Tenacious D

**Sycophant** · 29th December 2004, 22:25

I know I saw someone in a KB t-shirt at the Tenacious D concert in Auckland last night, who was it?

I got my socks rocked off.

**Cajun** · 30th December 2004, 06:38

Originally Posted by Sycophant

I know I saw someone in a KB t-shirt at the Tenacious D concert in Auckland last night, who was it?

I got my socks rocked off.

i so wanted to go to that concert )c:< damn buying a house no spare money

**Ms Piggy** · 30th December 2004, 09:21

I was wondering how it was - so give us a review!

**crashe** · 30th December 2004, 10:07

Originally Posted by Sycophant

I know I saw someone in a KB t-shirt at the Tenacious D concert in Auckland last night, who was it?

I got my socks rocked off.

Excuse my ignorance but who is "Tenacious D" ???????

I take it is a band ?
Heavy metal, jazz, rock, pop, hip hop or what?????
Gis a few details as to what the concert was about...
Thanks in advance....

**Ms Piggy** · 30th December 2004, 10:13

Originally Posted by crashe

Excuse my ignorance but who is "Tenacious D" ???????

I take it is a band ?
Heavy metal, jazz, rock, pop, hip hop or what?????
Gis a few details as to what the concert was about...
Thanks in advance....

Have a look here: http://www.tenaciousd.com/

**crashe** · 30th December 2004, 10:28

Originally Posted by Celtic_Sea_lily

Have a look here: http://www.tenaciousd.com/

Well I looked at that site, and I am still trying to figure out what type of music they play... I couldn't make head or tail of the site..
yep I found the place of them where they are playing etc....
and where you can get tickets to their shows...

But its two guys and they play what.... ?

oh gee's am I showing my age here...

**Ms Piggy** · 30th December 2004, 10:44

Originally Posted by crashe

Well I looked at that site, and I am still trying to figure out what type of music they play... I couldn't make head or tail of the site..
yep I found the place of them where they are playing etc....
and where you can get tickets to their shows...

But its two guys and they play what.... ?

oh gee's am I showing my age here...

I would describe them as hard rock but, I'm not much of a music expert. They do quite a few comical songs - the song they are most well known for is "Greatest song in the world" where they beat Satan by singing the "greatest song in the world".

**crashe** · 30th December 2004, 11:00

Thanks for that...... that explains why I aint heard of them... hard rock music.. hmmmm not my cup of tea...

**DarkNinja** · 30th December 2004, 17:29

its more like mock rock but they wouldnt call themselves that. they are great for a laugh because they do comedy in their songs but take it really seriously and make it a good song.

**gav** · 30th December 2004, 17:53

Bit like trying to describe cricket to someone who doesnt know the sport, huh?

**Ghost Lemur** · 30th December 2004, 18:30

Fucking Her Gently is still my favourite song off their album. Love the vid for it too.

Bit of trivia: tD feature in High Fidelity during one of the flashbacks to his college days. The movie co-stars Jack Black, but this scene doesn't involve his character.

**Ms Piggy** · 30th December 2004, 20:31

Originally Posted by Ghost Lemur

Fucking Her Gently is still my favourite song off their album.

Yeah thats a goodie alright - I must get the album!

**Sycophant** · 1st January 2005, 19:34

I'm not exactly much for reviews, but the concert was very very kick ass.

They played for almost two hours, after a warm up by Wellington band 'Crumb'.

Tenacious D are rock, maybe even hard rock, but they are very unique in one way - the entire band is two guys, Jack Black (the actor, from King Kong and stuff) and his friend Kyle Gass. They are the band, entirely. Their whole show is performed entirely on two acoustic guitars. That's it. No bass, no drums, no backup singers, nothing. Just two guys and each with a guitar.

They played pretty much all their best songs, plus a couple of new ones, including one about King Kong (which Peter Jackson apparently likes, but isn't going to include on the Kong soundtrack) and one about New Zealand and how great out weed is (they say there are other good things too, but the song doesn't list any).

The performances of 'Tribute' (Greatest Song in the World), 'Wonder Boy', 'Explosivo' and 'Double Team' (Sex Supreme) were absolutely fucking great. As was 'Fuck Her Gently'

I don't tend to go to many concerts, but I decided I couldn't miss this one. I was rewarded.

Check out the Album clips in the A/V section of the Tenactious D site or listen to the track samples at Amazon