Surprising Facts About This Is Spinal Tap— The OG Mockumentary

It’s Fiction, Mate

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Not everyone caught on to the fact that This Is Spinal Tap is a parody of hard rock culture and not an actual rock documentary. After the film opened, several people told Rob Reiner that he should have chosen a more well-known band for his film.

Ozzy Osborne said that when he first watched the movie, he was the only person in the room who wasn’t laughing. He thought it depicted real events until he was told otherwise. U2 guitarist, The Edge, said that he wept during the film because it was so close to the truth. Read on for a crazy connection between Spinal Tap and Harry Potter.