Tenacious D
| Tenacious D | |
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 Tenacious D in a live appearance, Kyle Gass left , Jack Black right |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Rock , hard rock |
| founding | 1994 |
| Website | tenaciousd.com |
| Founding members | |
| Jack Black | |
| Kyle Gass | |
| Current occupation | |
Rhythm guitar, vocals |
Jack Black |
Lead guitar, vocals |
Kyle Gass |
Tenacious D is a comedic rock band consisting of Kyle Gass and Jack Black . Both are musicians and actors.
history
Kyle Gass and Jack Black first met at the Edinburgh Fringe theater festival . Gass was around 29 at the time and Black was 20, both of whom were members of The Actors Gang from Los Angeles at the time . Gass taught Black to play the guitar and, impressed by Black's good vocal skills, suggested they form a band.
The band name was derived from an expression with which the sports reporter Eaven Harters described the tenacious defense of the basketball team New York Knicks . The name was finally chosen by the audience when they first performed live in 1994. (You could also choose from Pets or Meat , Balboa's Biblical Theater, and The Ax Lords Featuring Gorgazon's Mischief .) It was on this gig that they were discovered by David Cross , who hired them for his sketch comedy television series Mr. Show .
TV series and appearances (1997 to date)
Tenacious D made their debut on an episode of Mr. Show in 1997. Six episodes have been filmed with them thereafter, but only two of them aired in 1997. The last four episodes were only broadcast in the summer of 2000. The band was very much the focus in the episodes. The content was the story of a band trying to succeed in the music business. Many of the songs that are on the first album Tenacious D premiered on the television shows. There were also songs that have not yet been released.
At a concert in the Viper Room in Los Angeles , Tenacious D met Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters , who was impressed by the music and the skills of the two. This resulted in a cameo in the Foo Fighters video Learn To Fly . The band also gained popularity as a result and was hired as the opening act - for example for Beck , Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters.
In 2002 Tenacious D made an appearance in the video clip for Push by the band DIO . Since then there was a loose contact with its founder and namesake Ronnie James Dio until his death in 2010. So Dio plays himself in the movie Kings of Rock - Tenacious D. In addition, some references to the songs by DIO were built into the film.
On October 23, 2010, Tenacious D played in the closing event of Blizzcon , Blizzard Entertainment's in- house exhibition held in Anaheim .
In 2012 they performed at the Rock am Ring Festival and Rock im Park . These were their first appearances in Germany, followed by a tour of Germany in autumn 2012.
Tenacious D also had their first appearance in Switzerland in 2013 at the Open Air Gampel and at the FM4 Frequency Festival in St. Pölten , Austria.
Furthermore, Tenacious D performed at Rock am Ring in Mendig in 2016 despite severe storms at the insistence of the fans.
In 2019 they performed again at the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals .
The first album
The first album Tenacious D was released in 2001 and produced by the Dust Brothers . Since Tenacious D actually only appeared as a duo, a band was put together for the production of the album. a. consisted of the following people:
- Dave Grohl (band leader of Foo Fighters and drummer for Nirvana and Them Crooked Vultures ) on drums and guitar
- Page McConnell (from Phish ) on keyboards
- Warren Fitzgerald (of the Vandals ) on (lead) guitar
- Steve McDonald (from the US punk band Red Kross ) on bass
- Josh Homme (from Queens of the Stone Age , Them Crooked Vultures , Kyuss and Eagles of Death Metal ) on guitar
Many of the musicians accompanied Tenacious D in a few live appearances on television.
Her song Tribute was the most wanted music video on Kerrang TV in 2002 , even if it wasn't released as a single everywhere . The song is a tribute to the best song in the world , which they unfortunately forgot. The original version (the song has been changed several times over the years) seems to point strongly to the song Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin as “the best song in the world”, as many melodies and guitar parts are similar.
In their film Kings of Rock - Tenacious D they fight the devil in a so-called rock-off. This jam is recognized as the “best song in the world” at the end of the film and thus refers to tribute that is retrospectively dedicated to the jam. The film thus answers the question about the incident on which Tribute is based.
In 2010, fans of the band tried to get the song Tribute - eight years after it was first published - back into the charts by making arrangements on the Internet. The trigger for this was that the upcoming winner from Germany is looking for the superstar should not make it to the top of the hit list. In order for the old song to have been approved for the charts, the Sony label would have had to re-register it. However, since Sony is also responsible for the publication of the DSDS winners, the company decided against it. Instead, Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin was chosen for this campaign, to which Tribute refers.
The red devil in Kings of Rock and Tribute is each played by Dave Grohl. At the end of the video for Tribute , Ben Stiller (also in Pick of Destiny ) and Liam Lynch , the video's director, walk through the picture in front of the recording studio.
Two other of the band's most famous songs are Wonderboy (with a video directed by Spike Jonze ) and Fuck Her Gently .
more publishments
Tenacious D released a double DVD in 2003 called Tenacious D - The Complete Masterworks . One of the two DVDs includes a live concert at Brixton Academy (London) and several HBO episodes. The second DVD contains various TV appearances, short films and music videos.
