Tag Archives: Spinal Tap
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Professor Music: Like ‘This is Spinal Tap,’ this column goes to 11
Distortion is an electronic effect produced by overloading an audio circuit. This simple excess of electrons is responsible for everything from Chuck Berry’s overdriven twang to Jimi Hendrix’s chewy fuzz, Black Sabbath’s bone-shaking crunch and…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Harry Shearer is back as Spinal Tap’s Derek Smalls, who’s back with solo LP
You may know Harry Shearer as the voice of Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Principal Skinner, both C. Montgomery Burns and Waylon Smithers, Dr. Hibbert, Kent Brockman, Lenny, Scratchy, Rainier Wolfcastle, Otto the bus driver, Eddie…