The Complete Master Works | ||||
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Released | November 4, 2003 | |||
Length | 3:26:00 | |||
Label | Sony Music | |||
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![]() The back cover showing the pick. |
The Complete Master Works is a two-DVD set by Tenacious D, documenting their gig at the Brixton Academy on November 3, 2002. The DVD also contains the band's TV series, a collection of short films, two documentaries on the band, music videos, and live TV appearances. The video was a major success, going 6× platinum in the US and 2× platinum in Australia in the Video Longform category. The disc's cover features band members Jack Black and Kyle Gass in Baroque era costume, replete with powdered wigs, a violin and harpsichord.
This release was followed by two sequels, The Complete Master Works 2 (2008) and The Complete Master Works 3 (2025).
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Jack Black and Kyle Gass, except where noted.
Episodes from the HBO TV series Tenacious D .
In order to promote the discs, Black and Gass staged a press conference at the Millennium hotel to announce a hunger strike. [1] The band intended to fast in a glass cage suspended above Times Square for 45 days, but in the end retired after 23 minutes.
In addition to this, prior to the DVD coming out, Tenacious D released Selections From The Double DVD The Complete Master Works Promo, which was sold in certain stores. [2]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [3] | 2× Platinum | 30,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [4] | Platinum | 50,000* |
United States (RIAA) [5] | 6× Platinum | 600,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
In the second disc of the set, highlighting the "In The Studio" menu entry and pressing the LEFT arrow key on the remote control highlights a cactus. Pressing ENTER gives access to a TV commercial for The Osbournes .
Highlighting the menu entry called "TV Appearances" and pressing the RIGHT arrow key on the remote control highlights another cactus. It will give access to an alternate TV commercial for The Osbournes.
Highlighting the "Music Videos" menu entry and pressing the LEFT arrow key on the remote control, a skull will light up. Pressing ENTER will access a commercial for the Tenacious D album.
On the back of the DVD, a green guitar pick labeled "The Pick" can be seen, which holds a strong resemblance to the Pick of Destiny, the main prop in Tenacious D's feature film. Kyle Gass mentioned on the Guitarings Facebook page when asked that it was included at the time when the film was in prior production to being filmed. The concept had been thought of earlier in the year.
David Cross, who wrote the Tenacious D TV episodes, appears as a comic dressed as a nun in "Angel in Disguise".[ citation needed ]
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