Tenacious D recently performed alongside Bad Religion drummer Brooks Wackerman at the Guitar Center Drum Off competition. You can check out videos of "The Metal" and a cover of the Who's "Pinball Wizard" below.
Jack Black and his cohort Kyle Gas are set to release their third studio album -- and first in six years -- Rize of the Fenix this May ahead of an appearance at Download festival.
You can hear a clip of the album's title track here.
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Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.
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