Tenacious D - The Pick of Destiny (2006)

For those of you who haven't heard of Tenacious D, they are a 2 piece Hard Rock/Heavy Metal/Acoustic Rock/Comedy Rock band who formed in 1993 in Los Angeles, California. They consist of Jack Black (Guitar & Vocals) and Kyle Gass (Guitar & Vocals). The band got their starts initally in 1989 at the Edinburgh Fringe festival as both members were part of the Los Angeles Theater Groupe "The Actors' Gang". Kyle taught Jack how to play guitar in exchange for Jack helping Kyle with his acting skills. They are currently signed to Sony BMG and Epic Records. While touring, they include John Konesky (Electric Guitar, dresses as the Anti-Christ during performances), John Spiker (Bass, dresses as Charlie Chaplin during performances), and Brooks Wackerman (Drums, dresses as Colonel Sanders during performances). They currently have two albums, a 6 episode TV Show, and a full length movie entitled The Pick of Destiny.

The Pick of Destiny, released in 2006, was Tenacious D's second album, following their 2001 self-titled release. The album was also the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. The album consists of fifteen tracks which include "Kickapoo", "Classico", "Baby", "Destiny", "History", "The Government Totally Sucks", "Master Exploder", "The Divide", "Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)", "Dude (I Totally Miss You)", "Break In-City (Storm the Gate!)", "Car Chase City", "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)", "POD", and "The Metal". The album was an interesting to listen to. As some of you may know, this is the second soundtrack I've done. Overall, the album was inconsistent, it jumped around from song style to song style, there was the upbeat one, the classic sounding one, several slow ones, and on others they threw in the electric guitar and full band. Now don't get me wrong, Tenacious D is a pretty damn good band, this just didn't have the same feel. Sure, their first album wasn't a soundtrack, but they could have at least kept the consistency of the album to say the least. There was really nothing wrong with the album at all, nothing lacked, just was a bit out of order.

Overall, the album was pretty damn good. I can't really think of other musicians that are like Tenacious D, except maybe Stephen Lynch, or even Bo Burnham, but if you like acoustic rock as well then you should check it out. The album was released on November 14, 2006 and is available on amazon and iTunes.

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0

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