The Pick Of Destiny is a Rock album by Tenacious D, originally released in 2006. On Gatefold: 27 pressings tracked, owned by 14 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- crunchy
- playful
- theatrical
About
You-can’t-stop-rock-and-roll narratives are older than the form itself – think of John Lee Hooker’s “Boogie Chillen.” Tenacious D’s cinematic quest in <i>The Pick of Destiny</i>, however fictitious and knowingly hilarious about the semi-ineptitude of Jack Black and Kyle Gass, does ring true about small-town kids’ insistence on claiming a piece of the music’s magic. Drawing on Rush’s <i>2112</i> and Styx’s <i>Kilroy Was Here</i> for thematic cues and everything from Heart to Eddie Vedder for music, the soundtrack album is loving parody — tough to pull off except for true believers like Black and Gass. It also helps that they’re smart enough to hire Meat Loaf to play Black’s religious, anti-rock father, and to realize that the visual joke is only half the appeal: Dude’s vocal cameo on “Kickapoo” is one of <i>Pick</i>’s seemingly out-of-nowhere highlights. School of Rock, indeed.
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Tracklist
- 1Kickapoo4:14
- 2Classico0:58
- 3Baby1:36
- 4Destiny0:37
- 5History1:42
- 6The Government Totally Sucks1:34
- 7Master Exploder2:24
- 8The Divide0:22
- 9Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)2:24
- 10Dude (I Totally Miss You)2:53
- 11Break In-City (Storm The Gate!)1:22
- 12Car Chase City2:42
- 13Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)5:35
- 14POD2:32
- 15The Metal2:45
Credits
Performers
- Andrew GrossARRANGED BY
- John SpikerBASS BACKING VOCALS BASS GUITAR
- Dave GrohlDRUMS VOCALS
- John KoneskyGUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Jack BlackVOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR LEAD VOCALS
- Kyle GassVOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR BACKING VOCALS
- Meat LoafVOCALS
- Ronnie James DioVOCALS
- John KingDRUM PROGRAMMING
- Liam LynchBASS GUITAR
14 collectors on Gatefold own this · 27 pressings tracked on Gatefold