Later they chose the name 'Tenacious D' - a name derived from a term used by sports commentator Marv Albert about the tenacious defense of the NBA's New York Knicks - decided by the audience of the band's first live show, in 1994 at the now defunct Al's Bar. Initially, Black and Kyle covered songs by Bobby McFerrin. Gass taught Black to play guitar, in exchange for Black's helping him with his acting. Initially Black and Gass did not get on as Gass felt threatened by Black - as he was the main musician for the Actor's gang - but they eventually worked out their differences, and agreed to form a band. Both were members of the Los Angeles-based theatre troupe, The Actors' Gang which was performing Tim Robbins and Adam Simon's play Carnage. In addition, they have since recorded two albums, and starred in their own movie, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny.īlack and Gass, at the time respectively aged 16 and 24, met in Edinburgh, Scotland during the Edinburgh Fringe of 1989. Music critics have compared the storyteller-style lyrics of their songs to lyrics of rock opera. Their debut self-titled album features absurd and humorous sketches.

Their songs discuss the duo's purported musical and sexual prowess, as well as their friendship and cannabis usage. Tenacious D's music showcases Black's theatrical vocal delivery and Gass' acoustic guitar playing abilities. The drumming on both of their albums and the devils voice on the track Beelzeboss (also the one who plays Satan in The Pick of Destiny movie) was performed by Dave Grohl (of Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and Them Crooked Vultures fame). The band first gained reputation in 1999, starring in a self-titled HBO TV series. Their music fuses vulgar absurdist comedy with rock music in a style that critics have described as 'mock rock'. Period.') is an American satirical rock duo formed by musicians and actors Kyle Gass and Jack Black in Los Angeles, California in 1994.

Tenacious D (often referred to as 'The D' and sometimes introduced as 'The Greatest Band in the world.

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