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St. Hubbins, whose namesake is the "Patron Saint of Quality Footwear", was born August 13, 1947, in Squatney, London, England. He grew up in Squatney in flat #45. Fellow Spinal Tap band member Nigel Tufnel lived next door in flat #47. They did not know each other at first. At age 7 and 8, the new friends Nigel and David began their musical adventure together. David says: "We left school and started playing Tube station skiffle. It was like the filings feel about a magnet. We were the filings, Spinal Tap became the magnet". They have recorded the first song they wrote together in 1955: "(Cry) All the Way Home".

After his first divorce, St. Hubbins was married to his long-time girlfriend, Jeanine Pettibone (June Chadwick). They moved to Pomona, California, where they opened two "boutiquerias". They were divorced in early 2000 and remained on friendly terms. David credits Jeanine, and her love of astrology, with getting his cosmically challenged life back in order. In an interview with David and Jeanine, David said, "Before I met Jeanine my life was cosmically a shambles. I was using bits and pieces of whatever eastern philosophy would drift through my transom". His relationship with Jeanine caused some turbulence in the band, especially when she became the band's manager toward the end of the tour documented in This Is Spinal Tap. According to the movie, David has a son named Misha.

The fictional character of David St. Hubbins took part in the non-fictional musical advocacy group Hear 'n Aid.

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Nigel Tufnel was born in Squatney, east London. He was given his first guitar, a Sunburst "Rhythm King", by his father at age six. His life changed when he met David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) who lived next door. They began jamming together in a toolshed in David's garden, influenced by (fictional) early blues artists like Honkin' Bubba Fulton, Little Sassy Francis and particularly Big Little Daddy Coleman, a deaf guitar player, and wrote their first song, "(Cry) All the Way Home." Before long they had formed their first band, The Thamesmen.

Tufnel's hobbies include collecting guitars; particularly noteworthy is his Sea Foam Green six-string Fender Bass VI with the price tag still attached, which he has kept in mint condition by not allowing it to be played, touched, pointed at, looked at, or talked about. He also has a Gibson Les Paul 1959 model, whose acoustic properties and carved flame-maple top he praises. He also plays mandolin, piano, and does backing vocals. He is currently writing a classical piece which he feels combines the musical characteristics of both Mozart and Bach (a "Mach piece") in D minor, which he claims is the "saddest of all keys." The piece is provisionally titled "Lick My Love Pump'". According to Christopher Guest, Nigel has not yet completed the trilogy, and is still working on it.

Tufnel has a great love for Gumby, carrying a figurine in his shirt pocket and wearing Gumby shirts frequently. He is also a self-proclaimed "fish nut," liking cod and canned tuna because they have "no bones." Tufnel currently sits on the Editorial Board of his preferred in-flight periodical, Car and Driver. His favorite cookies are Oreos, but without the filling. A rider in his contract requires a large plate of Oreo halves without frosting backstage. Onstage Nigel wears glam rock-inspired makeup and usually plays a Gibson Les Paul.

Tufnel has stated that if he was not in the music industry he would like to either enter the field of haberdashery or become a surgeon.

Derek grew up in Nilford-on-Null in the West Midlands, England, where his father, Donald "Duff" Smalls, ran a telephone sanitisation business, "Sani-Fone".[1] He joined Spın̈al Tap in 1967 after the departure of bassist Ronnie Pudding.[2]

Derek has described bandmates David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel as "distinct types of visionaries ... like fire and ice", saying that he considered his role in the band to be "in the middle of that, kind of like lukewarm water".[3] A pipe-smoker, he has been known to enhance his appearance by placing a foil-wrapped courgette in his trousers, which resulted in an embarrassing incident passing through a metal detector at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport during 1982's "Tap Into America" tour.[4]

Smalls played killer #1 in Marco Zamboni's Roma '79,[5] and is the star of a series of comical Belgian television commercials for the snack food Floop. He is also a prize-winning gardener, having developed and patented a totally black rose, the Death by Midnight. He released a solo album, It's a Smalls World, in the mid 1970s,[1] and also played in the Christian rock band Lambsblood in the late 1980s before rejoining Spinal Tap for their reunion tour in 1992.[6] During this period, he also worked briefly for his father's business.[1] After the band broke up in 1992, Derek became employed as a "floater" in an elementary school, with such duties as crossing guard and straightening library books. According to the 2007 short film Spinal Tap, it is revealed that Derek checked into rehab to be treated for an addiction to the internet

Herb is an interesting chap whose details must mainly be kept quiet as to avoid the unwanted attention of the KGB.

We can tell you that in the early 80's Herb escaped from East Berlin using only one drumstick to vault the Berlin Wall. After a quick dash through the night heading for the river spree Herb swam to freedom. Fortunately due to the heavy rain the Grenztruppen der DDR were unable to sight herb accurately with their fire arms. The only damage was a small bullet hole through the hood of his yellow mac. It was worn for special reasons as well as to keep out the rain. Herbs original plan was to cross the spree disguised as a yellow rubber duck with the hope the border guards would not fire on such a creature. He's retained that yellow Mac to this day and now plays an active role within the Coalition Against Duck Shooting. Several assassination attempts have been foiled as rogue splinter groups previously of the  Grenztruppen der DDR seek vengeance for the embarrassment suffered due to Herbs spectacular escape. Who knows when the next strike will take place. With the fantastic popularity that his music career has afforded Herb also parallels the risk of discovery. Its great concern that an incident may occur during a show  that could result in an unfortunate happenstance abruptly ending his fame and fortune. A fate befallen all previous Spinal Tap percussion players. Herb currently resides in a secret base located somewhere in the Adelaide Hills area, approximately 500m North of the Mt Lofty TV transmission tower. It's believed the TV transmissions defeat certain electronic surveillance equipment.