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{{short description|American musician (born 1960)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kyle Gass
| image = TenaciousDO2160623 (38 of 62) Kyle Gass.jpg
| caption = Gass performing in 2023
| image_size =
| birth_name = Kyle Richard Gass
| alias = {{flatlist|
* KG
* Kage
* Rage Kage}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|7|14}}
| birth_place = [[Walnut Creek, California]], U.S.
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* singer
* songwriter
* actor
}}
| years_active = 1988–present
| instrument = {{flatlist|
* Guitar
* vocals
}}
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Comedy rock]]
* [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
* [[hard rock]]
* [[acoustic rock]]}}
| label =
| current_member_of = {{flatlist|
* [[Tenacious D]]
* [[Trainwreck with Kyle Gass|Trainwreck]]
* [[Kyle Gass Band]]}}
| website = {{URL|kylegass.com}}
}}
'''Kyle Richard Gass''' (born July 14, 1960)<ref name="tv.apple.com">{{Cite web |title=Kyle Gass Movies and Shows - Apple TV |url=https://tv.apple.com/us/person/kyle-gass/umc.cpc.28928jvcjzfoofkoshd12pjnz |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=Apple TV |language=en-US}}</ref> is an American musician and actor, best known for being a member of [[Tenacious D]], a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-winning [[Comedy music|comedy band]].<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/grammy-awards-2015-the-complete-winners-list-20150208|title=Grammy Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 8, 2015}}</ref> He is also a member of [[Trainwreck with Kyle Gass|Trainwreck]] and the [[Kyle Gass Band]].<ref name="NNDB">{{cite web|title=Kyle Gass AKA Kyle Richard Gass|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/791/000025716/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402143046/http://www.nndb.com/people/791/000025716/|archive-date=April 2, 2016|access-date=June 5, 2016|publisher=[[NNDB]]}}</ref>
==Early life==
[[File:Kyle Gass Band (ZMF 2017) jm34114.jpg|thumb|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, and he has two brothers.<ref name=NNDB /> At 8 years old, he learned to play guitar and flute. Then at 8, he was working on his first television appearance: an ad for [[7 Up|7UP]].<ref name="tv.apple.com"/> He attended [[Las Lomas High School]], where he played flute in the marching band and graduated in 1978.<ref name=NNDB /> He studied acting at [[UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television]], where he met [[Tim Robbins]].<ref name="tv.apple.com"/> In 1982, he joined Robbins' [[The Actors' Gang]] and in the early 1990s met and befriended [[Jack Black]] in the group.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theactorsgang.com/production-history/|title=Production History - The Actors' Gang|work=The Actors' Gang|access-date=2018-11-25|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Career==
===Acting===
Gass first appeared on-screen in a 1988 [[7-Up|7up]] Gold commercial, and made his film debut two years later in ''[[Brain Dead (1990 film)|Brain Dead]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eric|date=2019-05-30|title=7up Gold Commercial Featuring Kyle Gass From Tenacious D (1988)|url=https://www.thatericalper.com/2019/05/30/7up-gold-commercial-featuring-kyle-gass-from-tenacious-d-1988/|access-date=2021-12-19|website=That Eric Alper|language=en-US}}</ref>
He made a cameo appearance in the film ''[[Bio-Dome]]'' alongside Jack Black, in the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "[[The Abstinence]]" in 1996, in a 1999 episode of the television show ''Fear of a Punk Planet'',{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} and in a 2003 episode of ''[[Friends]], ''"[[The One with the Mugging|The One With The Mugging]]" (S9 E15), as Phoebe's street friend Lowell.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} He appeared in music videos for [[Good Charlotte]]'s 2002 song [[Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Good Charlotte song)|"Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"]], the [[Foo Fighters]]' 1999 song "[[Learn to Fly]]", and [[I Prevail]]'s 2017 song "Already Dead".{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} In 2017, Gass won the Filmquest award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Apartment 212.<ref>{{cite web|title=Filmquest 2017 Winners|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0002850/2017/1|website=imdb.com}}</ref>
Gass has played small roles in many of Jack Black's films (''[[Year One (film)|Year One]]'', ''[[Kung Fu Panda (film)|Kung Fu Panda]]'', ''[[Shallow Hal]]'', ''[[Saving Silverman]]'', ''[[The Cable Guy]]'', etc.). He starred with Jack Black in the movie ''[[Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny]]''.
