I remember it was crazy red skies that night, as if the Gods were looking down and saying, ‘We shall create blood red skies for the birth of The D!’ But we hadn’t really bonded yet.
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We climbed it free solo-style with no ropes - just a bottle of Scotch and some testosterone. We went to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1989 and climbed up to the top of Arthur’s Seat. Jack: “We met in the ’ 80s, but there was a big thick wall of ice and we had to wait a few years for it to soften. Having met at The Actors Gang Theatre, the pair forge a friendship that leads them to create the world’s greatest band, Tenacious D… As the album that started it all celebrates its 20 th birthday this year, Jack and Kyle explain how their route to recording this certified gold record was longer than you might think…
Still, their rise to the big time wasn’t as speedy as you might expect. They’ve toured the world, headlined arenas, performed with the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age ’s Josh Homme, Slash and the Foo Fighters, and revolutionised pissed metal-bar singalongs - but all of it was catalysed by the arrival and swift success of that initial collection of earworm tracks and comedy skits.
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In the years since Jack and Kyle first burst onto the scene, Tenacious D have released three additional studio records, a collection of live tracks and a big screen adventure in 2006’s movie musical Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny.
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A short lived HBO series helped them hone a batch of faux-grandiose rock epics, and a die-hard conviction of their own ‘greatest band ever’ status had record companies eager to snap them up as the ’ 90s came to a close. Early shows in local coffee shops and supporting live comedy acts earned them a handful of famous fans and as their profile rose, so did the number of opportunities that came their way. After meeting at LA’s The Actors Gang Theatre in 1986, the duo conquered a tricky beginning to form a fast friendship that resulted in the creation of one of the most enduring rock satire acts of the past two decades. Comedy-rock duo Tenacious D may have landed on the radars of many via their 2001 self-titled debut album, but band members Jack Black and Kyle Gass had been wowing audiences long before their parody hit Tribute dominated the charts.
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