{"id":1546614,"date":"2026-01-21T19:18:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1546614"},"modified":"2026-01-21T19:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:18:47","slug":"tenacious-d-hash-things-out-return-from-creative-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1546614","title":{"rendered":"Tenacious D Hash Things Out, Return From Creative Hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a new interview, Kyle Gass revealed he and Jack Black are on good terms again after a viral joke about the attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump<\/div>\n
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In July 2024, Tenacious D canceled their tour and put \u201call future creative plans\u201d on hold after the duo\u2019s Kyle Gass joked about the attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump. Now, Gass revealed that their unexpected creative hiatus has ended and he and Jack Black are working together again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hashed it out. And it was hard. It is like a marriage. You go through these ups and downs, and try to understand your partner,\u201d Gass told Rolling Stone<\/em> in a new interview. \u201cWe will serve no D-wine, before it\u2019s D-time \u2014 but we will be back. We will return.\u201d<\/p>\n

The inciting incident took place in Sydney, Australia, when Black led the crowd in singing \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to Gass and encouraged him to make a wish after blowing out his birthday cake candles. \u201cDon\u2019t miss Trump next time,\u201d Gass wished out loud, referring to 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks\u2019 attempt to shoot then-former president Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. (Event attendee Corey Comperatore was killed by Crooks, and two other men were injured.)<\/p>\n

Afterwards, Gass posted a self-written apology online: \u201cThe line I improvised onstage Sunday night in Sydney was highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake. I don\u2019t condone violence of any kind, in any form, against anyone. What happened was a tragedy, and I\u2019m incredibly sorry for my severe lack of judgement. I profoundly apologize to those I\u2019ve let down and truly regret any pain I\u2019ve caused.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was terrible judgment, obviously. I\u2019ve felt terrible ever since, because it\u2019s such a responsibility to not screw up like that,\u201d Gass said in the new interview. \u201cI was naive, of course \u2014 people are gonna pick that up. But I just felt it was kind of a private moment. I thought I was safe in the bubble. And it was so fast.\u201d Both Gass and Black are longtime, outspoken Trump critics, and the band had just announced several concerts to support the nonprofit Rock the Vote at the time, which they ended up canceling due to Gass\u2019 onstage comments.<\/p>\n

Gass also revealed a few behind-the-scenes details from the fallout of that moment in 2024: He wrote the apology himself, he didn\u2019t fault Black for distancing himself initially, and the duo realized calling the entire tour off was necessary when someone threatened Gass\u2019 95-year-old mother. Gass also shared that when he deleted his apology on Instagram a few days afterwards, it was not as a reflection of a change of heart: \u201cIf I would have recanted, I would have said that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source URL: http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/tenacious-d-hash-things-out-return-from-creative-hiatus\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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