The Complete Masterworks

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Name = The Complete Masterworks
Type = video
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Artist = Tenacious D


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Released = November 4, 2003
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Length = 3:26:00
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Label = Sony Music
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Reviews = *Allmusic (4.5/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2fq3g4aztvjz link]
*Ultimate Guitar rating-10|9 [http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/dvd/tenacious_d/the_complete_master_works/index.html link]
*Uncut [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/tenacious_d/reviews/7056 link] Rating|4|5
*Entertainment Weekly [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,538151,00.html link] (A-)
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Upper caption = Back cover
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Lower caption = The back cover showing the pick.
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This album = "The Complete Masterworks"
(2003)
Next album = ""
(2008)

"The Complete Masterworks" 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 short lived HBO TV series, a collection of short films, two documentaries on the band, music videos, and live TV appearances.

Features

Disc one: "For Fans"

Concert: Live at Brixton Academy

All songs were written by Jack Black and Kyle Gass, except where noted.

#"Program Start"
#"Flash" (Brian May)
#"Wonderboy"
#"Explosivo"
#"Medley"
#*"Mr. Brownstone" (Izzy Stradlin, Slash)
#*"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (Donald Roeser)
#*"Paranoid Android" (Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood, Phil Selway)
#*"Crazy Train" (Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley)
#"Karate"
#"Kyle Quit the Band"
#"Friendship"
#"Kielbasa"
#"Dio"
#"The Road"
#"The Cosmic Shame"
#"FHG"
#"Tribute"
#"Rock Your Socks"
#"Double Team"

=HBO episodes=

#"Search for Inspirado"
#"Angel in Disguise"
#"Death of a Dream"
#"The Greatest Song in the World"
#"The Fan"
#"Road Gig"

Disc 2: "For Psycho Fans"

HBO short films

*"JB's BJ"
*"Rock Star Sperm for Sale"
*"Butt Baby"

Tenacious D documentaries

*"Tenacious D in the Studio"
*"Tenacious D on the Road Documentary"

Television appearances

*"MADtv"
*"Crank Yankers"
*"Late Night With Conan O'Brien"

Music videos

*"Tribute"
*"Making of Tribute"
*"Wonderboy"
*"Making of Wonderboy"
*"FHG"

Easter Eggs

thumb|Jack Black's original artwork under the pseudonym of Jackalous McBlackelby [">cite DVD-notes
title = The Complete Masterworks | titlelink= Tenacious D - The Complete Masterworks | titleyear = 2003 | director = Liam Lynch | format = Liner notes | publisher = Epic Records | location = | publisherid = (#56972) | year = 2003] Insert the second disc of the DVD set and from the Main Menu highlight the 'In The Studio' menu entry. Now press the LEFT arrow key on your remote control to highlight a cactus. Pressing ENTER gives you access to a TV commercial for "The Osbournes"

Now highlight the menu entry called 'TV Appearances' and press the 'Right' arrow key on your remote control to highlight another cactus. It will give you access to an alternate TV commercial for "The Osbournes"

Now, go down to the 'Music Videos' menu entry and press the LEFT arrow key and a skull will light up. Hit ENTER and you will see a commercial for the "Tenacious D" album.

Promotion

In order to promote the discs, Black and Gass staged a press conference at the Millennium hotel to announce a hunger strike.cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Tenacious D: We'll starve for rock | date=2003-11-04 | publisher= | url =http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/04/music.tenacious.reut/ | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-13 | language = ] The band intended to fast in a glass cage suspended above Times Square for 45 days, but in the end retired before 45 minutes.cite news | first=Jon | last=Wiederhorn | coauthors= | title=Tenacious D Hunger Strike Proves They're Just Hungry For Attention | date=2003-11-03 | publisher= | url =http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480150/20031103/tenacious_d.jhtml | work =MTV | pages = | accessdate = 2008-06-30 | language = ]

Trivia

*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
*David Cross, who wrote the Tenacious D TV episodes, appears as a comic dressed as a Nun in "Angel in Disguise".cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388462/combined|title=Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks (2003) (V)|accessdate=January 23|accessyear=2007]

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0388462|title=The Complete Masterworks