“Nothing’s more real than seeing your Ibanez JS guitars played by the legendary Spinal Tap”: How Joe Satriani became Spinal Tap’s unofficial guitar supplier for the loudest movie of the year

1991, a historic moment for electric guitar as Joe Satriani [pictured in a ball cap] jammed onstage with Spinal Tap, who are pictured here with Nigel Tufnel on the far left with a T-style, Derek Smalls in a yellow T-shirt with a headless bass, while a pouting David St. Hubbins cradles a Les Paul.

Today is a historic day for cinema. What is surely the loudest movie of all time, and most definitely the loudest sequel, opens across theaters worldwide – Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.

It’s a story that finds the legendary UK rock institution putting the wheels in motion for a reunion. Guitar World has already spoken with Nigel Tufnel, whose custom-made Marshall amp will be testing the integrity of your local multiplex’s sound system (it goes to infinity).