Spinal Tap's drunk British cousin just got out of the van.
A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up a schoolgirl groupie, and meet up with rock journalist Sally at a motorway service station where they argue about the cost of sausage and chips.
Acting
Mayall and Edmondson's chemistry is aggressively stupid perfection
Writing
Sausage and chips argument is peak British social realism
Direction
Johnson nails the cheap docu-style before it was everywhere
Director
Sandy Johnson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bad News actually performed at the 1986 Monsters of Rock festival at Donington—real metalheads booed them mercilessly.
This predates Spinal Tap's actual release in the UK and essentially did the same joke for British audiences first, but with more deliberate patheticness.
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