25 years ago, a film appeared about a British rock group trying to break into the American scene. With improved acting... wait... improvved... Hrm... that's not really a word, is it? Can we start over? Great. Thanks.
In 1984, This is Spinal Tap hit the theaters, confusing audiences everywhere. This mockumentary featured Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, and Christopher Guest as a British heavy metal band. From getting lost back stage (something Rob Halford later confessed to) to the influence of a girlfriend on the band, the jokes were set up then delivered during improvised (there's the word I was looking for) scenes shot with hand-held cameras.
In the 25 years since, the three have corroborated on other projects including the Spinal Tap of folk music, A Mighty Wind. Now they are touring, unwigged & unplugged. The following video was recorded at the House of Blues. It's a bit long, but stick with the first 4 1/2 minutes which contains a medley of some of the songs they are singing on tour. The other 9 minutes contains an interview with Kurt Loder, which has some interesting background information.
I was fortunate enough to catch their concert in Oakland last week. Here is the set list (some song titles may be incorrect, but I looked up most of the ones I didn't already know.
Twisted Tuesdays 
