Surprising Facts About This Is Spinal Tap— The OG Mockumentary

Big Bottom

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Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap says, “Historically, people love hearing low sounds. Whales, orangutan, various creatures of the night – they all love a low sound.” Nigel, David, and Derek all play bass on the track “Big Bottom.” When listened to on speakers with a good low-frequency response, the title is appropriate on several levels.

Spinal Tap performed “Big Bottom” on the May 5, 1984 episode of Saturday Night Live with a guy who looked like John Belushi on bass synthesizer. Harry Shearer says that the band has done several arrangements of this song and that they love playing it.