Kyle Gass
Kyle Richard Gass (born July 14, 1960) is an American singer, musician, actor and comedian, best known for being a member of Tenacious D, a Grammy-winning comedy band. He is also a member of Trainwreck and the Kyle Gass Band.
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Kyle Gass

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- Name
- Kyle Gass
- Birth Name
- Kyle Richard Gass
- Born
- 14 July 1960
- Birthplace
- Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Musician
- Full name
- Kyle Richard Gass.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Fields
- comedy rock, hard rock and pop rock.
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles, Juilliard School, Las Lomas High School and Diablo Valley College.
- Languages
- English.
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Kyle Richard Gass (born July 14, 1960) is an American singer, musician, actor and comedian, best known for being a member of Tenacious D, a Grammy-winning comedy band. He is also a member of Trainwreck and the Kyle Gass Band.
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Kyle Gass (born 1960) is an American actor, composer and guitarist, among other activities. The actor was born Kyle Richard Gass in Walnut Creek. Kyle Gass is also known as Kage and KG.
Kyle Gass studied at Diablo Valley College, Juilliard School and Las Lomas High School, among others. The actor is a member of Kyle Gass Band, Tenacious D and Trainwreck with Kyle Gass.
Genres include comedy rock, hard rock and pop rock. Languages used include English.
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Key facts
• Name — Kyle Gass • Birth Name — Kyle Richard Gass • Alias — * KG • Kage • Rage Kage • Born — 14 July 1960 • Birthplace — Walnut Creek, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Musician • singer • songwriter • actor • comedian • Years Active — 1988–present • Instrument — * Guitar • vocals • Genre — * Comedy rock • heavy metal • hard rock • acoustic rock • Current Member Of — * Tenacious D • Trainwreck • Kyle Gass Band • Website — kylegass.com
Early life
Early life
• Illustration — Gass with the Kyle Gass Band at the Zelt-Musik-Festival 2017 in Freiburg, Germany Kyle Richard Gass was born in Walnut Creek, California on July 14, 1960. He has two brothers. At age 8, he learned to play guitar and flute and later made his first television appearance in an advertisement for 7UP. He attended Las Lomas High School, where he played flute with Greg Williams in the marching band and graduated in 1978. He studied acting at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, where he met Tim Robbins. In 1982, he joined Robbins' The Actors' Gang and in the early 1990s met and befriended Jack Black in the group.
Acting
Acting
Gass first appeared on-screen in a 1988 7-Up Gold commercial, and made his film debut two years later in the horror movie Brain Dead. He made cameo appearances in 1996 film Bio-Dome (alongside Jack Black), the Seinfeld episode "The Abstinence" in 1996, a 1999 episode of the television show Fear of a Punk Planet, and a 2003 season 9 episode of Friends, ("The One with the Mugging"), as Phoebe’s street friend Lowell. He appeared in music videos for Good Charlotte's 2002 song "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous", the Foo Fighters' 1999 song "Learn to Fly", and I Prevail's 2017 song "Already Dead". In 2017, Gass won the FilmQuest award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Apartment 212. Gass has played small roles in many of Black's films including Year One, Kung Fu Panda, Shallow Hal, Saving Silverman and The Cable Guy. He also starred with Black in the movie Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. Gass appeared in Jacob's Ladder (1990), appeared as the "couch potato" in The Cable Guy (1996), and as an inept author of children's books in the comedy Elf (2003). He had a cameo role as a singing karaoke cowboy in Wild Hogs (2007). In 2008 he played the porn director in Extreme Movie, Walrus Boy in Wieners, the dirty trucker in the men's room in Sex Drive, and Decatur Doublewide in Lower Learning.
Music
Music
In Tenacious D, Gass plays lead guitar and sings backing vocals, and also plays the role of Black's comic foil in most of their comedy routines. While appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on November 15, 2006, Gass claimed to have been the youngest graduate of the Juilliard School of Music with a degree in classical guitar studies at the age of 13. Juilliard did not have a guitar program in 1973, but began its graduate level guitar program in 1989 under Sharon Isbin, and its undergraduate program in 2007. Earlier, in an article in the Sunday Times on October 29, 2006, Black stated that Gass was the youngest graduate of Juilliard. On May 13, 2008, Gass was a phone-in guest on the Adam Carolla Show. When Adam Carolla asked him "... And did you go to Juilliard?" Kyle replied "I didn't. I—you know, I made that up as a joke," he continued, "and I thought it would be hilarious, and then I've been hearing about it ever since. Apologies to Juilliard." In 2017, Gass performed the song "Penelope" for Amazon Music's "Love Me Not" compilation album. In 2021, Gass announced his first solo tour "Kyle Gass Must Save the World". However, it was later cancelled.
