Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap!

Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap!

Man, I put them up there with AC/DC, Motorheads.

Spinal Tap is, you know, in the vortex.

I listen to Tap, like, every night before I go to bed.

Really? You think that's calming?

It's very calming.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

Tap! Tap! Tap!

Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap!

Tap! Tap! Tap!

Tap! Tap! Tap!

This is where it all happened,

the site of Spinal Tap's reunion concert.

Hi, I'm Marty DiBergi.

Forty years ago, I was honored to direct a film called

This is Spinal Tap.

It chronicled what was to be Tap's final tour.

But after the release of the film,

Tap continued on and played such storied venues

as Wembley Stadium.

Glastonbury.

And the Royal Albert Hall.

Then, 15 years ago,

lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel

and David St. Hubbins,

friends since childhood,

mysteriously stopped talking to each other.

And to the heartbreak of their loyal but shrinking fan base,

Tap stopped performing.

But I discovered that Hope Faith,

the daughter of Tap's now deceased manager, Ian Faith,

had inherited Tap's contract,

which called for one more performance.

When he passed away, were you surprised that he--

-Died? -Yeah, were you surprised?

No. It's a miracle he lived as long as he did, to be honest.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Yeah. He was an angry man.

In the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock,

having a good solid piece of wood in your hand is quite often useful.

I mean, he didn't have much to leave me

because when he died, there wasn't much of anything.

But because I was next of kin, I got the contract,

which I thought was pretty worthless, to be honest, no disrespect.

The band hadn't played together for some time,

so I just thought it was dead in the water.

And then after the Garth Brooks song went viral...

So, I was like, "Oh, hang on, this isn't maybe worthless."

Hope was no fool.

She knew a thing or two about hot irons

and when to strike them.

But hey, enough of my exposition.

It's time to make some noise.

["All the Way Home" by Spinal Tap playing]

The first order of business,

track down Nigel, David, and Derek.

I found lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel

living in the quaint village of Berwick-Upon-Tweed.

He and his lady friend, Moira Babbage,

were proprietors of a cheese and guitar shop.

I'm just wondering why you chose this after the band broke up.

Yeah, well, I thought,

how do you make your life

after rock and roll? Cheese.

That's odd because you normally wouldn't think

the rock and roll, now cheese.

-Yeah. -You wouldn't think those--

Maybe not, but for me, it was.

And I see over there you have a number of guitars.

-And you sell both? -Yes and no.

Sometimes people come in with a guitar, you see?

And they trade for cheese.

-Really? -Yeah.

-So, let's say-- -Sometimes it's the opposite.

Sometimes people come in with cheese.

-Yeah. -It goes both ways.

What I do is I go like this

because I trust my hands more than a scale.

-I go like this. -Yeah.

Then I go like this. Let's say...

Yeah.

-Close. Very close. -Yeah.

So, a half a wheel of that cheese

-would buy you that bass. -Trade it. Everyone's happy.

Do you miss playing music?

-I play music. -Where?

At a pub.

Do you miss playing with Spinal Tap?

I don't miss the friction.

You know, we had, um... friction.

Yeah. Have you talked to David in the last 15 years?

-I have not. No. -No?

Or Derek. No, I haven't.

-Really? -I haven't spoken to them at all.

So, how do you feel after 15 years?

I feel, um...

nervous.

Not about the playing bit.

About the people part of it.

-Yeah. -So.

-Hello, love. Hello. -Hello.

-And now, who's this? -This is Moira.

-Oh, hi. -Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

-And you work here with... -I do.

You're standing where I was when I met him.

Oh, you were a customer.

She walked in, I saw her,

and I thought, "Oh, my God."

He gave me a piece of Wigmore, and it melted my heart.

Oh, wow.

It was so delicious.

And I just got that feeling,

you know, I want to...

I want to, like,

take off my clothes and stay forever.

-Really? -And she did.

So, that little piece of cheese...

The Wigmore does it.

Lead guitarist David St. Hubbins

was living in Morro Bay, California,

and was still making music.

- -

Would you like to see where the magic happens?

Yeah.

-Wow. Wow. -Yeah.

-Look at this. -This is incredible.

This is where you do all your recording?

-You do everything here? -Actually, I do it all there.

-Oh, there. -Yeah.

Everything in this studio

would fit in this one's left hind leg.

This is something I've been working on.

This is for a podcast.

It's one of those murder podcasts.

-Oh, yeah. People love murder. -Yeah. They do.

They call it murder porn.

It was a day like any other.

The sun was peeking through the Aspens

in the quiet town of Silverton, Colorado.

Joanne Miller was expected at the Skyview Diner

to greet the breakfast crowd.

However, on this brisk fall morning,

Joanne Miller would never arrive

to serve her hungry guests.

But that's...

the trouble with murder.

- -So, you wrote the music...

-Yeah. Yeah. -...for that podcast?

-Yeah. -

So, you've been spending most of your time

writing these scores, essentially, to the podcast?

I'm just working on a score now for a film.

-Oh, really? -Yeah.

It's a horror film that takes place

in a retirement community.

It's called The Night of the Assisted Living Dead.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

I'll tell you what my biggest hit was.

This is a little something.

You're going to recognize it right away.

Your call is important to us,

so please stay on the line.

The first available operator

will be happy to assist you.

Your call is important to us, so please stay on the line.

-That bit there. -Yeah.

Favorite bit.

Oh, wow.

It won a Holdy.

-A Holdy? That's-- -Yeah.

That's an award for hold on, you know...

-Music for putting you on hold. -Putting you on hold music.

Wow, that's interesting. You know, you haven't played together in 15 years.

-Yeah. -And how do you feel about that?

There was a stick in the spokes. Let's put it that way.

There was a moment that I couldn't get over.

And when Jeanine left, it all--

That all kind of came into focus.

-Have you spoken to her since? -No. No.

-Do you know where she is? -No.

You know, I don't want to speak out of school,

but I think you'd be surprised to find what happened to her.

I'd just like to say that I hope she's found the right man.

I didn't tell him about Jesus.

I mean, I didn't want him to be jealous or anything.

- Yeah. -Because he might be.

A lot has happened since the last time I saw you.

Can you tell me anything?

What happened?

We broke up,

and I didn't know what to do.

I had a nice cup of tea.

-Right. -And as I'm having a cup of tea,

I noticed this glow