If you're not familiar with Tenacious D, here's the brief summary. Portly poseurs rocking as hard as they can on acoustic guitars while singing humorous and often vulgar lyrics.If you're familiar with the band, you would be expect that the show would be peppered with skits. And you would not have been disappointed. The band played in front of a backdrop that represented Kyle's duplex, complete with stage accessories like a couch, a fridge, and the band's one and only fan, Lee. Most of the songs were preceded by some kind of skit that made the song relevant. For example, Kyle and Jack had a fight, and Kyle left. This was followed by "Dude, I Totally Miss You" and "Kyle Quit the Band." One skit had Jack and Kyle die, after which a video of them entering hell was shown on the backdrop. After the video ended, the backdrop fell, and the new set was revealed. It, of course, was hell, complete with towering fiery spires and appearances by the devil.
Now that the band was in the place from which all rock comes, they could really rock. And rock they did. The backup band joined them for a set of songs that were less acoustic and more actual metal. The Antichrist played a mean lead guitar, backed by Colonel Sanders on drums, and of course Charlie Chaplin on bass. Don't ask.They played everything I wanted to hear. This included nearly the entire first album, and the best stuff from the soundtrack to their new movie. I mean, they only have two short albums and a few songs from their 6 episode HBO series of shorts, so it's easy to get through almost all of it in a 2-hour set. Personally, my favorite was a medley of Led Zeppelin's "Good Times, Bad Times" and D non-album classics "Exploding Brains" and "Jesus Ranch." They also closed the encore with an excellent medley of songs from Tommy. All in all, worth a trip.
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