Trump was pissed off that he didn’t get it. Sometimes it’s a baddie like Putin.īLACK: Yes. But it’s got to be Person of the Year now. It sounds like we’ve got a shot for Band of the Year. Time! They have to report on the news of the day. I’ll take that and put it in my back pocket. Time said, “Black and Gass set themselves up as buffoons with titles like ‘Karate Schnitzel,’ then proceed to defy expectations with precise guitars, polished vocal harmonies and slamming backup musicians.”īLACK: Wow. The AV Club said, “an odd simultaneous fusion of stupid and clever.” Let’s get your thoughts on some contemporary reviews of the album. We rocked really hard that day, or night. GASS: It was a little much, like: Do you have to own a hotel in Dublin, too?īLACK: I remember the Guinness tasting better. We stayed at a nice hotel that I think Bono owned. I remember thinking it was the land of Bono. We opened for Metallica a handful of times, but Dublin was the first time. 18 in Sweden.īLACK: We did have some great shows in Ireland. In case you were wondering, the album also hit No. There’s not many places where you can do that in three dates. GASS: We should go out with ABBA’s holograms.īLACK: You can rock the whole continent in three nights. We’ve got to get back out there and rock that continent. It was right before we played a System of a Down song.īLACK: We’re long overdue for a trip there. GASS: “Tribute.” We played live down under and I thought it was our finest live performance ever captured on tape, on Australian TV. Which song created the rainbow connection we have there? I wonder what it was that struck a chord. Who gave you a second shot?īLACK: We should have known, KG. We’re also popular in (sings) Germany!īLACK: You’re not allowed to go again. VARIETY: Pop quiz: in which country did the debut album chart the highest?īLACK: Let me think about this. Pharrell Williams on 'OTHERtone' Season 2 and Why Charlie Wilson is the 'GOAT' “Tenacious D” quickly found a captive audience of college students, stoners and headbangers, and over time has become an indisputable cult classic.įoo Fighters' Dave Grohl Unveils 'Storyteller' Book Tour Datesįoo Fighters' 'Everlong' Returns to Charts After Band's Performance With 11-Year-Old Nandi Bushell Fresh off winning a Grammy for Santana’s “Supernatural,” producers the Dust Brothers buffed Black and Gass’ endearingly raunchy material into comedy-rock gold on tracks like “Tribute,” “Fuck Her Gently” and “Explosivo.” Dave Grohl offered to play drums on a couple songs but stuck around for almost the entire album. After working with Black on the film “Saving Silverman,” Neil Diamond offered the duo his recording studio. The trouble was that they played them to a mere handful of onlookers at crummy open-mic nights, rendering visions of eventual superstardom increasingly unlikely.īut then a funny thing happened: Tenacious D (named after a phrase uttered by NBA play-by-play announcer Marv Albert) became a real-life, bad-ass rock band on its self-titled debut, released by Epic on Sept. On the show, Black and Gass utilized nothing more than acoustic guitars to conjure arena-ready anthems about Satan, Sasquatch and sex. Indeed, Jack Black and Kyle Gass frequently proclaimed their duo Tenacious D to be “the greatest band on earth” on their eponymous HBO series, which stretched six episodes out between 1997-2000. In the world of rock ’n’ roll, sometimes you’ve got to dream big.
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