Kyle Gass

Kyle Gass, 2017

Kyle Gass (born July 14, 1960 in Walnut Creek , California ) is an American musician and actor. Together with Jack Black he forms the comedic rock band Tenacious D , where he is often nicknamed KG and Kage . Gass plays the lead guitar in the band and sings in the background.

Live and act

Under the pseudonym Klip Calhoun he played and sang in the band Trainwreck , which was active from 2002 to 2011. He then formed the Kyle Gass Band , whose self-titled debut album was released in the United States in 2013. This album was reissued in Germany in 2015 on the Steamhammer label . Current members include Mike Bray, John Konesky , Jason Keene and Tim Spier. Former members are Nate Rothacker and Jamie Douglass. The successor Thundering Herd followed three years later , which was released on the Nuclear Blast label and with whom Gass and his band went on a European tour from September 2016.

As an actor, Gass appeared in the television series Seinfeld , Friends and 2 Broke Girls and played small roles in films such as Die Killerhand and Schwerliebbt . He had a cameo appearance as a singing karaoke cowboy in the 2007 feature film Born to be Wild . Gass sings a song by the Pussycat Dolls in the film . He also made a guest appearance in the 2009 video game Brütal Legend . Since 2011 Gass can be seen together with John Konesky in the web show Guitarings .

Filmography

1990: Brain Dead
1990: Jacob's Ladder - In the violence of the hereafter (Jacob's Ladder)
1993: Mike the Detective
1995: Quotenkönig im Affenstall ( The Barefoot Executive , TV movie)
1996: Bud and Doyle: Totally Bio, guaranteed harmful (Bio-Dome)
1996: Cable Guy - The pain in the ass (The Cable Guy)
1996: Seinfeld (TV series, episode 8x09 The Abstinence )
1997: Bongwater
1997–2000: Tenacious D (TV series, 6 episodes)
1999: Idle Hands (Idle Hands)
1999: The Staggering Ship (Cradle Will Rock)
2000: Manhattan, AZ (TV series, episode 1x09 Lt. Colonel's Boy )
2000: Almost Famous - Almost Famous (Almost Famous)
2001: That Darn Punk
2001: The Zeros
2001: evolution
2001: Frank's Book
2001: In Love (Shallow Hal)
2001: Zickenterror (Saving Silverman)
2001–2002: American Campus - Ready for University? ( Undeclared , TV series, 2 episodes)
2002: The Andy Dick Show (TV series, episode 3x01 Flipped )
2002: The New Guy
2002–2003: Fillmore! (TV series, 2 episodes, voice for Mr. Collingwood )
2003: Friends (TV series, episode 9x15 The One with the Mugging )
2003: Buddy - The Christmas Elf (Elf)
2003: Player $ (TV series, episode 2x19 Tenacious D a la Mode )
2004: Cracking Up (TV series, episode 1x04 Panic House )
2004: Tom Goes to the Mayor (TV series, episode 1x01 Bear Traps , voice for Trapper Kyle )
2005: Living with Fran (TV series, episode 1x13 The Concert )
2005: Cake Boy
2006: One Sung Hero
2006: The Jake Effect (TV series, 6 episodes)
2006: Kings of Rock - Tenacious D (Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny)
2007: The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (TV series, episode 1x06 Break Up )
2007: Born to be Wild (Wild Hogs)
2007: Monkeys
2008: Just One of the Gynos
2008: Wieners
2008: Dead and Gone
2008: Lower Learning
2008: Joyride (Sex Drive)
2008: Extreme Movie
2008: Kung Fu Panda (voice for KG Shaw )
2009: Year One - Every beginning is difficult (Year One)
2010: Barry Munday - No eggs ... no children! (Barry Munday)
2011: High Road
2011: FCU: Fact Checkers Unit (TV series, episode 2x03 Excessive Gass )
2012: The Roadie
2012: Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3rd
2012: All in for the 99% (short film)
2012: Femme Fatales (TV series, episode 2x02 Gun Twisted )
2013: 2 Broke Girls (TV series, episode 2x22 And The Extra Work )
2015: Book of Fire
2017: Gnaw (Apartment 212)
2018: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (episode 5x22 Jake & Amy )

Music videos

1999: Foo Fighters: Learn to Fly
2001: Tenacious D: Wonderboy
2002: Tenacious D: Tribute
2002: Good Charlotte: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
2006: Tenacious D: POD
2006: Tenacious D: Time Fixers
2012: Tenacious D: To Be the Best
2012: Tenacious D: Rize of the Fenix
2012: Tenacious D: Low Hangin 'Fruit
2012: Tenacious D: Rock Is Dead
2013: Tenacious D: Where Have We Been

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Gass, Kyle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Calhoun, Klip (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American musician and actor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 14, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Walnut Creek , California