Controversy
Controversy
On July 16, 2024, Jack Black announced the cancellation of the ongoing Tenacious D Australian tour after Gass said, "Don't miss Trump next time," on stage two days earlier, referencing an at the time recent attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Gass made the comment after being presented with a birthday cake for his 64th birthday and was asked by Black to "make a wish". Two days later, Black said on social media that he was "blindsided" by Gass's comment, and that he would "never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form". Tenacious D canceled the remainder of their world tour, and Black said their "future creative plans are on hold". Gass apologized on social media, calling his comment "Highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake," that he did not condone violence "of any kind, in any form, against anyone," and described the shooting as a "tragedy". He was subsequently dropped by his longtime talent agent, Michael Greene. Gass deleted the apology two days later. At the premiere for the film Borderlands on August 6, Black said he and Gass remained friends and would return "when it feels right".
Other media
Other media
Gass starred in a web show, Guitarings, with John Konesky and currently hosts the Did We Do It podcast with Kevin Weisman. He has appeared as a contestant on the TV game show Sale of the Century.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1996 — Seinfeld — Smoker — Episode: "The Abstinence" • 1997–2000 — Tenacious D — KG — All • 1999 — Fear of a Punk Planet — Fire Marshal • 2000 — Manhattan, AZ — Merv — Episode: "Lt. Colonel's Boy" • 2001–2002 — Undeclared — Eugene — Episode: "Eric Visits Again" and "Eric's POV" • 2001 — Space Ghost Coast to Coast — Himself — Episode: "Sweet for Brak" • 2002–2003 — Fillmore! — Mr. Collingwood (voice) — 2 episodes • 2002, 2006 — Saturday Night Live — Himself — 2 episodes • 2003 — Friends — Lowell — Episode: "The One with the Mugging" • Player$ — Himself — Episode: "Tenacious D a la Mode" • 2004 — Cracking Up — Naked Man — Episode: "Panic House" • Tom Goes to the Mayor — Trapper Kyle — Episode: "Beat Traps" • 2005 — Living with Fran — Rocker Dude — Episode: "The Concerts" • 2006 — The Jake Effect — Ceissner — Recurring • 2007 — The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show — Himself — Episode: "Break Up" • 2011 — FCU: Fact Checkers Unit — Himself — Episode: "Excessive Gass " • 2012 — Femme Fatales — Willoughby Flagler — Episode: "Gun Twisted" • 2013 — 2 Broke Girls — Buzz — Episode: "And the Extra Work" • Ghost Ghirls — Hawk Olsen — Episode: "Spirits of '76: Part 1 & 2" • 2014 — The Birthday Boys — John Allison — Episode: "Freshy's" • 2015 — Drunk History — Fred Eaton — Episode: "Los Angeles" • 2018 — Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Dario Moretti — Episode: "Jake & Amy" • Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto — KG • 2018–2019 — Speechless — Carl — 2 episodes • 2022 — Hacks — Axel — Episode "The Click" • 2025 — West Valley — Dyle's Dad — Pilot "One Way Ticket To Mars"
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2009 — Brütal Legend — Kage the Kannonier — Also facial likeness
Music videos
Music videos
• Year — Video — Role — Label • 1999 — Learn to Fly (Foo Fighters) — Flight attendant — Roswell Records • 2001 — Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Good Charlotte) — Lawyer — Epic Records • 2017 — Already Dead (I Prevail) — Internet troll — Fearless Records
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Kyle Gass was recorded at birth as Kyle Richard Gass. He also worked under the names KG and Kage. The authorities additionally record the heading Kage. His recorded language was English. His recorded confession was atheism.
Identity
Identity
Kyle Gass is recorded as singer, singer-songwriter, actor, composer and screenwriter.
Life and career
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Life and career
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Kyle Gass Band Live at The Underworld Camden on 2015-05-01 (2015) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2015
Kyle Gass Band Live at The Underworld Camden on 2015-05-01 digitised by Internet Archive.
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Activity and practice
Kyle Gass is recorded as having studied at University of California, Los Angeles, Juilliard School and Las Lomas High School.

