Spinal Tap A to Zed
Spinal
Tap (Musical Group): Comprised of David, Nigel, keyboardist
Denny Upham, drummer John "Stumpy" Pepys and bassist
Ronnie Pudding when it first performed in December 1966 at the
Music Membrane. The band’s name originated when Nigel "just
thought of it one day," although later reports indicated
his uncle may have had the medical procedure done about the same
time. (SV) As David told an interviewer for the "Talk With
Tap" interview that appears on the UK CD single of "Bitch
School," Megaphone did not like the name. "They said,
‘No, it sounds too harsh. It sounds like more, rude and sort
of like, you know, crass.’ " Derek: "Painful."
David: "Yeah, painful. And it is, you know....bless it."
See also Breaking up; Spynal
Tap.