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Hello. My name is Marty DiBergi.
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I'm a filmmaker.
I make a lot of commercials.
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That dog that chases the covered wagon
underneath the sink? That was mine.
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In 1966,
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I went down to Greenwich Village
to a rock club called The Electric Banana.
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Don't look for it. It's not there any more.
But that night, I heard a band
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that, for me,
redefined the word "rock'n'roll".
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I remember being knocked out by their...
their exuberance, their raw power,
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and their punctuality.
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That band was Britain's
now legendary Spinal Tap.
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17 years and 15 albums later,
Spinal Tap is still going strong.
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And they've earned a place in rock history
as one of England's loudest bands.
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So in the late fall of 1982,
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when I heard that Tap was releasing
a new album called Smell The Glove
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and was planning a tour of the US
to promote that album,
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I jumped at the chance
to make the documentary,
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the, if you will, rockumentary
that you're about to see.
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I wanted to capture the sights,
the sounds, the smells
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of a hard-working rock band on the road.
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And I got that.
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But I got more.
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A lot more.
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But enough of my yakkin'.
Whaddaya say? Let's boogie.
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Gives me energy. Makes me happy.
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Heavy metal's deep.
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The way they dress, the leather.
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- Is this La Guardia?
- No, this is JFK. New York, New York.
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Watch its mouth!