Editing Tenacious D (section)

===''Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny'' and the album (2003–2007)===
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Black and Gass had dreamt of producing a Tenacious D motion-picture since forming the band; archived footage of banter at an early Tenacious D show records Black as saying "a movie - that would be the pinnacle".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2012/05/gods-of-rock-in-their-own-minds-the-early-days-of-tenacious-d.html|title=Gods of Rock (In Their Own Minds): The Early Days of Tenacious D|first=Cameron|last=Tung|date=May 16, 2012|website=Vulture.com}}</ref>

The duo conceptualized numerous ideas for a film, though the first actual known draft of a script was published on November 7, 2000. The script was based on many songs that would later be released on [[Tenacious D (album)|the duo's eponymous debut album]] that would be released the following year. There is little known about the script, other than it being based around the band playing coffee shops and Black becoming fascinated by [[Atlantis]]. Black and Gass both fall in love with a girl called Simmeon who has written books about the fictional island. They later meet Ronnie James Dio, and are sent on a road trip to Miami. This concept was later scrapped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tenaciousjoes.com/tenaciousdmovie.html|title=Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny|date=June 3, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603003749/http://www.tenaciousjoes.com/tenaciousdmovie.html|access-date=November 16, 2019|archive-date=June 3, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tenaciousjoes.com/tenaciousdmoviescript.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20051230145940/http://www.tenaciousjoes.com/tenaciousdmoviescript.html|url-status=dead|title=Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny|archive-date=December 30, 2005|access-date=March 16, 2014}}</ref>

At some point prior to 2003, the band were in negotiations with the British studio [[Working Title Films]] to write and distribute a Tenacious D film, but Black and Gass were not satisfied with the writers' ideas.<ref name="budget" /><ref name="set" /><ref>{{Citation |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=Tenacious D |date=January 1, 2009 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001/acref-9780195313734-e-73157 |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |access-date=October 23, 2023 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In February 2003, it was announced that the band had signed with [[New Line Cinema]] to create a film, with [[Liam Lynch (musician)|Liam Lynch]] as the director, and Black, Gass and Lynch writing the script and being producers on the production. There was also speculation that [[Red Hour Productions]] would produce the film, which was later confirmed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/72338/tenacious-d-heading-to-silver-screen|title=Tenacious D Heading To Silver Screen|website=Billboard.com|access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> Later in 2003, Black announced the title as ''Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny'' and that the script was about the band's search for a sacred guitar pick.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jack Black gets back to his musical roots |date=October 1, 2003 |publisher=[[CTV Television Network]] |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1065051871877_4/?hub=Entertainment |archive-url=https://archive.today/20031003035819/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1065051871877_4/?hub=Entertainment |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 3, 2003 |access-date=March 29, 2008 }}</ref> Filming had been expected to take place by the end of 2003;<ref>{{cite magazine| title=In Brief: Ozzy, the Roots | date=May 16, 2003 | url =https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ozzyosbourne/articles/story/5936389/in_brief_ozzy_the_roots | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | access-date = March 29, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> however, it was delayed by almost a year due to Black being cast in [[Peter Jackson]]'s big budget remake of ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]''.<ref>{{cite news| first=Craig | last=Mathieson | title=Back in Black | date=December 24, 2004| newspaper=[[The Age]] | url =http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/12/23/1103391880557.html | access-date = March 29, 2008 | location=Melbourne}}</ref> In December 2004, Black and Gass performed some songs from the upcoming soundtrack of the film whilst touring Australia, and announced that the film would include cameos from [[Meat Loaf]] and Ronnie James Dio.<ref>{{Citation|title=Tenacious D Live in New Zealand 12/27/04 Full Set| date=January 16, 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEuwQ-oQJoM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/rEuwQ-oQJoM| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|language=en|access-date=November 16, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Principal photography for ''Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny'' commenced in 2005, with the production finishing later that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116191373176905571|title=Can Jack Go Back?|last=Smith|first=Ethan|date=October 27, 2006|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=November 16, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The film held its first test screening to the press in October 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/21597|title=We got the first review of TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY!!! Will it Rock Your Socks Off?!?|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|website=Legacy.aintitcool.com|language=en|access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> The film held two re-shoots in 2006 and according to Lynch, every crew member from the principal photography came back because they "had such a fun time working on set".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://podtail.com/fi/podcast/lynchland-the-liam-lynch-podcast/cb4a7281eb0e997df5764dceb7ceace3/|title=Lynchland Episode 8 – Lynchland: The Liam Lynch Podcast – Podcast|last=Podcast|first=Lynchland: The Liam Lynch|website=Podtail.com|language=fi|access-date=November 16, 2019|archive-date=November 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116131736/https://podtail.com/fi/podcast/lynchland-the-liam-lynch-podcast/cb4a7281eb0e997df5764dceb7ceace3/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Black also stated that the filming on this production was "the most fun I've ever had filming a movie".<ref>{{Citation|title=Tenacious D - Home Movies (Documentary)| date=August 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU8SpMKm07w| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/sU8SpMKm07w| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|language=en|access-date=November 16, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|quote="A lot of enthusiastic stoners were like, 'Yeah, du-u-u-de! Just saw it!' I was like, 'Where were you when the movie came out?' 'Sorry, dude, I was hi-i-i-gh!'"|source=— [[Jack Black]] on ''The Pick of Destiny's'' disappointing box-office performance.<ref name="dvdsales">{{cite news| title= The best version of Jack Black | url =http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/05/film.jackblack.ap/ | work=[[CNN]] | access-date = June 21, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2014}}</ref>}}

