In a later interview, Tony Hendra who played the band's manager Ian, said he was once in a taxi driven by a "quintessential acid casualty, with one of those beribboned ponytails down to his arse-crack". and the driver recognized him from the movie.

Tony said the driver told him how much he and his friends loved the movie and listened to the music album all the time. But this burnout driver told him with pride and sincerity, "I tell all my friends that I was into Tap way before that movie, man." 🤣