Spinal Tap Music Group

The rock stars in the room have been at this all day. Since 11 a.m., the laughable, mostly fictional heavy-metal trio Spinal Tap has been hard at work, making the usual wig adjustments and celebrating the release of the band's first album in 17 years. First there was a live performance and some preposterous chitchat on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" and now more interviews and a quick nighttime photo shoot.

The rock stars in the room have been at this all day. Since 11 a.m., the laughable, mostly fictional heavy-metal trio Spinal Tap has been hard at work, making the usual wig adjustments and celebrating the release of the band's first album in 17 years. First there was a live performance and some preposterous chitchat on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" and now more interviews and a quick nighttime photo shoot.

It's all Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls can do to keep their duck ravioli and espresso down when that topic is broached. Not that the food is bad. The time-addled, road-tested lead guitarist and bass player for the legendary English group Spinal Tap are lunching high on the hog--not to be confused, of course, with their former record company head, Sir Dennis Eaton-Hogg--at tony West Hollywood eatery Le Dome.

A quarter-century after the film "This Is Spinal Tap" catapulted a certain hapless, fictional heavy-metal group into the annals of rock music history, its three founding members will embark on a six-week, 30-city North American tour minus costumes, wailing electric guitars and even their signature 18-inch Stonehenge set.

A quarter-century after the film "This Is Spinal Tap" catapulted a certain hapless, fictional heavy-metal group into the annals of rock music history, its three founding members will embark on a six-week, 30-city North American tour minus costumes, wailing electric guitars and even their signature 18-inch Stonehenge set.

It's all Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls can do to keep their duck ravioli and espresso down when that topic is broached. Not that the food is bad. The time-addled, road-tested lead guitarist and bass player for the legendary English group Spinal Tap are lunching high on the hog--not to be confused, of course, with their former record company head, Sir Dennis Eaton-Hogg--at tony West Hollywood eatery Le Dome.