Inside 'Spinal Tap 2': The Movie's Stars Tell All

As we learned from the original Spinal Tap , all things must pass — or choke on someone else’s vomit, or die in a bizarre gardening accident, or explode onstage. So it’s appropriate that the film’s long-delayed sequel, S pinal Tap II: The End Continues (in theaters Sept. 12), functions as a very funny elegy for the entire rock & roll era, with returning original cast members Michael McKean, Christopher Guest , and Harry Shearer leaning hard into their fictional band’s creakiness as they prepare for the Tap’s final concert.

“The thing that David St. Hubbins used to say,” says McKean, channeling his own character, “ is that rock & roll keeps you young, but only if you die young. Otherwise, you just age like a regular old person.”

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