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Tenacious D is an American rock comedy duo, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Founded by actors Jack Black and Kyle Gass, who was part of The Actors' Gang theater company at the time. The name of this duo comes from "persistent defense" - the phrase used by NBA basketball Marv Albert.

Before the release of Tenacious D 2001's 2001 Tenacious D debut album, the duo had a three-episode TV series released on HBO, with episodes aired between 1997 and 2000. This episode came after the band had met David Cross and Bob Odenkirk in Los Angeles music scene - and Black featuring in the episode of Mr. Show with Bob and David. The band also befriends former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, and this will start a working relationship between Foo Fighters and Tenacious D. By the late 1990s, the duo will continue to support big rock action - like Pearl Jam, Tool and Beck.

In 2000, they signed with Epic Records, and the year after the release of Tenacious D, their debut album featured a full band - this included Grohl on drums. The first single, "Tribute", has achieved cult status, and made the band popular overseas, especially in Britain and Australia. In 2003, Tenacious D released their first concert DVD - The Complete Master Works, which later won gold and platinum status by the RIAA.

In 2006, they starred in, and recorded the soundtrack for, Tenacious D movie in The Pick of Destiny. To support the movie, the band went on a world tour, appearing for the first time with a full lineup - up until this point, Black and Gass only perform acoustics. The film failed to regain $ 20 million in production costs, grossing just under $ 14 million at the box office.

After the completion of The Pick of Destiny's 2007 world tour, the band made sporadic appearances, especially at concerts and charity festivals. Their third album, Rize of the Fenix, was released on May 15, 2012, and made a joke about the failure of The Pick of Destiny - with a duo describing Rize of the Fenix ​​â € "â € <â € < <Â € < as "comeback record". The duo has been teasing animated series since 2012, and by 2018, Black mentions "part 2" for The Pick of Destiny being released at live concerts, with a joke of a new album in the form of an animated trailer, posted to the site web bands and social media a week later.

Tenacious D's music features the delivery of Black theatrical sound and the ability to play Gass's acoustic guitar. Critics have described the fusion of vulgar absurdist comedy with rock music as "artificial rock". Their songs discuss the musical and sexual abilities of the duo, as well as their friendship and the use of marijuana in a style that has been compared to the lyrics of opera rock opera.

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History

Beginning

Jack Black and Kyle Gass initially met in Los Angeles in 1985, both members of the theater troupe, The Actors' Gang. Black admits that the duo are not facing each other because of the animosity between the two, as Gass is the main musician for the Actor Gang and feels threatened by Black. The Actor's Gang traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland for Edinburgh Fringe in 1989. They performed Tim Robbins' game and Adam Simon Carnage . The two became friends while traveling, and eventually became good friends, with Black regularly visiting Gass' Cochran Avenue studio apartment, in agreement that Gass would teach Black to play guitar in exchange for food, especially from Jack's fast food chain in the Box.

Between 1989 and 1994, both will work on The Actor's Gang together, and will collaborate on production. Gass and Black wrote their first song in 1994 after Black was dumped by a girlfriend, the song was discarded from the couple who played it at the Tenacious D concert as a joke and reference in the interview. Their second song came when Black listened to Metallica "One" in 1994 and told Gass that it was "the best song in the world". Gass told Black that they could not write the best song in the world but Black twisted it and said they could write a tribute. Gass plays a minor key in his apartment and both spend three full days to make a song, when it's done Gass mentions "they know they have something". The song makes this duo aware of their comedic potential.

At their first concert, at Al's Bar (now an apartment complex), the band made their live debut "Tribute", their only song at the time, and the duo also gave the audience a chance to choose their name. Black and Gass gave them a choice between "Animals or Meat", "Balboa Bible Theater" and "The Ax Ax Show Gorgazon's Mischief" (Gass's personal favorite). "Tenacious D" - the basketball term used by commentators to describe a strong defensive position in basketball - did not get a majority of the votes, but, according to Black "we forced him off the hook". The place has become a hotbed for upcoming bands due to the success of Nirvana and Red Hot Chili Peppers, so much so that the present is David Cross who then threw Jack Black in a comedy sketch comedy series, Mr. Show .

