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Kyle Gass
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Producer, Screenwriter, Actor
Biography:Best known as one half of the surprisingly musically competent comedy rock band Tenacious D, Kyle Gass has actually been appearing in front of the camera since long before the inception of his face-melting collaboration with Jack Black. Despite speculation that he sold his immortal soul to the devil himself in exchange for his musical abilities, Gass began playing the flute at the age of eight, eventually moving on to the saxophone and then guitar. He got his first acting break as a kid, appearing in a 7-Up commercial.

After graduating high school in 1979, Gass enrolled at UCLA, where he met future celebrity Tim Robbins. Robbins recruited him into the Actor's Gang, where he soon met his future bandmate, a 16-year-old kid named Jack Black. Gass didn't take too kindly to the blustering upstart at first, but soon the two joined forces in the name of rock (and comedy). He taught Black to play guitar,... Full Biography

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Kyle Gass and Jack Black in "Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny"
Kyle Gass and Jack Black in "Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny"
Kyle Gass and Jack Black in "Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny"
Kyle Gass and Jack Black in "Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny"
Kyle Gass and Jack Black in "Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny"
Kyle Gass and Jack Black in "Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny"
Kyle Gass and Jack Black in "Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny"
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