Spinal Tap, the legendary fake British rock group are back, and are recording a new album.

The band, made famous in the 1984 movie This is Spinal Tap, have recorded two albums previously, the original This is Spinal Tap soundtrack in 1984, and Break Like the Wind in 1992.

Band member Harry Shearer, who voices Mr Burns, Ned Flanders and a range of other Simpsons characters, told BBC television “It’ll be for download as well as on conventional media later this year.”

“We’ve never recorded the song we did at Live Earth, Warmer Than Hell, and I think they (Spinal Tap) are trying to revisit their old success. Not that they were ever popular, maybe in their own universe.”

“We’ll do a song called Gimme Some More Money, probably with some dubious results.”