Gass appeared in ''[[Jacob's Ladder (1990 film)|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 (film)|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 (film)|Wieners]]'', the dirty trucker in the men's room in ''[[Sex Drive (film)|Sex Drive]]'', and Decatur Doublewide in ''[[Lower Learning]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/50971/Kyle+Gass.html?dataSet=1&query=kyle+gass |title=Kyle Gass – Actor, producer|publisher=Variety |access-date=2009-03-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012134456/http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/50971/Kyle%2BGass.html?dataSet=1 |archive-date=October 12, 2008 }}</ref>
===Music===
{{Further|Tenacious D|Kyle Gass Band|Trainwreck with Kyle Gass}}
In Tenacious D, Gass plays lead guitar and sings backing vocals, and also plays the role of Black's comic [[foil (literature)|foil]] in most of their comedy routines.
While appearing on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' on November 15, 2006,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://imdb.com/title/tt0904695/|publisher=The Internet Movie Database|title=Episode 15 November 2006 of ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''|access-date=2007-03-24}}</ref> Gass claimed to have been the youngest graduate of the [[Juilliard School of Music]] with a [[academic degree|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 ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|Sunday Times]]'' on October 29, 2006, Black stated that Gass was the youngest graduate of Juilliard.<ref>{{cite news | first= Jasper |last= Rees | title=Dude, where's my guitar? | work=The Sunday Times | url= https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/dude-wheres-my-guitar-09bfd83nzhm | date=August 29, 2006 | access-date=February 29, 2020 | ___location=London}}</ref> On May 13, 2008, Gass was a phone-in guest on the ''[[The Adam Carolla Show (terrestrial radio)|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."<ref>{{cite web | publisher=97.1 FreeFM | title=Podcast of interview with Kyle Gass | work=The Adam Carolla Show | url=http://www.971freefm.com/episode_download.php?contentType=36&contentId=2166183 | date=May 13, 2008 | access-date=2008-05-14 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 2017, Gass performed the song "Penelope" for [[Amazon Music]]'s "Love Me Not" compilation album.<ref>{{Citation|last=Kyle Gass|title=Penelope|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Penelope/dp/B01MR7JHOT|access-date=2020-12-24}}</ref>
In 2021, Gass announced his first solo tour "Kyle Gass Must Save the World," however it was later cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web|last=LMNR|date=2021-08-19|title=KYLE GASS MUST SAVE THE WORLD TOUR 2021 {{!}} Live Music News & Review|url=https://livemusicnewsandreview.com/2021/08/kyle-gass-must-save-the-world-tour-2021/|access-date=2021-12-12|website=livemusicnewsandreview.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
=== 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 the [[attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania]]. Gass made the comment after being presented with a birthday cake for his 64th birthday and was asked by Black to "make a wish".<ref>{{cite web |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Jack Black axes tour over bandmate's Trump comment |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0dmx4p4m0lo |accessdate=16 July 2024 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> This also put all future creative plans for the band on hold.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=July 16, 2024 |title=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' |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/jack-black-cancels-tenacious-d-tour-trump-assassination-kyle-gass-1236073486/ |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jack Black 'blindsided' by Kyle Gass' Trump shooting comment, ends Tenacious D tour |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jack-black-blindsided-by-kyle-gass-trump-shooting-comment-ends-tenacious-d-tour/ar-BB1q4Mj0?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=f9dac58fac9f40dc831084a64a62791f&ei=24 |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=[[MSN]]}}</ref> Gass apologized on social media, calling his comment, "Highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake," and that he did not condone violence "of any kind, in any form, against anyone," and described the shooting as a "tragedy."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Juneau |first=Jen |title=Jack Black Cancels Tenacious D Tour as Bandmate Kyle Gass Apologizes for 'Inappropriate' Trump Joke |url=https://people.com/jack-black-cancels-tenacious-d-tour-kyle-gass-apologizes-for-trump-shooting-joke-8678504 |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |language=en}}</ref> He was subsequently dropped by his longtime talent agent, Michael Greene.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=July 16, 2024 |title=Jack Black Cancels Tenacious D Tour After Being "Blindsided" By Partner Kyle Gass' Trump Comment |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/jack-black-cancels-tenacious-d-world-tour-kyle-gass-trump-comment-1235949644/ |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Gass deleted the apology two days later.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=2024-07-19 |title=Kyle Gass Deletes Donald Trump Apology Post Following Tenacious D Fallout |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kyle-gass-donald-trump-tenacious-d-apology-deleted-1235063826/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Other media ===
Gass starred in a web show, ''Guitarings'', with [[John Konesky]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/user/Guitarings | title=Guitarings - YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> and currently hosts the ''Did We Do It'' podcast with [[Kevin Weisman]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-15|title=Kyle and Kevin "Did We Do It?"|url=https://bleav.com/podcast-show/kyle-and-kevin-did-we-do-it/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Bleav Podcast Network|language=en-US}}</ref>
He has appeared as a contestant on the TV game show ''Sale of the Century''.
