March of 1984 saw the release of
This Is Spinal Tap, an American rock music mocumentary from director Rob Reiner. It chronicled the career of the fictional heavy metal rock band Spinal Tap. The band roster was David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) on lead vocals and guitar, Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) on lead guitar, mandolin and vocals, Viv Savage (David Kaff) on keyboards and vocals, Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) on bass and vocals, and Mick Shrimpton (Ric Parnell) on drums. Harlan Collins played synthesizer and Jon Sinclair played keyboards on the album as well.