In 1995, the band supported the band, Tool, during their California legs. Black attended UCLA with director Jason Bloom, therefore, when Bloom became director of Bio-Dome in 1996, Black and Gass were invited to perform a short song in the film. The two wrote the song, "5 Needs", and this was their first appearance on screen as Tenacious D. Black and Gass also performed their song "Jesus Ranch" in the 1998 film Bongwater. Tenacious D recorded their songs "Tribute", "Kyle Quit the Band", "Krishna" and "History" and released it in a demo tape called Tenacious Demo, in the mid-1990s with Andrew Gross, distributing it to various record companies until HBO offered them a TV show based on the tape and Black's work on Mr. Show. Television series (1997-2000)

Cross, with Tuan. Show author Bob Odenkirk, continue his involvement with Tenacious D by producing three half-hour shows based on the band. The series, titled Tenacious D , aired on HBO in 1997, shortly after the episode . Show . While a total of three episodes consisting of two shorts each, ten to twelve minutes long, were produced, only the first was screened that year; the last two episodes were not broadcast until the summer of 2000. According to Gass, the series was canceled after HBO requested ten episodes with the stipulation that he and Black should release their role as executive producer, and only write songs. After the series aired, the band continued to perform live. At a show at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, they met Dave Grohl, who said he was impressed with their performance; this led to their cameo in the Foo Fighters "Learn Flying" music video. The popularity of Tenacious D is increasing as they begin to open for high profile action, including Beck, Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters.

First album Tenacious D (2001- 2003)

In May 2000, Tenacious D signed with Epic Records. Because Black's profile increased due to his role in movies like High Fidelity , the band worked to record their first album with the producer of the Dust Brothers. In 2001, they released their debut Tenacious D . It peaked at # 33 on Billboards 200 on October 13, 2001. While Tenacious D usually appears as a duo, the album is supported by a full band, consisting of Dave Grohl on drums and guitars, the McConnell of Phish , guitarist Warren Fitzgerald from The Vandals, and bassist Steven Shane McDonald from Redd Kross. According to Black, they chose to use the band because "no one has ever heard us with the band". The majority of the songs on this album were featured previously on their short television series.

Although the critical reaction varied, in November 2005, the album had achieved platinum status in the US. Entertainment Weekly described the release as "funny", and "no comedy album". AllMusic writes that the album "rocks so hard", but regrets the absence of some songs from the television show. Flak Magazine criticized the use of band plays among songs, describing them as "distractions" and "distractions". In addition, The Independent says that the album is full of "oaths and spreading" and "lost a slight slip of humor".

The first single from the album is "Tribute": a tribute to "the greatest song in the world" which, in his song, Tenacious D claims that they have done to save their souls from demons. The music video, directed by Liam Lynch, was taken for the song. This video was a success and was voted the fifth best music video by readers Kerrang! . This was followed by the second single, "Wonderboy", a music video directed by Spike Jonze. The third video, an animation depicting Black and Gass as cherubs, was made for "Fuck Her Gently", directed by Ren and Stimpy-creator John Kricfalusi.

The album also included "Dio", a song written in tribute to rock singer Ronnie James Dio, who taunted him for being too old. Dio liked the song enough to ask the band to appear in the music video for his song, "Push". An EP titled D Fun Pak was released in 2002. It featured comedy and acoustic versions of "Jesus Ranch" and "Kyle Quit The Band", as well as megamix by Mocean Worker. The Complete Masterworks , a music DVD featuring the full range of their TV series, music videos and live performances from Brixton Academy London recorded in 2002, was released on November 9, 2003.

The film premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on November 9, 2006. Many actors who have acting in the movie were present; including Ronnie James Dio, Dave Grohl, and Ben Stiller. The film was released worldwide on November 22nd. The soundtrack was released over the previous week, on November 14th. Tenacious D at Pick of Destiny earned US $ 8,334,575 in the US and Canada and a total of US $ 13,426,450 worldwide, less than the production budget of US $ 20 million and US $ 40 million in estimated costs marketing. Financially, it is considered a box office bomb. Soundtrack reached # 8 on Billboard 200 in the US as well as topped the iTunes chart, and # 10 in the UK. The film was released globally on DVD on February 27, 2007. In an interview on November 30, 2006, Black acknowledged that the film was "bombed" but recently said that DVD sales have indicating that the film has taken a cult audience.

