Filmmaker Marty Di Bergi follows the British rock group Spinal Tap (band) on their 1982 United States concert tour to promote their new album ''Smell the Glove.'' The band comprises childhood friends David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel on vocals and guitar, bassist Derek Smalls, keyboardist Viv Savage, and drummer Mick Shrimpton.
When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.