Tenacious D have spoken out about a song on their forthcoming album, ‘Rize of the Feniz’, which is called ‘Rock is Dead’.
The duo, made up of axtor Jack Black and comedian Kyle Glass, have told Billboard that they don’t actually think rock is dead, but that it is “very, very ill”.
Black says: “That tile was just so strong, very ballsy. It felt like an erect penis of a title. We just thought, ‘Is it really dead?’ Well no, but it’s very, very ill.”
Gass then added: “It has pneumonia.” Talking about the humour on the record, Black said that the band doesn’t ‘write jokes’ but rather the laughs create themselves.
“The comedy is just something that comes natural to us. It’s who we are. We don’t write jokes. We just take subject matter we are genuinely interested in - or genuinely angry about - and just riff. It come out funny after we send it through the Tenacious D computer.”
Tenacious D released their new album ‘Rize of The Fenix’ on May 14. The album is the follow-up too 2006’s ‘The Pick of Destiny’ and the band’s 2001 self-titled debut.
Tenacious D will play five UK shows this June in order to promote the new album. They will play three shows at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on June 5,6 and 7, Manchester’s O2 Apollo on June 10 and Glasgow SECC on June 12.
The band are also part of the line-up for this summer’s Download Festival, playing on a bill that is headlined by The Prodigy, Metallica an a reunited Black Sabbath.
The festival takes place over the weekend of June 8-10 at Donington Park, with the duo performing on June 9.
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