Kevin Crust of the Los Angeles Times said that the movie "may be best enjoyed in an improved state of consciousness, herbal supplements, and we are not talking ginkgo biloba." Stephen Rae of The Philadelphia Inquirer says that frequent drug use in movies gives "the term potty humor of new meaning." Michael Phillips criticized the frequency of drug use by saying: "This may be the problem. Pot rarely helps anyone organize comic timing." Stephen Holden of The New York Times suggests that the film may be viewed as a "cheerful rock 'n' roll comedy", but he also describes the development of the film as "a tawdry mess."

The soundtrack was produced by John King of the Dust Brothers, but his review was less favorable than for the band's first album. Rolling Stone commented that the soundtrack "never really took off". It criticized the album's created dependence on the knowledge of the film, and some of the existence of the song just to "advance the plot". This sums up by saying the album is lower than the band's previous attempts. Allmusic also described the follow-up as less "gratifying" than Tenacious D, noting that the songs felt like "filler narratives". Blender goes on to criticize the plot-nudging sketches of songs that plot-nudging them. The Guardian viewed the album more positively, describing the album as meeting "old school riffology" and "schoolboy humor".

Coinciding with the release of their new movie and album, Tenacious D embarked on their 2006-07 tour of the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand. This tour included the band's first appearance at Madison Square Garden of New York City. Unlike other tours, this one featured a full backing band. Konesky and Spiker continued their roles from the album, and Brooks Wackerman was added as a drummer. Each member uses a pseudonym; Konesky as Antichrist, Spiker as Charlie Chaplin, and Wackerman as Colonel Sanders. JR Reed also toured as Satan. Black said that the band lost money on the tour because of the cost of touring with the full band for the first time.

Rize of the Fenix ​​â € <â € < (2008- 2012)

In November 2006, Black declared wanting to take a year's break from acting, though Gass hinted at a desire for Tenacious D to end at their current peak. However, Black confirmed that the third album will be recorded by announcing that a new song has been written for it titled "Deth Star". He said that the album is likely to be released in 2010, but on other occasions already mentioned in 2012. In early 2008, Black announced that the band was working on a new album, and a DVD titled The Complete Masterworks Part 2 DVD was released later that year, and included their world tour documentary entitled D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary . The film focuses on Tenacious D tours that are made to support the movie and soundtrack and the consequences of their bad movie show at the box office. Kyle commented that the new album only had "one to one half" songs written for him, and wanted to write between twelve and fifteen.

The band played the main stage at Reading 2008 and the Leeds Festival in England, playing Leeds on Friday, August 22 and Reading on Sunday, August 24. In addition to this, the band gave support to Metallica at Marlay Park, Dublin in Ireland. on August 20th. They became the final night's title of the 2009 Overseas Overseas Festival at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, on Sunday, August 30, 2009. The Billboard music magazine quotes Black as revealing that "We just set [... ] Our heat calls it a bomb track.This is a very powerful record called "Deth Starr" [...] so it has nothing to do with Star Wars, "adding that" It's sort of sci Jack Black also stated on the Late Show with David Letterman that he had an idea for a song called "Rize of the Fenix", which he described as a "rose from the ashes" song track similar to "Eye of the Tiger". He performed vocal samples from shared songs to keyboards. Tenacious D played the main stage at the Bonnaroo music festival in 2010, featuring the band playing the song "Dio" in tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio.

Gass had hinted that the band's third album could be called Tenacious D 3-D, arguing that "This is the third recording, so maybe it should be 'Tenacious 3-D.' There will be '3' and 'D', so you must connect them. "Dave Grohl has confirmed that he will appear as a drummer on the album, after appearing on both Tenacious D and i The Pick of Destiny . In an interview with Spinner.com in December 2010, Black revealed that the band was "about half way through the writing process" for his new album, telling fans to expect a new material release "by the end of 2011". In terms of lyrical themes for new songs, Black noted that "We will talk about love, there will be some songs about sex and there will be songs about food".

In an interview in May 2011 at Attack of the Show , Black announced that three songs on their upcoming album would be named "Rize of the Fenix", distinguishable by letters or numbers. Also in the same interview, he named another song called "SeÃÆ' Â ± orita". John Konesky estimates that the new album will be out "in spring 2012". Tenacious D also plays at Download Festival. In February 2012 it was revealed that the title of the album will actually be spelled Rize of the Fenix ​​and will be released on May 15, 2012.

