Of course, if there's one animated show that holds court over all others in terms of guest stars, it is
The Simpsons. They've had more music guests over their almost thirty years now than any other. Mind you, they have been running the longest too. One of the bands they featured has gone down in Simpsons history, and it is all thanks to these guys.
Yeah, the irony of a parody band being parodied does not escape me, but in (again) season three of the show Spinal Tap appeared, relatively briefly but very memorably. “The Otto Show” features Bart and Milhouse at a Spinal Tap concert, and Bart is so impressed --- particularly when he sees how crazy bands like this can make people, as a riot breaks out when the band, unhappy with the facilities, retire after only fifteen minutes --- that he decides he wants to be a rock star. He of course imagines that he will then gain an English accent, as to him, Spinal Tap being the first band he has gone to see live are English, so therefore in the mind of a small boy,
all bands must be English!
This is the concert he went to see. Apologies for it being in Spanish mostly, but you know Fox! Anyway, to some degree I feel it makes it even funnier ... no? Fine then: YOU find me an English clip I can use!
What's even funnier is that when Otto, rushing to get the kids to school after he has delayed them by showing Bart how to play his new electric guitar, and turning this into kind of an impromptu concert, floors the bus he ends up smashing aside the Spinal Tap tour bus, which means we get to see them both crash AND burn! As Bart would say, cool!