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jmowreader

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22. Here are all the real-world drummers who played with this band

Reply to VGNonly (Reply #21)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 01:57 PM

Yesterday

Russ Kunkel: played Peter "James" Bond in This is Spinal Tap
Ric Parnell: played Mick Shrimpton in This is Spinal Tap, and performed on their first two albums. In 2022 he became the first actual Spinal Tap drummer to die in real life.
Gsry Wallis, Jody Linscott, Mick Fleetwood, Gregg Bissonette and Todd Sucherman all played a small number of concerts with the band.
Valerie Franco: played Didi Crockett in Spinal Tap: The End Continues.

So...eight drummers. More than six but less than eighteen.

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