On February 8, 2007, the film Kings of Rock - Tenacious D (OT: Tenacious D in "The Pick of Destiny") was released in German cinemas. As with some of Tenacious D's videos and short films, it was directed by Liam Lynch. The film was produced by Ben Stiller. The soundtrack was released as an album on November 17th in America. In Germany it came to record stores on February 9, 2007. In addition to KG and JB , Dave Grohl (drums, vocals with Beelzeboss ), Ronnie James Dio and Meat Loaf (both vocals with Kickapoo ) can be heard.
The other musicians for the second album or the live performances are:
- John Konesky (from Trainwreck ) on guitar
- John Spiker (from Trainwreck and Filter ) on bass
- Brooks Wackerman (from Bad Religion ) on drums
On November 7th, 2008 the double DVD "Tenacious D - The Complete Masterworks 2" was released in Germany, which contains a complete live concert, which was recorded in Seattle , as well as some documentaries and music videos.
In May 2012 the third album "Rize of the Fenix" followed, which in June 2012 is the best-selling album in the band's history. Thematically, it deals mainly with the fact that after the commercially bad album “Pick of Destiny” the band rises like a phoenix from the ashes and is stronger than ever. The band members are the same as on the previous album, but Dave Grohl plays the drums on some of the songs. According to the band, Rize of the Fenix was recorded and played in a friend's garage on a budget of $ 600.
A world tour follows, which also took the band to the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals . She also acted as the direct opening act for System of a Down at the premiere of the Rock'n'Heim Festival on the main stage.
In autumn 2012 the band released an album called Simply Jazz , which contains only one song, which is also titled Simply Jazz, this album was only released as a download and maxi single as a vinyl record, which was limited to 1000 pieces. They played the song Simply Jazz at some concerts on the Rize-of-the-Fenix tour and promoted it with it.
In 2013 Tenacious D came to Austria for the first time at the Frequency Festival .
In 2014 they covered the song The Last in Line from the album of the same name by the band Dio . It will be released on the Ronnie James Dio tribute album This Is Your Life . In 2015 they won a Grammy in the Best Metal Performance category for this song .
The live album Tenacious D Live was released as LP on November 27, 2015 and made available digitally on January 15, 2016. It contains recordings of concerts from the 2012 and 2013 tours in Berlin , Copenhagen and Morrison, CO .
Tenacious D's fourth studio album was released on November 2, 2018. It is titled Post-Apocalypto and is based on the five-part YouTube series Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto , the episodes of which took place from September 28, 2018 to October 25 Released in 2018.
Guest appearances
Kyle Gass plays guitar with the band Trainwreck or sings under the pseudonym Klip Calhoun .
Tenacious D also appeared in many music videos, here is a small selection:
- Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly
- Foo Fighters - Low (Black)
- Ronnie James Dio - Push
- Good Charlotte - Lifestyle of the Rich and the Famous (Gass as the accuser)
- Eagles of Death Metal - I Want You So Hard (Black)
- Beck - Sexx Laws (Black)
- Foo Fighters - The One
Discography
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Albums
- 2001: Tenacious D (AT:
gold) - 2006: The Pick of Destiny
- 2012: Rize of the Fenix
- 2015: Tenacious D Live
- 2018: Post-Apocalypto
EP
- 2012: Simply Jazz
Singles
- 2002: Tributes
- 2002: Wonderboy
- 2006: POD
- 2012: Rize of the Fenix
Video albums, music videos and films
- 2001: Tribute (music video)
- 2002: Wonderboy (music video)
- 2002: Fuck Her Gently (music video)
- 2003: The Complete Masterworks (double DVD incl.HBO episodes & live concert) (UK:
platinum, US: × 6Six-fold platinum ) - 2006: POD (music video)
- 2007: Kings of Rock - Tenacious D (movie)
- 2008: The Complete Masterworks 2
- 2012: Rize of the Fenix (music video)
- 2012: Low Hangin Fruit (music video)
- 2012: To Be the Best (music video)
- 2012: Roadie (music video)
- 2012: Rock Is Dead (Music Video)
swell
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment: Press Releases
- ↑ DSDS vs. Tenacious D - Looked at ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ BIG NEWS: 'TENACIOUS D LIVE' FOR RECORD STORE DAY | Tenacious D. November 24, 2015, accessed September 7, 2016 (American English).
- ↑ Tenacious D Live is now out on all digital platforms! | Tenacious D. January 15, 2016, accessed September 7, 2016 (American English).
- ↑ RECORD STORE DAY - Special Release. In: www.recordstoreday.com. Retrieved September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ a b Music Sales Awards: AT UK US
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Official website for the film Kings of Rock Tenacious D ( Memento of October 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Tenacious D on MusicBrainz (English)
- Tenacious D at laut.de
- Tenacious D at Discogs (English)
- Further links on the subject of Tenacious D in the Open Music Project - MusicMoz (English)