On March 26, 2012, a 6-minute movie was uploaded to Tenacious D VEVO channel on YouTube. The mockumentary, entitled 'Tenacious D - To Be the Best', documents the uncertain future of Tenacious D faced after the box-office failure of The Pick of Destiny, the subsequent damage and detention of KG in an institution ", and Jack embraced the indulgent lifestyle of Hollywood. The film shows Kyle being crazy escaping from the facility and trying to kill Jack and then himself, before they each realize their importance to each other and revive the band. They produced a new album in 75 minutes in the studio, described as "terrible", but try again and come up with another new album, described at the end of the movie as "the greatest album ever recorded by anyone, ever". The film features many cameo appearances, including Maria Menounos, Val Kilmer, Dave Grohl, Yoshiki Hayashi, Josh Groban, Richard Ghagan, Mike White, Tim Robbins and Jimmy Kimmel.

The band released an album on April 28, 2012 as a whole on their SoundCloud account. Rize of the Fenix ​​is ​​officially released on May 15, 2012 with most of the positive reviews from music critics.

On Spotify's Rize of the Fenix ​​comment, Black stated, "We'll be out with another possible album in 2017".

In 2012, when asked about WTF with Marc Maron podcasts about other films, Black stated that they had no plans, but he stated that Tenacious D had been thinking about releasing a project on the Internet, an animated series. He will also mention this project interview in 2013.

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In 2014, Tenacious D delivers the cover of "The Last in Line" on Dio's tribute album This Is Your Life . The tape won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.

In early 2015, Black confirmed that after an unsatisfactory Unplugged and Unprotected European tour, the band will be working on their fourth album, although no release date was announced. Prior to this confirmation, Gass and Black teased the 2015 release date the previous year in an interview.

In December 2015, Black and Gass auctioned props and costumes to support the Sweet Stuff Foundation in response to the November 2015 attack in which the Eagles of Death Metal concert was attacked. Tenacious D's 2014 Festival Supreme concert featuring the Eagles of Death Metal as an action on the main stage. The auctioned props include the costumes worn on Total Request Live MTV in 2003, The Reed's The Iron from The Pick of Destiny, a costume from the Low Hangin 'Fruit music film.

On February 5, 2016, Black became a guest on the Chris Evans Show BBC Radio Show 2. When asked about the band's status, Black confirmed that they were working on a new album. Stating that they are "very slow," Black suggested that it will likely finish in 2018. Black also mentioned that so far they have only a few song titles.

In the year 2017, during the promotion for the film, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle , Black stated on the British radio station Kerrang Radio , Tenacious D has made an animated series, and that the album the fourth will be called Post-Apocalipto .

In 2018 before performing at the Corona Hell And Heaven Festival in Mexico City, the band entered the stage into a short footage of their new song "Apocalypto". Black also revealed the night after at the Shaky Knees Music Festival in Atlanta, Georgia that the band will "release the sequel to The Pick of Destiny in October" - possibly referring to the animated series.

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Music styles

Satir and comedy are the main aspects of lyrics content Tenacious D. Gass says of their approach: "I want to do the straightforward music thing, but that is somewhat at odds with our mission, which is rebelling against the singer-songwriting mentality seriously." Their songs evoke heavy metal cliches from bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. In particular, the song "Dio" mocks the idea of ​​a torch being missed. Songs like "Friendship" parody lack real friendship, as well as show the nature of [bromance] in rock group with lyrics "As long as there is a recording contract, we will always be friends". Tenacious D also uses deliberate backmasking techniques on "Karate", a technique used by other metal bands such as Slayer, which record messages on Hell Awaits .

Influences

Black said that the first song he enjoyed was ABBA's "Take a Chance on Me". His style is clearly shaped by "big stone dinosaurs" such as The Who and Led Zeppelin. In addition, Gass listed his influence as Tom Waits and Tony Robbins. The band claimed that the inspiration for the song "Tribute" came after Black played Metallica "One" for Gass, describing it as "the best song in the world", leading to efforts to write better songs.

