universally regarded as one of the greatest, truest movies about rock music ever made, even though the finished cut largely leaves out drugs, groupies and even booze. I could be wrong, but I don’t think anybody even lights up a cigarette.
It’s like if Pixar made Cocksucker Blues.
Whereas Lemmings and other National Lampoon spoofs of the era have strong, well deserved cult followings but are nowhere near as famous now, probably because it is just too painfully accurate.
Today in yesterday: ‘Spinal Tap’ released (1984)
