I’ll never forget how disappointed I was while watching TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY in 2006. The feature film based on Jack Black and Kyle Gass’ popular band and television series was highly-anticipated, but just failed to really impress. I remember being most upset in that I wanted to like it, but just couldn’t, and I was very much a fan of Tenacious D going into it. But sometimes what works in one format just doesn’t flow in another, and there’s never anything wrong with going back to the basics, right? Well it turns out “The D” have a new album coming out called “Rize of the Fenix”, which is being released on both CD and vinyl record (remember those?), which you can pre-order using the links below. Here’s the cover and track listing:
Track Listings
1. Rize of the Fenix
2. Low Hangin’ Fruit
3. Classical Teacher
4. Señorita
5. Deth Starr
6. Roadie
7. Flutes and Trombones
8. Ballad of Hollywood Jack and the Rage Kage
9. Throwdown
10. Rock Is Dead
11. They F*cked Our Asses
12. To Be The Best
13. 39
But all that takes a backseat right this second, as the new promo video (designed on purpose to look like a feature on the tabloid show “Extra”) has hit the net, featuring Black and Gass back in all their glory, along with cameos by Val Kilmer, Tim Robbins, Dave Grohl, and Josh Groban. Check out the video below, and a sample from the new album underneath, then get out your credit card and order the album using our Amazon links… you know you can’t live without it.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
Hearing Tenacious D will be bringing you some new tunes is just the greatest news. I love Jack and Kyle. So totally stoked for “Rize of the Fenix” o May 15. The video for “To Be The Best” is the most fitting and perfect “comeback.” Check it out!
As a long-time D-sciple, I’m excited as hell for the comeback. I’m a bit alarmed though.. why did they choose The Sights to open for them on tour? I live in Michigan and as soon as I heard about this opening band The Sights I went to go check them out. It was really bizarre, they talked on stage about how they were going to open up for The D on the upcoming tour then started trashing Jack and Kyle. The audience was nervously laughing at first but then realized these guys weren’t kidding. It got pretty awkward as the lead singer tried to get the audience back on their side but that didn’t happen until they started playing.
Looks like “fame” has already gotten to their heads if they’re already biting the hands that feeds them. I mean they sounded all right but they came across as a bunch of dicks to be honest. Surely Tenacious D has a reason for picking these guys I don’t know?
Logan, is there video of that somewhere?