Did Horslips inspire Spinal Tap?
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Topic: Did Horslips inspire Spinal Tap?
Posted By: SteveG
Subject: Did Horslips inspire Spinal Tap?
Date Posted: January 22 2015 at 18:05
My friend Paul swears that the seventies Irish prog rock band Horslips inspired the look of the band from the movie Spinal Tap. (Paul got hit in the head with a rocket in Vietnam, so I give him a lot of slack.) So, is he right?
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: January 22 2015 at 18:45
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Inspiration is a tough nut to crack. But I would have to guess No. Something more in the hard rock/metal vein, more probably - and they had a similar look too. I do see a bit of resemblance with Horslips, but I'm thinking it's a coincidence. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: January 22 2015 at 19:34
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The two guys on the left could definitely be in a Spinal Tap tribute band. But I agree with HolyMoly that it's a coincidence. Didn't your buddy learn in basic training to keep his head down? I did. I actually have The Tain, Dancehall Sweethearts and The Book Of Invasions. US releases on original vinyl.
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Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 02:48
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Charles O'Connor (2nd left in the photo above) definitely has something of the Derek Smalls about him. The Horslips retrospective DVD shows some of the amazing glam rock outfits they wore in the 70s but I wouldn't have thought they were well known enough in the US to have heavily inspired Spinal Tap, who were a composite of loads of bands. The guitarist seemed to be modelled on Jeff Beck and some of the others were played by genuine musicians like Ric Parnell ex-Atomic Rooster as one of the ill-fated drummers and Rare Bird's David Kaffinetti on keyboards. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 08:56
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TeleStrat wrote:Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 17:25
do I foresee a 6 degrees of Spinal Tap thread next... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: January 23 2015 at 19:39
No. Read an interview once where the guys said they based a lot of the look on Saxon  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |