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Nigel Tufnel is a fictional character in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap. In the film, he is the lead guitarist of the rock band Spinal Tap. He was played by actor Christopher Guest.
The film reveals that Nigel Tufnel is now working as a farmhand looking after miniature horses. He plans to race them. David St. Hubbins is currently working as a hip-hop producer, and Derek Smalls is in rehab for being addicted to the Internet. A new album, Back from the Dead, was released on June 16, 2009. The album consists mostly of re ...
Mar 2, 1984 · This Is Spinal Tap: Directed by Rob Reiner. With Rob Reiner, Kimberly Stringer, Chazz Dominguez, Shari Hall. Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.
Jul 15, 2020 · Christopher Guest played Nigel Tufnel as the embodiment of all the most repellent qualities of a lead guitarist. The character is mainly an amalgamation of the axe heroes of the day, but this scene made specific reference to Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. While soloing, Tufnel reaches for a violin and scrapes its strings over the strings of his ...
Marty DiBergi : It's a bit of a departure from what you normally play. Nigel Tufnel : It's part of a trilogy, a musical trilogy I'm working on in D minor which is the saddest of all keys, I find. People weep instantly when they hear it, and I don't know why. Marty DiBergi : It's very nice.
The band is composed of childhood friends David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel on vocals and guitar, bassist Derek Smalls, keyboardist Viv Savage, and drummer Mick Shrimpton.
Jun 16, 2009 · published 16 June 2009. It’s been a long, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time since Guitar World last spoke with Nigel Tufnel, lead guitarist of the legendary British hard rock band Spinal Tap. Now that the band has emerged from prolonged hibernation to promote Back from the Dead, their first new album since 1992’s Break Like the ...
