Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Last night, we once again made a trip to the theatre - this time to see the new Tenacious D movie.

For those of you who don't know, Tenacious D are a rock/comedy band fronted by commedian actors Jack Black (left) and Kyle Gass (right) that have been around for about a decade making random apprearances (they play a song in "Bio Dome"). Prior to the movie soundtrack, though, they had released only one album - their excellent self-titled album in 2002.

The movie - "Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny" - is a mock story of how the band was formed. It was directed by Liam Lynch (does anyone remember his "the United States of Whatever" song, or his "Clone High" cartoon show?) and Lynch co-wrote the movie with JB and KG.

Troë and I both quite liked the movie, but then we're both big fans of the band. The movie was crude in places (like their music can be) and silly in other places (like their music always is) but overall was just fun. There were loads of celebrity cameos through-out the movie (it is produced by Ben Stiller...) all of which were halarious. Dave Grohl - of "Nirvana" and "Foo Fighters" fame - plays drums for Tenacious D on their album and is in the movie reprising his role of Satan from the music video for the single "Tribute".

I'd definitely recommend the movie for fans of the band - there are loads of inside jokes relating to the album - but if you've even heard "Tribute" or "Wonderboy", and don't like stoner comedy, then you should probably pass on the movie.