Gass has described the Tenacious D comic's statement that they are the best band as "silly because it's a matter of opinion". Black characterizes the nature of the Tenacious D comic as an antidote to "rock masculinity", adding "There's also something funny about macho-ness of rock.Like the loudest rocking bands like, 'We'll kick your ass, dude... with stones us. '"Russell Brand, All Shall Perish, The Lonely Island, and Kanye West in turn have been influenced by the work of Tenacious D.

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Appearance

Movies and TV

Black and Gass first performed together at Bio-Dome (1996), followed by The Cable Guy (1996), Bongwater (1997), Cradle Will Rock (1999), Saving Silverman (2001), Shallow Hal (2001), and First Year (2009). Black has starred in a number of his own movies, and he has voted for animated films. In 2006, Tenacious D starred in their own film, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, where they set out to become the world's greatest rock band, using a guitar pick with mystical powers.

Black and Gass have made several television appearances featuring songs from their first album. On June 16, 2001, Tenacious D was featured as a puppet featuring "Friendship" on Crank Yankers episode. They were the guest stars when they were taught by Zorak how to appear in the episode of Cartoon Network/Adult Swim series Space Ghost Coast to Coast . In 2002, their guests starred in MADtv playing the song "Tribute", & amp; "Lee" with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl on drums. Then, Tenacious D made an appearance on the first episode of Tom Goes to the Words that aired on Adult Swim.

On the run to the release of The Pick of Destiny, Tenacious D features "Pick of Destiny" at the 2006 American Music Awards and at Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Tenacious D was a music guest on Saturday Night Live for the first time, despite their previous appearances as an unappreciated music guest on May 2, 1998. They also opened the 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards with the performance of " The Metal ", and played" Friendship "at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. The band's first television appearance of 2008 was to support Who at VH1 Rock Honors.

Internet

Black and Gass were interviewed on August 29, 2012, by Tony Hawk as part of the "Dissent" series on the web channel, Ride. The interview was conducted in the Sirius/XM studio as part of Hawk's "Demolition Radio" program. Topics of the interview include rock comedy and Skatepark Upland.

Live

In 2001, Tenacious D embarked on their second national concert tour, performing in larger venues, many of which were sold out. Until 2006, Tenacious D usually performed only with acoustic guitar, rarely with full backing bands. The band also hosts two international concert tours as well as a number of domestic tours, although they rarely play in non-English speaking countries. Black says this is because the foreign concert is "a bit funky" because "subtlety is lost in translation". In addition, he commented on the anxiety they experienced before the concert saying: "We are always looking for a gap.Almost all the concerts we've ever done, we're trying to figure out how to cancel the show in the last minute." The band allows live recording during the concert if the venue enables recording. Many of these recordings have been recorded and released through the Live Music Archive and are available for free digital downloads.

The band uses saxophone electronic music toys called Sax-A-Boom on stage. Each key plays a music clip that sounds almost like a saxophone.

In August 2008, the band performed on the main stage of Reading and the Leeds Festival. The band plays the cover of Guns N 'Roses.

On October 23, 2010, the band performed live at the 2010 BlizzCon convention in Anaheim, California. The show, featuring the debut of new songs, and viewed through online stream (BlizzCon Virtual Ticket) at blizzcon.rayv.com and on DIRECTV as Pay Per View event.

On Friday, June 11, 2010, Tenacious D is in the middle of their "One Day Tour" in Manchester, TN for the annual Bonnaroo Music Festival. The band opened for 'Kings of Leon', Bonnaroo's first headliner 2010.

Throughout November and December 2011, the band supported Foo Fighters during their Wasting Light tour in Australia and New Zealand.

In June 2012, Tenacious D plays at the Rock am Ring music festival in Germany. This is the biggest event Tenacious D has ever played with 86,500 people in attendance.

On Saturday June 9, 2012, Tenacious D plays the main stage at the Download Festival at Donington Park in Derbyshire, England.

On Sunday 11 August 2013, Tenacious D plays at the GrÃÆ'¶na Lund amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden. The area which accommodated 17,000 fans quickly filled up, forcing GrÃÆ'¶na Lund to close the gate 3 hours before the concert. More than 5000 fans were left outside without a chance to see Tenacious D. Swedish police called it "chaos" and some fans even looked swimming into the playground through the water entrance. Many fans also hire boats to see the show from the water. This is the biggest show ever played by Tenacious D who has never collaborated with other artists such as the festival.

