Pod:
In "This is Spinal Tap," Derek is shown nearly being
decapitated by a malfunctioning pod during a Milwaukee performance
of "Rock N Roll Creation." The sequence caused
some anger by the band towards director DiBergi, who they dubbed
"The Butcher" for what they saw as selective editing.
Derek: "Seventy or 80 percent of the timewell, 65 percent
at leastI got out of that pod straight away. He doesnt
show that. Its like if I had a camera and followed Marty
DiBergi around, and one day hes about to go to the loo and
he cant get his zipper open, and hes just tugging
and tugging and tugging at his zip and getting this very painful
look on his face and turning all red and getting anxious and starting
to whine a bit. Now, Ive filmed all these other times when
he gets his zip open, you know? But I dont use those, and
what does Marty DiBergi become when the film goes out? He becomes
the geezer who cant get his zipper open." The band
took a "zero defect approach" to the 1992 tour in support
of "Break Like the Wind," according to Martha Quinn,
who hosted NBCs "A Spinal Tap Reunion." (CT) During
the tour, Tap emerged from giant eggs rather than pods. When Dereks
opened, a man in a chicken costume would appear, dance around,
and then exit the stage. Derek then entered stage left to take
over. On 6 August 1997, during its Popmart tour stop in in Oslo,
U2 became trapped inside a 40-foot fiberglass shell covered in
inch-thick reflective tiles that was supposed to open and reveal
the band. See also Jap Habit.