“So he left his position as visiting adjunct teacher’s assistant at the Ed Wood School of Cinematic Arts in pursuit of film history. A spinal tap (lumbar puncture) is a test that checks the health of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). “When it was announced that Spinal Tap would reunite for one final concert, Marty DeBergi saw this as a chance to make things right with the band who viewed This is Spinal Tap as a hatchet job,” Reiner quipped in a statement. The comedy trio also created another fictitious musical group, The Folksmen, for the Guest-helmed 2003 mockumentary A Mighty Wind, but This Is Spinal Tap 2 will be the first time the. Hubbins (Michael McKean), lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), and bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer). (This test is similar to a blood test, in which a needle is inserted into an artery to collect blood for testing. The key band members are lead singer David St.
Reiner did, however, offer a little hint as to what may be in store. This Is Spinal Tap shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back in the charts, including everything from its. A procedure in which a thin needle called a spinal needle is put into the lower part of the spinal column to collect cerebrospinal fluid or to give drugs. A lumbar puncture (LP), also called a spinal tap, is an invasive outpatient procedure used to remove a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the subarachnoid space in the spine.
No word yet on which actor (or actors) will be lined up to fill the perennially doomed role of Spinal Tap’s drummer.Įxact plot details for the sequel weren’t given, though Reiner, McKean, Shearer, and Guest will concoct the story together. Through lumbar puncture, various medical conditions are diagnosed, such as meningitis, multiple sclerosis. The cerebrospinal fluid is the fluid normally surrounding the brain and the spinal cord. Heavy metal’s original satirical demigods Spinal Tap will reunite with director Rob Reiner for a sequel to their 1984 classic, This Is Spinal Tap.Īlong with Reiner returning as director - and as the in-film documentarian, Marty DiBergi - Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest will reprise their roles as band members David St. Spinal tap involves inserting a needle between two vertebrae in the lower back to collect a sample of the cerebrospinal fluid for further examinations. Approximately 10 to 20 of people develop a spinal headache (one that worsens when sitting or standing).