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Well that's just terrible. I went to a trade school for learning audio engineering. One of the instructors always used a day to show "Spinal Tap" to his class. I didn't realize it was fiction for about the first 40m. The guy made some great films.




> I didn't realize it was fiction

Amusingly, neither did Liam Gallagher until he was 30:

> https://www.loudersound.com/features/oasis-liam-gallagher-sp...


> This story was subsequently related to Harry Shearer aka Derek Smalls, who was most amused.

> "It's fair enough," he responded. "I was under the impression for some time that Oasis was a real band."

I'm dying!


Aren't they a Beatles tribute act?

Having been in a metal band and known guys that toured, I can assure you that This is Spinal Tap is a real life depiction of being in a metal band.



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