The End Continues is the new album from Spinal Tap, released on September 12, 2025 in conjunction with the film sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. The 13-track album includes new original songs and classics with features from Elton John, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. Released exclusively for Record Store Day, this special edition includes 3 exclusive bonus tracks, new artwork and a limited-edition 11” x 22” poster.
John “Stumpy” Pepys (drummer)
An original member of the Thamesmen and Spinal Tap, Stumpy died in a “bizarre gardening accident”. When asked about it, Nigel says, “It was really one of those things the authorities said, ‘Well, best leave it unsolved.'”
Eric “Stumpy Joe” Childs (drummer)
Childs was the band’s second drummer, replacing gardening victim Stumpy Pepys. He died from choking on vomit, which, as the band helpfully points out, was not his own. Exactly whose vomit was never determined by the police. As Nigel so aptly put it, “You can’t dust for vomit.”
Peter “James” Bond (drummer)
Replacing Childs, Bond played with the band for three years before spontaneously combusting onstage. Nigel described it: “He just was like a flash of green light, and that was it. Nothing was left. Well, there was a little green globule on his drum seat. It was a small stain, actually.”
Released for Black Friday 2025.
