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Years active. 1968–2022. Ric Parnell (13 August 1951 – 1 May 2022) was an English rock drummer. Notable for his work in the band Atomic Rooster, he is probably best known for his role as the ill-fated drummer Mick Shrimpton in the film This Is Spinal Tap .
May 8, 2022 · Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. By Neil Genzlinger. May 8, 2022. Ric Parnell, a real drummer best known for playing in a fake band, the one chronicled in Rob Reiner’s...
May 2, 2022 · Getty Images; Everett. Ric Parnell, the British musician best known for playing drummer Mick Shrimpton in the cult rock mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died. Actor Harry Shearer, who...
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May 2, 2022 · rock. Ric Parnell, the drummer famous for appearing in 'This Is Spinal Tap,' died Sunday. He was 70 years old.
May 2, 2022 · By Jem Aswad. Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Ric Parnell, who played the fictional band Spinal Tap ’s drummer Mick Shrimpton in the classic 1984 heavy metal “mockumentary”...
May 3, 2022 · May 3, 2022 7:00 am. Spinal Tap performs on "Saturday Night Live" on May 5, 1984. Al Singer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images. There’s a running gag in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap about the fictional heavy metal band at its center going through an alarming number of drummers.