Kyle Gass
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1960-07-14
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Post-Apocalypto
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Walnut Creek, California, USA
Kyle Richard Gass is an American musician, singer, and actor. He is best known for being a founding member of the Grammy-winning comedy band Tenacious D. He is also a member of Trainwreck and the Kyle Gass Band. Gass is known for sharing writing credit on the band's parodies of rock tropes. He also serves as the serene onstage counterweight to Black's operatically manic vocals. Gass attended…
Known for
- The Sound — Bill2025
- Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks Vol. 3 — Self2025
- Tenacious D Live at the O2 — Vocals / Guitar / Max-a-boom2025
- Dear Santa — Science Teacher2024
- Tenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour — KG2023
- Tenacious D: Rock Am Ring 2023 — Self2023
- Tenacious D Live Rock am Ring — Self2023
- Tenacious D: Live at the Mann Center — Self2022
- Hacks — Axel2021
- Tenacious D: Rock In Rio 20192019
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 726
- Total plays
- 2,056
Kyle Richard Gass (born July 14, 1960) is an American actor and a member of the bands Tenacious D (along with Jack Black) and Trainwreck. In Tenacious D, Gass plays lead guitar and sings backup vocals, and also plays the role of Black's comic foil in most of their comedy routines. His nicknames include K.G., Kage, Rage, and Rage Kage, he is also known as the other half of Tenacious D. Gass was born and raised in Walnut Creek, California, where his father turned him on to Steve Hrobuchak, an old
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,698x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
- The Chemistry and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks
· 2013 · cited 15,600x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy
· 2013 · cited 13,034x
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Key facts
- Also known as
- KG Kage Rage Kage
- Born
- Kyle Richard Gass , ( 1960-07-14 ) July 14, 1960 (age 65) , Walnut Creek, California , U.S.
- Genres
- Comedy rock heavy metal hard rock acoustic rock
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter actor comedian
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals
- Years active
- 1988–present
- Member of
- Tenacious D Trainwreck Kyle Gass Band
- Website
- kylegass .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 14 July 1960
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kyle
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Walnut Creek
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
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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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