I’ve spent the better part of last night watching the absolute classic documentary on the undisputed gods of heavy metal and loud music in general. I am referring, of course, to “This is Spinal Tap”.

As with all the best cinematography, it gets you thinking about where you are, where you’ve been and where you might be going.

I’m sure every band has had its fair shair of Spinal Tap moments. I remember watching a doc about the recording of “British Steel” and the suggestion therein that when Priest saw “Spinal Tap” for the first time, they weren’t aware that it was a spoof. I can certainly relate.

Watching the movie made me think back to all the downturns we’ve had as a band: misbillings (mo...