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HISTORICAL FACTS: Tenacious d - The Untold Story

"I said, 'I think we should write the best song in the world.' Jack Black said, ‘You can’t do that!'" How Dave Grohl, Ben Stiller, Bob Odenkirk and Maynard James Keenan helped Tenacious D bring the greatest tribute song ever to the world

Tenacious D had friends in high places, and they used them to bring this 2000s smash hit to life

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Kyle Gass says Tenacious D will return as he and Jack Black ‘hashed it out’ after Trump shooting joke

Gass made a controversial joke about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump during a 2024 concert

The Independent UK

"We’re gonna come back – it’s gonna be bigger than Oasis." Kyle Gass reflects on the "highly inappropriate, dangerous" joke that forced Tenacious D to go on hiatus, and reveals his horror over the "tsunami of s**t" that followed

Tenacious D's Kyle Gass on the joke which caused the group's world to crumble around them

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Tenacious D star Kyle Gass 'felt terrible' after backlash over Donald Trump shooting joke

Tenacious D guitarist Kyle Gass has opened up on the fallout to his on-stage joke about an assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

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Tenacious D will return: Jack Black and Kyle Gass ‘hashed it out’ after Trump joke controversy

The band went on hiatus after outrage over onstage joke in 2024, but Gass confirms the band will return, saying ‘It was hard. It is like a marriage’

The Guardian - AU

Tenacious D had friends in high places, and they used them to bring this 2000s smash hit to life

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Is Jack Black Dead? No, Actor Is Alive and Well - But Why Does the Internet Love to Kill Him Off?

Jack Black is alive despite viral TikTok hoaxes claiming his death. The false reports highlight how quickly celebrity misinformation spreads online.

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Jack Black's Tenacious D nearly soundtracked a film based on cult adventure game MediEvil, and one producer says it came "very close" to happening

A MediEvil film adaptation almost happened

Total Film

“The biggest challenge was not to come off like Tenacious D. It could easily be interpreted as some form of parody”: How Primus made an album about goblins and rainbows while trying not to mention goblins and rainbows

2017’s The Desaturating Seven was Les Claypool’s bid to explore the darkness of a 1970s children’s story, harnessing the influences of King Crimson, Tool and Sean Lennon

Louder

Hear Jack Black and Dave Grohl team up with Ozzy Osbourne’s producer on joyously heavy new song I Feel Alive

The star-studded collaboration is part of the soundtrack for Black’s new film A Minecraft Movie

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Are Tenacious D back?! Jack Black and Kyle Gass confirm first new music together since going on hiatus last year

The self-styled greatest rock band on Earth are covering REO Speedwagon for a charity compilation that comes out Friday

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R.E.M, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Chelsea Wolfe and more to appear on Good Music To Lift Los Angeles, a 90-song benefit album to help victims of the Californian wildfires, available for one day only

Good Music To Lift Los Angeles will also feature songs from Tenacious D, Interpol, My Morning Jacket, TV on the Radio, HEALTH and many, many more

Louder

2024 is the year everyone turned on Jack Black – it’s been a long time coming

A controversial rift with his Tenacious D bandmate and a slew of terrible blockbusters mean that the ‘School of Rock’ star’s stock has never been lower. Louis Chilton looks at what the heck happened to one of cinema’s most outgoing presences

The Independent UK

Jack Black says Tenacious D will return after Trump joke controversy

Black put comedy rock duo ‘on hold’ after Kyle Gass joked about assassination attempt

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“We need to take a break. Everybody needs a break sometime. And we’ll be back”: Jack Black promises Tenacious D will return

Jack Black promises Tenacious D will return

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“We’ll be back when it feels right”: Jack Black says Tenacious D will return from hiatus… at some point

Black put the comedy rock pair on ice last month, following bandmate Kyle Gass’ controversial comments about the Donald Trump assassination attempt

The Independent UK

Jack Black says he’s ‘still friends’ with Kyle Gass and says Tenacious D ‘will be back’

Band cancelled their tour after Gass made a controversial joke about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump

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“I only played the drums on that song”: Foo Fighters cover Tenacious D but Dave Grohl forgets the words

Seems like the D haven’t been cancelled after all...

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The Independent UK

Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass deletes Instagram apology amid Jack Black ‘rift’ over Trump remark

Musician had initially apologised for what he described as his ‘severe lack of judgment’

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Here’s Why Jack Black Cancelled Tenacious D’s Tour After Kyle Gass’ Controversial Trump Joke

The band has been criticised by fans for cancelling the tour amid the backlash.

The Independent UK

The Tenacious D outrage is ludicrous pantomime politics at its very worst

Jack Black has said that bandmember Kyle Gass’s unpleasant Trump gag at a Tenacious D gig ‘blindsided’ him. But, writes Laura Barton, he ought to slow down, look back and learn from The Chicks, who had their own ‘outrage moment’ back in 2003

The Guardian - UK

Who’s laughing now? The gags that derailed comedy careers

Kyle Gass’s ill-judged Donald Trump assassination jibe has put Tenacious D on ice. Will he be for ever cancelled, or bounce back like Billy Connolly and Jo Brand?

Evening Standard

Tenacious D: what did Kyle Gass say about Donald Trump? Jack Black cancels tour dates

Gass and his bandmate Jack Black have issued an apology over a joke that the performer described as a ‘severe lack of judgement’

Pedestrian.tv

The Backlash Over Tenacious D’s Controversial Trump Joke Proves Australia Is A Nation Of Cops

I spoke to The Chaser's Chris Taylor on why the backlash to Tenacious D's Donald Trump joke is really really lame.

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Tenacious D Offers Refunds For Ticket Holders After Cancelling Their Aus Tour Over Trump Joke

Both Jack Black and Kyle Gass have posted apologies to social media.

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