==Discography==
{{For|his work with Tenacious D|Tenacious D discography}}
'''with Tenacious D'''
*''[[Tenacious D (album)|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)
==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title<ref name="Kyle Gass">{{Cite web|title=Kyle Gass|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309307/|access-date=2021-12-19|website=IMDb}}</ref>
! Role
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''[[Brain Dead (1990 film)|Brain Dead]]''
| Anaesthetist
|
|-
| ''[[Jacob's Ladder (1990 film)|Jacob's Ladder]]''
| Tony
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Mike the Detective''
| Phil
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The Barefoot Executive]]''
| Joe
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''[[Bio-Dome]]''
| KG
|
|-
| ''[[The Cable Guy]]''
| Couch Potato
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Bongwater (film)|Bongwater]]''
| Guitarist
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| ''[[Idle Hands]]''
| Burger Jungle Guy
|
|-
| ''[[Cradle Will Rock]]''
| Larry
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Almost Famous]]''
| Quince Allen
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2001
| ''[[Saving Silverman]]''
| Bar Dude
|
|-
| ''The Zeros''
| Reed / David
|
|-
| ''[[Evolution (2001 film)|Evolution]]''
| Officer Drake
|
|-
| ''[[Shallow Hal]]''
| Artie
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The New Guy]]''
| Mr. Luberoff
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Elf (film)|Elf]]''
| Eugene
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny]]''
| KG
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''[[Wild Hogs]]''
| Lead Singer
|
|-
| ''Monkeys''
| Uncredited
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2008
| ''[[Kung Fu Panda (film)|Kung Fu Panda]]''
| KG Shaw (voice)
|
|-
| ''[[Wieners (film)|Wieners]]''
| Walrus Boy
|
|-
| ''[[Dead and Gone]]''
| Reverend Grass
|
|-
| ''[[Lower Learning]]''
| Decatur Doublewide
|
|-
| ''[[Sex Drive (film)|Sex Drive]]''
| Trucker
|
|-
| ''[[Extreme Movie]]''
| Director
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Year One (film)|Year One]]''
| Zaftig the Eunuch
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Barry Munday]]''
| Jerry Sherman
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[High Road (film)|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 (2024 film)|Dear Santa]]''
| Liam's Science Teacher
|
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title<ref name="Kyle Gass"/>
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
| Smoker
| Episode: "The Abstinence"
|-
| 1997–2000
| ''[[Tenacious D (TV series)|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
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| ''[[Friends]]''
| Lowell
| Episode: "The One with the Mugging"
|-
| ''[[Player$]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Tenacious D a la Mode"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| ''[[Cracking Up (TV series)|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 (TV series)|Femme Fatales]]''
| Willoughby Flagler
| Episode: "Gun Twisted"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 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 (TV series)|The Birthday Boys]]''
| John Allison
| Episode: "Freshy's"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Drunk History]]''
| [[Fred Eaton]]
| Episode: "Los Angeles"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]''
| Dario Moretti
| Episode: "Jake & Amy"
|-
|''[[Tenacious D in Post-Apocalypto]]''
| KG
|
|-
| 2018–2019
|''[[Speechless (TV series)|Speechless]]''
| Carl
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2022
|''[[Hacks (TV series)|Hacks]]''
| Axel
| Episode "The Click"
|}
===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Brütal Legend]]''
| Kage the Kannonier
| Also facial likeness<ref>{{cite magazine| url = http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/211867/exclusive-gass-posehn-agee-in-brutal-legend/ | title = Exclusive: Gass, Posehn, Agee in Brutal Legend! | magazine = [[GamePro]] | date = September 1, 2009 | access-date = September 1, 2009 | first = Dave | last= Rudden |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102045842/http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/211867/exclusive-gass-posehn-agee-in-brutal-legend/|archive-date=November 2, 2009}}</ref>
|}
===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! 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]]
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category}}
*{{IMDb name|id=0309307|name=Kyle Gass}}
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000614009}}
{{Tenacious D}}
{{Trainwreck}}
{{Authority control}}
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