According to various sources I could find, Spinal Tap has had somewhere between 4-20+ drummers throughout their career. My question is sort of two part:
How is there such a discrepancy in the numbers?
How many drummers have Spinal Tap actually had?
asked Mar 4, 2015 at 16:57
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5It's a fictional band so a discrepancy in the numbers isn't surprising and could simply be part of the "joke"– MMMMar 6, 2015 at 16:58
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As a fictional band, they have a fictional list of former members, all part of their parody format.
c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_Tap_%28band%29
The reference to lower number will be the actors or celebrities who have actually played with the band. The others (all deceased) are made up, with deaths both comical and often parodying real life artist deaths.
To answer the 2nd part of your question, the number of actual people who have played drums with Spinal Tap appears to be 5 - Gregg Bissonette, Gary Wallis, Jody Linscott, Mick Fleetwood and Todd Sucherman.
Whilst Wikipedia list 9 known fictional drummers plus another 9 "others", all of whom are dead, I don't think there is an upper limit to fictional deceased drummers. David St. Hubbins has been quoted as saying:
Well, we've lost count. It got spooky. We decided we were going to make an entire album with no live drumming at all--just a computer program. And you know what happened? The computer crashed. And we said, "Walk away. Walk away."
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1And one who exploded into a little green globule in the middle of a concert– Johnny Bones ♦Mar 5, 2015 at 13:08