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Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1990 — Brain Dead — Anaesthetist • Jacob's Ladder — Tony • 1993 — Mike the Detective — Phil • 1995 — The Barefoot Executive — Joe • 1996 — Bio-Dome — KG • The Cable Guy — Couch Potato • 1997 — Bongwater — Guitarist • 1999 — Idle Hands — Burger Jungle Guy • Cradle Will Rock — Larry • 2000 — Almost Famous — Quince Allen • 2001 — Saving Silverman — Bar Dude • The Zeros — Reed / David • Evolution — Officer Drake • Shallow Hal — Artie • 2002 — The New Guy — Mr. Luberoff • 2003 — Elf — Eugene • 2006 — Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny — KG • 2007 — Wild Hogs — Lead Singer • Monkeys — Uncredited • 2008 — Kung Fu Panda — KG Shaw (voice) • Wieners — Walrus Boy • Dead and Gone — Reverend Grass • Lower Learning — Decatur Doublewide • Sex Drive — Trucker • Extreme Movie — Director • 2009 — Year One — Zaftig the Eunuch • 2010 — Barry Munday — Jerry Sherman • 2011 — High Road — Winter Weirdo • 2012 — Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta! — Lester • 2014 — Book of Fire — Sal • 2015 — Circus — Circus • 2017 — Gnaw (Apartment 212) — Terry • 2024 — Dear Santa — Liam's Science Teacher
Discography
with Tenacious D • Tenacious D (2001) • The Pick of Destiny (2006) • Rize of the Fenix (2012) • Post-Apocalypto (2018) with Trainwreck • The Wreckoning (2009) with Kyle Gass Band • Kyle Gass Band (2013) • Thundering Herd (2016)
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Kyle Gass
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q371403: Kyle Gass
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1116294206, The Kyle Gass Band.
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- “Kyle Gass”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Kyle Gass Movies and Shows - Apple TV. Apple TV.
- 2.Grammy Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List. Rolling Stone.
- 3.NNDB. Kyle Gass AKA Kyle Richard Gass.
- 4.Production History - The Actors' Gang. The Actors' Gang.
- 5.Eric. 7up Gold Commercial Featuring Kyle Gass From Tenacious D (1988). That Eric Alper. 2019-05-30.
- 6.FilmQuest 2017 Winners. imdb.com.
- 7.Variety. Kyle Gass – Actor, producer.
- 8.IMDb. Episode 15 November 2006 of Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
- 9.Rees, Jasper. Dude, where's my guitar?. The Sunday Times. August 29, 2006.
- 10.97.1 FreeFM. Podcast of interview with Kyle Gass. The Adam Carolla Show. December 2017.
- 11.Kyle Gass. Penelope.
- 12.LMNR. KYLE GASS MUST SAVE THE WORLD TOUR 2021. livemusicnewsandreview.com. 2021-08-19.
- 13.Jack Black axes tour over bandmate's Trump comment. BBC News. July 16, 2024.
- 14.Sharf, Zack. Jack Black Cancels Tenacious D Tour and 'All Future Creative Plans' After Kyle Gass' Remark on Trump Assassination Attempt: 'I Was Blindsided by What Was Said'. Variety. July 16, 2024.
- 15.Jack Black 'blindsided' by Kyle Gass' Trump shooting comment, ends Tenacious D tour. MSN.
- 16.Juneau, Jen. Jack Black Cancels Tenacious D Tour as Bandmate Kyle Gass Apologizes for 'Inappropriate' Trump Joke. People.
- 17.Weprin, Alex. Jack Black Cancels Tenacious D Tour After Being "Blindsided" By Partner Kyle Gass' Trump Comment. The Hollywood Reporter. July 16, 2024.
- 18.Zemler, Emily. Kyle Gass Deletes Donald Trump Apology Post Following Tenacious D Fallout. Rolling Stone. 2024-07-19.
- 19.Zee, Michaela. Jack Black says Tenacious D will 'be back' following tour cancellation due to Kyle Gass' Trump shooting remark: 'these things take time'. Variety. August 6, 2024.
- 20.Guitarings - YouTube. YouTube.
- 21.Kyle and Kevin "Did We Do It?". Bleav Podcast Network. 2021-01-15.
- 22.Kyle Gass. IMDb.
- 23.Rudden, Dave. Exclusive: Gass, Posehn, Agee in Brutal Legend!. GamePro. September 1, 2009.
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Kyle Gass studied at University of California, Los Angeles, Juilliard School, Las Lomas High School and Diablo Valley College.
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