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Break Like the Wind is a 1992 album by the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap. The songs include a range of genres, from the glam metal anthem "Bitch School" down to the skiffle satire of "All the Way Home".
1) from Break Like the Wind album by Spinal Tap, released in 1992 Guitars – Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Slash, Steve Lukather, Nigel Tufnel; Lead Vocals – David St. Hubbins; Bass - Derek...
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Oct 6, 2012 · Four of the greatest guitarists of the 90’s stepped in for Nigel: Slash, Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather, and Jeff Beck. None more epic. From there, Tap can only disappoint.
- It Was Groundbreaking
- Real Rock Stars Understand It
- It Made Rob Reiner Into A Director
- Spinal Tap Is Now A Real (and Successful) Band
- Their Songs Are Excellent
Mockumentaries have existed in some form before This Is Spinal Tap; The Beatles’ 1964 classic A Hard Day’s Night (98%) was filmed in a mockumentary style, and Woody Allen’s Zelig (100%) marked a significant step forward towards realism in the genre. But, it wasn’t until This Is Spinal Tapin 1984 that the genre was perfected. While not a huge box of...
(Photo by Sony Pictures Classics courtesy Everett Collection) It might come as a surprise, but despite the less than stellar picture of rock-and-rollers that This Is Spinal Tappaints, many of the bands and musicians it lampoons have seen it and feel strongly about it. Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry said of the film, “When we watched Spinal Tap, my w...
(Photo by Columbia Pictures courtesy Everett Collection) Prior to directing This Is Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner was best known as Michael Stivic, the meathead son-in-law of Archie Bunker in the hit sitcom All In The Family. While he played this role to great success (which included five Golden Globe and Emmy nominations and two Globe wins), he would soo...
(Photo by NBC/Getty Images) Unlike every other popular music group that received the rockumentary treatment, Spinal Tap was a fake band that became a real rock group. In the film, Spinal Tap was a washed-up group of has-beens that was “treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry,” but as a real-life band, their three albums have al...
While all the jokes and improvisational shenanigans in the film are inspired, perhaps the most impressive thing about it is the music itself. In fact, the music might be the one thing that doesn’t quite fit the narrative of the movie; Spinal Tap’s songs are simply too good to believe they’re washed up. They span several decades and cover multiple g...
Oct 21, 2011 · On "Break Like The Wind," it sounds as though Nigel is just building momentum in his solo [Nigel grumbles]when, suddenly, Slash comes in, followed by Lukather, Satriani and Beck. ST. HUBBINS: He's a bit sensitive about it.
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This featured on the 1992 release, Break Like the Wind, an album produced in part by T-Bone Burnett. The album was accompanied by a promotional audition for a new drummer attended by Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction, Gina Schock of The Go-Go's, and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac, who auditioned in a fireproof suit. Despite the auditions ...
Oct 28, 2015 · Break Like the Wind is a 1992 album by the semi-fictional band Spinal Tap. The title, from the album’s title track, is a double entendre that combines and confuses the idiom “make like the wind [and blow]” (i.e. “go away”) with “break[ing] wind” (a euphemism for flatulence), and samples the classical guitar piece Concierto de ...
