Spinal Tap members David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) and Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) sat down with Billboard to discuss reuniting for their final show and letting film director Martin Di Bergi create another documentary following the success of 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap.
Nigel Tufnel: It was a surprise to all of us. Yeah, it was weird because we hadn’t spoken in 15 years. It felt like it was just yesterday that … because you look and there, everyone’s in the same place.
David St. Hubbins: Pretty much looking the same, more tattoos.
Nigel Tufnel: Except old. Yeah, you see, you think, “Oh, that’s weird, there’s an old man singing.” And you go, “Oh, that’s me.”
David St. Hubbins: He thought that he really took–
Nigel Tufnel: Umbrage?
David St. Hubbins: The unsuccessful things that happened on the tour. That’s what he wanted to go for. He said, “If it bleeds, it leads.” We don’t even know what that means now, but he wanted to go with the bad news. Here’s the bad news, and we felt ridiculed, and it wasn’t a good feeling.
Nigel Tufnel: Us being lost. Everyone gets lost once in a while. It’s only happened to us, what, 10 or 12 times, in many years.
David St. Hubbins: Nothing more together.
Nigel Tufnel: More than 15 times.
David St. Hubbins: Fun times.
Nigel Tufnel: Sometimes going to the stage. And it happens in classical music a lot. You know, you’ve got 80 string players.
David St. Hubbins: Especially the cellists.
Nigel Tufnel: The cellists, they’re always getting lost because–
David St. Hubbins: They’re all walking around like, basically, you know.
Nigel Tufnel: We haven’t seen the new one yet.
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