Actors/musicians
Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring their infamous rock duo Tenacious D to
the big screen in the comedy Tenacious D in: The Pick Of Destiny. The
film tells the story of how ‘The D’ became the self-proclaimed
greatest band on earth and is directed by Liam Lynch.
This is the story of a friendship that changes the course of rock history
forever, of the fateful collision of minds between JB and KG that led
to the creation of the precedent-shattering band Tenacious D, and of
the two heroes’ quest to find the fabled Guitar Pick Of Destiny...
In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB (Black) bonds with local slacker
KG (Glass) and they form their rock band. Setting out to become the
world’s greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal
what could be the answer to their prayers -- a magical guitar pick housed
in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.
“It’s definitely the funniest movie on paper that I’ve
ever read,” says Kyle. “It starts off as kind of how the
D was formed. It goes into a quest for ‘the pick,’ a magical
pick that will supposedly help us rock like the rock gods we so admire.
It’s a zillion laughs.”
With appearances from Dave Grohl (as Satan), Meat Loaf (as Jack’s
Dad), and Ben Stiller, the movie will appeal to comedy, and rock lovers
as well as the many, many hardened fans of ‘the D’
Jack
Says...
On ‘the D’ being called ‘Mock-Rock’
Beethoven didn’t get any good reviews when he started. Do you
think he cried into his soup’ No, he went and wrote another masterpiece.
Are we rock swindlers? You know what they say, the great artist borrows,
the genius steals. So I’m gonna say we are genius and you can
take from that what you want.
On
filming King Kong
In New Zealand you’re allowed to have fur coats and stuff - even
though in the States, it’s really frowned on. But out there I
was given a possum skin rug and when I first got it, I said ooh, that’s
kinda weird, that’s fur and then it was explained to me that no,
possums are the devil and they’re destroying the environment.
So I was actually helping out. And I tell you, they are scrum-diddly-icious
to run your fingers through. I liked to take a hot shower, get naked
and rub my bum on the rug.
On
Bush
I’ve felt disappointed in the past about things that our government
has done or people who have been elected but this is the first time
I’ve felt really ashamed to be part of that country. It’s
definitely my lowest point - that is, it’s not the lowest point
in my life - but it’s the worst I’ve felt about my country.
On
getting things done
My voice is like the voice of Thor. When I speak it’s like a fucking
thunderbolt, and people quake and shiver and shit happens.
On
Satan
He kind of crept up on me, ‘cause initially I was really into
Jesus and stuff, even though I’m a Jew. When you’re a Jew,
it’s all about Moses and Abraham. And Moses was cool, because
he had ‘make-the-Red-Sea-go-away’ power. But Jesus was way
cooler because he had ‘walk-on-water’ power, and ‘party-with-a-lot-of-wine’
power, and also ‘bring-back-people-from-the-dead’ power.
So naturally I was surprised then Satan approached me.
Kyle
Says...
On
‘the D’ being called ‘Mock-Rock’
I don’t think we’ve ever swindled anybody. If you come to
our show, you’re gonna go out of there smiling. If you do feel
swindled, come and talk to me about it.
On
food
I’m way over 300lbs. I can’t stop eating. Seriously, I can’t
stop eating. I’m like one of those rats that keep eating until
they explode.
On
Bush
I feel good for the people of Iraq because they’re going to get
the democracy they’ve always dreamed of. And I feel good for the
troops because they’ll get the combat they always wanted.
On
getting inspiration
We used to smoke pot, but now we do less of that. Now we just use whatever
enters our brains. I think it’s all possible: a magazine article;
a piece of lint on the floor; someone says something weird; you overhear
a conversation. It’s all fair game. It’s just up to the
artist to reach some sort of universal truth which, I think, we’ve
been able to do in the past; or tickle their eardrums in vain.
On
world domination
We’ve almost achieved world domination. We would also like to
do another album and play another tour, but just really get the nooks
and crannies. We find that the smaller the town, the more the people
respond and care. They really appreciate you coming out there.
On
fame going to his head
It went to my head as soon as someone said we were good. I was like,
“What!? Wait, I’m awesome!” Jackie Gleason once said
that, “Vanity is the performer’s armour.” It protects
you.
On
films to compare The Pick of Destiny to?
Citizen Kane, Apocalypse Now... and Singing in the Rain.
