Spın̈al Tap was the name of a (mostly) fictional hard rock band, created for the 1984 rockumentary/mockumentary film This Is Spın̈al Tap. However, due to the success of the film, the band went on to record and release two albums, the film soundtrack and Break Like The Wind. This way of writing is the one used in the film and thus the correct one.

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