On November 27, 2015, Tenacious D released their first live album on vinyl, Tenacious D Live, composed some of their live performances in 2012-2013, and on January 15, 2016, to a digital platform. Live show album contains music from all 3 albums.

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Political activity

Tenacious D is a supporter of cannabis legalization. They also performed at the NORML charity concert. Black describes his view that allowing drug use would remove the stigma of a "naughty" feeling attached to the user, making the activity both worldly and less attractive. Black is an executive producer for a documentary film about Randy Credico titled Sixty Spins Around the Sun . This calls for the so-called Rockefeller drug laws to be revoked. Black said about it, "They fill our prisons with people, you know, the first time the drug offenders - single mothers who have a little coke end up in jail for 20 years or something.That's just a cruel and unusual punishment.. "

In 2004, Tenacious D supported US presidential election campaign John Kerry by playing a charity concert for him. Black and Gass were also blatant critics of George W. Bush's presidency. The band performed a charity concert for President Barack Obama's campaign on November 2, 2008 in Milwaukee. Other performances include Ben Harper and Relentless7, David Crosby and Graham Nash, and Beastie Boys. Tenacious D was awarded with Crosby and Nash about "Find the Cost of Freedom" which ended the Crosby-Nash set. In 2010, Tenacious D agreed to boycott Arizona because of laws passed there on illegal immigration. In 2012, Tenacious D performed at the House of Blues in Cleveland and performed a surprise show at Kent State University earlier that day to encourage voting. Tenacious D supported Barack Obama that year. For the 2016 election, the band did not openly show support for any candidate. In 2017, Black and Gass performed "The Government Totally Sucks" at the anti-Donald Trump Prophets of Rage show in Los Angeles.

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More projects

Tenacious D has appeared in many music videos by other bands, including "Push" by Dio, and "Photograph" by Weezer. Black has appeared on many music videos, including a cameo with Dave Grohl in the music video for the song "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)", along with Grohl again in the music video for Foo Fighters' song "Low" and "Learn to Fly" and cameo in the music video for the song "Sexx Laws" by Beck.

In addition to appearing in the video, Black and Gass sang backup vocals on Styx 2003 album Cyclorama , on the song "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye". Tenacious D borrows backing vocals for The Vandals album See What I Almost Overlapped... , on the song "Fourteen". Tenacious D appeared at the twelfth KROQ-FM complete Christmas compilation, Swallow My Eggnog, with Sum 41, on the song titled "Things I Want".

Gass appeared in Good Charlotte music video for the song "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous". Gass also performed lead acoustic guitar and vocals for the Trainwreck band, under the pseudonym "Clip Calhoun". The band also featured JR Reed under the pseudonym "Darryl Donald", as well as John Konesky and John Spiker, who played lead guitar and bass, respectively, on the album The Pick of Destiny . They have released a live album, Trainwreck Live , and are working to record a studio album with producer John King. Black sometimes appears with the band under the name "Tuffy McFuckelby". Trainwreck has been broken since early 2011.

Gass also has a YouTube series called "Guitarings", co-hosted by Tenacious D touring and session guitarist John Konesky, where they interview musicians, give guitar lessons and discuss various topics related to guitar, such as video lessons in band songs such as the highly popular "Beelzeboss" from the album "The Pick of Destiny". Jack Black, the co-founder of the band, has also appeared as a guest on successful webseries several times before.

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band members

Official members

• Jack Black - lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar rhythm (1994-present)
• Kyle Gass - lead acoustic guitar, backing and vocals (1994-present)

Additional members

• John Konesky - electric guitar, backing vocals (sessions and tours) (2005-present)
• John Spiker - bas, keyboard, piano, backing vocals (sessions and tours) (2005-present)
• Scott Seiver - drums, percussion (sessions and tours) (2009-present)

Former additional members

• Brooks Wackerman - drums, percussions (occasional sessions and tours) (2006-2015)
Discussion
• Tenacious D (2001)
• The Pick of Destiny (2006)
• Rize of the Fenix ​​ (2012)



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References

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External links

• Official website
• Tenacious D on Facebook
• Tenacious D on Twitter
• Tenacious D on SoundCloud
• Tenacious D on ReverbNation

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