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Paul Brannigan

"We’re gonna come back – it’s gonna be bigger than Oasis." Kyle Gass reflects on the "highly inappropriate, dangerous" joke that forced Tenacious D to go on hiatus, and reveals his horror over the "tsunami of s**t" that followed

Tenacious D.

Tenacious D's Kyle Gass says that his ill-timed joke about the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump in July 2024 brought a "tsunami of shit" upon the band, but vows that he and Jack Black will be back.

In an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone, Gass admits that cracking the joke was a "terrible judgment" on his part, and reveals that he felt "panic" as the backlash against the band spiralled wildly, and his musical partner publicly distanced himself from the scandal.

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