Long Live The D

Wow. Pretty sure I just saw the greatest show of my life tonight. Tenacious D's last concert on their Pick Of Destiny tour in Vancouver. I have their Complete Masterworks DVD with a concert from England, done in 2002. I expected the concert to be something similar to that, mostly just the guys with their guitars, with a few stage bits thrown in. Man has the show changed since then, namely due to the movie that they made.

The show starts with the two guys waking up on the couch in KG's apartment. They pick up their guitars and do a few songs. And if this was all the show was, I'd still be thrilled. So Lee comes in around the end of Wonderboy, and spills beer on the electrical wires. Jack gives him hell for that, but they play on. Then Jack gets the idea to ditch KG's acoustic and go electric. He hauls out something a hobo sold him, made from a toilet seat, tinfoil and strings made from tiger innards. Jack plugs it in, and the beer spill mentioned earlier causes them to die an go to hell. This is where the show really amps up.

Via a large screen on stage, we see the boys meet a fella looking a lot like "Jesus f***ing Christ" shredding on a Gibson EDS-1275. It turns out he's actually the antichrist, but he gets the Jesus thing a lot. So they ask him to join their party. Then they come across Colonel Sanders (in hell because of murdering millions of chickens) who drums, and Charlie Chaplin (in hell for being gay, y'know) who plays bass. Now they are the Fellowship Of The D.

So the guys come back on stage, and an elaborate hell set is revealed, with a triple-bass (666) drum kit, two smoking towers, and lots of cool lights. Here they play pretty much all the songs from the movie, which is pretty surprising how they adapted the story to their hell situation. This part of the show rocks pretty damn hard. The encore features "Tribute", and that's how the greatest show in the world ends. Seriously, this is something I never in a million years thought I would see in person. With Jacks movie career I thought the D would be a passing phase in his life, but they've actually been around for over ten years now. On the surface they may just seem like some novelty comedy act, but they're a lot more than just that. Their songs are really rocking, with some great vocals from Jack and guitar compositions from KG.

Anyway, I know I'm gushing here, but I'm just really pumped from this. It's a night I'll remember for a long time to come, and also a great thing to rub into a lot of faces.