The film held its British premiere on November 1, 2006, at the [[Vue West End|Vue West End cinema]] in London, England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/actor-jack-black-attends-the-world-premiere-of-tenacious-d-news-photo/72343952|title=Actor Jack Black attends the world premiere of 'Tenacious|website=Gettyimages.co.uk|date=November 2006 |language=en-gb|access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> The film's domestic premiere was held at [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in Los Angeles on November 9, 2006. Many of the actors who had cameos in the film were in attendance; including Ronnie James Dio, [[Dave Grohl]], and [[Ben Stiller]].<ref name="premiere" /> The soundtrack for the production was called ''[[The Pick of Destiny]]'' and featured a returning [[John King (producer)|John King]] (of The Dust Brothers) producing it.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} It was released on November 14, 2006, through [[Epic Records]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Catucci |first1=Nick |title=Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny |url=http://blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4308 |website=Blender |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013090038/http://blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4308 |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The film was released worldwide on November 22. ''Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny'' grossed US$8,334,575 in the US and Canada and a total of US$13,426,450 worldwide, falling well short of its US$20 million production budget and US$40 million in estimated marketing costs.<ref name="budget">{{cite news| first=Ross | last=Johnson | title=Jack Black Revisits the Glory Days Known as Tenacious D | date=October 8, 2006 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/movies/08john.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/M/Motion%20Pictures | work=[[The New York Times]] | access-date = July 8, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="mojo">{{mojo title|id=tenaciousd|title=Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny}}. Retrieved January 13, 2008.</ref> Financially, it is regarded as a [[box-office bomb]].<ref>{{cite news| first=Andrew | last=Gumbel | title=Dial 'D' for disaster: The fall of New Line Cinema | date=April 16, 2008 | url =https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/dial-d-for-disaster-the-fall-of-new-line-cinema-809545.html | work=[[The Independent]] | access-date = July 8, 2008 | location=London}}</ref> The soundtrack reached No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the US as well as topping the iTunes chart,<ref name="premiere" /><ref name="pick-of-destiny-soundtrack-billboard-chart">{{cite news| first=Anthony | last=Breznican | title=Plucky Tenacious D duo get into their 'Destiny' | work=[[USA Today]] | url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-11-23-tenacious-D-side_x.htm?csp=34 | date=November 24, 2006 | access-date=December 18, 2006}}</ref> and #10 in the UK.<ref name="UK charts">{{cite web| url=http://www.everyhit.com/ |title=UK Albums chart |publisher=EveryHit.com |access-date=February 14, 2008}}</ref> The film was released globally on DVD on February 27, 2007. In an interview on ''[[the Daily Show]]'' on November 30, 2006, Black admitted the film had "bombed",<ref>{{cite episode |title= The Daily Show |series= The Daily Show |series-link= The Daily Show |credits= Jon Stewart |network=[[Comedy Central]] |airdate= November 30, 2006 |number=40 |minutes=10}}</ref> but {{when|date=April 2011}} said that DVD sales had shown that the film picked up a cult audience.<ref name="dvdsales" />
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Kevin Crust of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said that the film "might best be enjoyed in an enhanced state of consciousness, a herbal supplement, and we aren't talking [[ginkgo biloba]]."<ref name='Los Angeles Times'>{{cite news| first=Kevin | last=Crust | title=Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny | date=November 22, 2006 | url =http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-tenacious22nov22,0,5923936.story | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | access-date = January 27, 2007 }}</ref> Stephen Rae of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' said that the frequent drug-use in the film gives "the term potty humor a new meaning."<ref name='Philadelphia Inquirer'>{{cite news| first=Steven | last=Rea| title= 'Tenacious D': Lots of hits (wink, wink), and misses, too|date=November 22, 2006| url =http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=117B3AC73363D2A0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|format=Fee required | work=The Philadelphia Inquirer | access-date = January 27, 2007 }}</ref> Michael Phillips criticized the frequency of the drug-use by saying: "This may be the problem. Pot rarely helped anybody's comic timing."<ref name="Chicago Tribune">{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Michael |date=November 24, 2006 |title=So-so story of a superband: 'Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/236324548/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=March 1, 2024 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |page=7A-3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |volume=160 |issue=328}}</ref> Stephen Holden of ''[[The New York Times]]'' suggested that the film could be viewed as a "jolly rock 'n' roll comedy", but he also described the progression of the film as being a "garish mess."<ref name='New York Times'>{{cite news| first=Stephen | last=Holden | title=Movie Guide and Film Series | date=December 8, 2006| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/movies/08movie.html?ei=5088&en=b33ee352343d3441&ex=1323234000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print | work=[[The New York Times]]| access-date = January 27, 2007 }}</ref>

