Spinal Tap-VH?

**laminar flow** · 01.19.02, 04:40 AM

it's soooo related in soooo many ways. But yeah, I remember that bass, and yeah, it's a direct poke/ influence @/of VH

**jrk5150** · 01.19.02, 07:35 AM

That movie is the balls. Laugh my ass off every time. My wife just doesn't get it. A "Mach" piece, Lick my Lovepump. LOL.

**FORD** · 01.19.02, 09:58 AM

Kinda funny isn't it.... Spinal Tap was a movie satirizing hard rock. Now it looks more like Van Halen has become a satire of Spinal Tap.

Even if they get their shit together and get on the road, Alex will probably explode on stage.

BTW, get the Spinal Tap DVD !!

**Dan Halen** · 01.19.02, 12:30 PM

I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but I saw "This Is Spinal Tap" the other day and was wondering if the stripes on the bass player's bass were supposed to be like Ed's guitars. There are tons of references to other bands, and I thought that could have been one related to VH.

**homeunit** · 01.19.02, 05:51 PM

Originally posted by laminar flow:
it's soooo related in soooo many ways. But yeah, I remember that bass, and yeah, it's a direct poke/ influence @/of VH

you don't know shit!

**laner** · 01.19.02, 06:09 PM

that movie is hilarious. i love the scene when the bass player can't get out of that console when they play until right when the song is over. holy shit, that was amazing.

**Grover** · 01.19.02, 09:57 PM

Okay, just some thoughts on this...

I don't think the stripes on Derek's bass was so much a stab or jab at Eddie as it was the the rush to be like Ed. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Derek play mainly BC Rich'es? At the time the film came out (83'ish)that was the guitar of choice with the metal set (see Zebra, Wasp, ect...

It was also the time when every guitar player was either trying to find a design of his own or trying to rip off someone else. Aside from Eddie's strips (of which you could count Stryper), there where pleny of guys trying to come up with something that could come near to touching Ed. Some that come to mind

Warren DiMartino - Snake Skin guitar
Zack Wilde - Bullseye
Billy Gibbons - the furry explorer
Phil Cohen - custom jackson's
Warrant - the DRFSR money gutiars
George Lynch - Mr Scary and the Kamikaze designs

I always thought of the stripes on derek's bass as more of a refelection on the early 80's then as a rip off. By that time, every fucking freak was trying to "add" somethng to his guitar to either...

a.) emulate Eddie
b.) try to create an image

Funny how it works out. Today, does anyone really care or purchase a guitar because Jerry from Warrant endorsed it? Yet I see a lot of people buying the Wolfgang mainly because it's endorsed by EVH. (And what great work he has done since it was released. I loved that song... uhh, wait let me think... shit... has he recorded anything good since he hooked up with Peavy?)

More power to you if you have a wolfie, but what happens if EVH decides he is going to pimp for Fender? Suddenly EVH starts putting down the Wofie as a peice of shit and who is left holding the bag...

At least Nigel knew how to push it over the cliff. When your at ten, you can't go any louder.

That's why this one goes to eleven.

Well, it's one louder, isn't it?

**Cabo Kid** · 01.19.02, 10:02 PM

Originally posted by FORD:
BTW, get the Spinal Tap DVD !!

I've heard that there is like an extra 1 1/2 hours of outtakes that have never been seen before. Is this true?

By far, one of the BEST movies!! [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

**seenbad** · 01.20.02, 12:40 PM

Stonehenge

**DLR'sCock** · 01.20.02, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by Grover:
Okay, just some thoughts on this...

I don't think the stripes on Derek's bass was so much a stab or jab at Eddie as it was the the rush to be like Ed. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Derek play mainly BC Rich'es? At the time the film came out (83'ish)that was the guitar of choice with the metal set (see Zebra, Wasp, ect...

It was also the time when every guitar player was either trying to find a design of his own or trying to rip off someone else. Aside from Eddie's strips (of which you could count Stryper), there where pleny of guys trying to come up with something that could come near to touching Ed. Some that come to mind

Warren DiMartino - Snake Skin guitar
Zack Wilde - Bullseye
Billy Gibbons - the furry explorer
Phil Cohen - custom jackson's
Warrant - the DRFSR money gutiars
George Lynch - Mr Scary and the Kamikaze designs

I always thought of the stripes on derek's bass as more of a refelection on the early 80's then as a rip off. By that time, every fucking freak was trying to "add" somethng to his guitar to either...

a.) emulate Eddie
b.) try to create an image

Funny how it works out. Today, does anyone really care or purchase a guitar because Jerry from Warrant endorsed it? Yet I see a lot of people buying the Wolfgang mainly because it's endorsed by EVH. (And what great work he has done since it was released. I loved that song... uhh, wait let me think... shit... has he recorded anything good since he hooked up with Peavy?)

More power to you if you have a wolfie, but what happens if EVH decides he is going to pimp for Fender? Suddenly EVH starts putting down the Wofie as a peice of shit and who is left holding the bag...

At least Nigel knew how to push it over the cliff. When your at ten, you can't go any louder.

That's why this one goes to eleven.

Well, it's one louder, isn't it?

ummm not really, I would say it was a mock of Ed, because the movie mocked older bands at that time, obviously alot of 70's British bands...

also the movie came out in 1984, and was probably filmed in 1983...

so..... Warrant didn't exist
ZZTop??? Ummmmmm Billy Gibbons furry guitar was used in the videos of 1983, so maybe...

Zakk was unknown still...

George Lynch??? 1983...

But I don't think that these guys had their own style guitar because of Ed...hell George and Ed played in the same scene in LA at the same time starting up.....

**CaboBrian** · 01.20.02, 04:01 PM

Originally posted by Cabo Kid:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by FORD:
BTW, get the Spinal Tap DVD !!

I've heard that there is like an extra 1 1/2 hours of outtakes that have never been seen before. Is this true?

By far, one of the BEST movies!! [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]Yes there is. It's like a whole new movie! And very funny. Also try turning on the audio commentary and then play the movie.

"Hello Cleveland! Rock-n-Roll!"

So do you thing Van Halen will be opening for a puppet show anytime soon? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

**Top Timmy** · 01.20.02, 06:20 PM

Originally posted by seenbad:
Stonehenge

14"

**SactoFan** · 01.20.02, 08:16 PM

Originally posted by Top Timmy:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by seenbad:
Stonehenge

14" [/QUOTE]"It's not MY fault Nigel doesn't know the difference between feet and inches..."

"Well, you're not as confused as Nigel is, are you??"

P1 · 01.22.02, 10:33 AM

Originally posted by Cabo Kid:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by FORD:
BTW, get the Spinal Tap DVD !!

I've heard that there is like an extra 1 1/2 hours of outtakes that have never been seen before. Is this true? [/QUOTE]Yep. Deleted scenes, trailers, videos, etc.
It's a must have DVD.

"Well, she should be made to smell it..."