The soundtrack received less favourable reviews than for the band's first album. ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' comments that the soundtrack "never quite takes off".<ref name='Rolling Stone POD Review'>{{cite magazine| first=Andy | last=Greene | title=Tenacious D | date=November 1, 2006| url =https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/12273733/review/12285351/the_pick_of_destiny | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070828040445/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/12273733/review/12285351/the_pick_of_destiny | url-status =dead | archive-date =August 28, 2007 | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | access-date = July 11, 2008 }}</ref> It criticises the reliance the album makes on a knowledge of the film, and some songs' existence only to "advance the plot".<ref name='Rolling Stone POD Review' /> It summarizes by saying the album is inferior to the band's previous effort.<ref name='Rolling Stone POD Review' /> Allmusic also describes the follow-up as less "satisfying" than ''Tenacious D'', noting that the songs feel like "narrative filler".<ref name='AllMusic POD Review'>{{cite news| first=Stephen | last=Thomas Erlewine | title=The Pick of Destiny | url ={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r928202|pure_url=yes}} | work=Allmusic | access-date = July 11, 2008 }}</ref> ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' continues the criticism of the songs being plot devices calling them "plot-nudging song-sketches".<ref name='Blender POD Review'>{{cite news|first=Nick |last=Catucci |title=Tenacious D |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4308 |work=Blender |access-date=July 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013090038/http://blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4308 |archive-date=October 13, 2007 }}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' views the album more positively, describing the album as a meeting of "old school riffology" and "schoolboy humour".<ref>{{cite news| first=Craig | last=McLean | title= Tenacious D, The Pick of Destiny | date=November 12, 2006| url =http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/story/0,,1944189,00.html | work=[[The Guardian]] | access-date = July 11, 2008 | location=London}}</ref>

[[File:408844873 a624860075 o.jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|Black, Gass, Konesky, Spiker, and Wackerman]]

To coincide with the release of their new film and album, Tenacious D embarked on [[The Pick of Destiny Tour (2006–2007)|The Pick of Destiny Tour]], of the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. This tour included the band's first appearance at [[New York City]]'s [[Madison Square Garden]]. Unlike other tours, this one featured a full backing band.<ref name="Brighton" /> Konesky and Spiker resumed their roles from the album, and Brooks Wackerman was added as drummer.<ref>{{cite magazine| first=Jonathan | last=Cohen | title=Tenacious D Ready To Rock U.S., Down Under | date=October 11, 2006| magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | url =https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56995/tenacious-d-ready-to-rock-us-down-under| access-date = July 16, 2009}}</ref> Each member used a pseudonym; Konesky as the [[Antichrist]], Spiker as [[Charlie Chaplin]], and Wackerman as [[Colonel Sanders]].<ref name='The Hollywood Reporter' /> [[JR Reed (actor)|JR Reed]] also toured as Satan, as well as reprising his role as "Lee".<ref name='The Hollywood Reporter'>{{cite news|first=Erik |last=Pedersen |title=Bottom Line: Hard rock, hard laughs, hard to resist. |date=November 21, 2006 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/music/reviews/article_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=FjFYCHpzQjv7HyFnGBrqrl5NTvhpVrP5rKTgD11Qf2vVytCLF3sL!60872574&&rid=8432 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114070818/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/music/reviews/article_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=FjFYCHpzQjv7HyFnGBrqrl5NTvhpVrP5rKTgD11Qf2vVytCLF3sL%2160872574&&rid=8432 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 14, 2009 |access-date=March 29, 2008 }}</ref> Black has said that the band lost money on the tour due to the cost of touring with a full band for the first time.<ref name="set">{{cite news | title=Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | work=[[The List (magazine)|The List]] | url=http://www.list.co.uk/article/639-tenacious-d-in-the-pick-of-destiny/ | date=November 15, 2006| access-date=December 18, 2006}}</ref><ref name="Brighton">{{cite news|last=Cobley|first=Mike| title=Tenacious D: When The Devil Came Down To Brighton! | work=Virtual Brighton Magazine | url=http://magazine.brighton.co.uk/index.asp?SEC_ID=1&CAT_ID=21&SUB_ID=45&ART_ID=2188 | date=December 18, 2006| access-date=July 16, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011140746/http://magazine.brighton.co.uk/index.asp?SEC_ID=1&CAT_ID=21&SUB_ID=45&ART_ID=2188 |archive-date = October 11, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Best Metal Performance">{{cite web|title=Best Metal Performance|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=31&=Go|website=Grammy.com|access-date=November 10, 2015}}</ref>