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Kyle Richard Gass is an American singer, singer-songwriter, actor, and composer. Born in Walnut Creek, California, in 1960, he is a member of the group Tenacious D and the show Trainwreck with Kyle Gass. His musical work spans comedy rock, hard rock, and pop rock, and he has performed on guitar, recorder, and voice. He has been active since 1988 and has released music through Epic Records and Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc.
Gass was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Juilliard School, Diablo Valley College, and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He speaks and writes in English and identifies as an atheist. He is also known by the pseudonyms KG and Kage.
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Film & TV
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
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1960
Member of
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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
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kyle
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Walnut Creek
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Genre
- hard rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc.
- Official website
- kylegass.com
- Image
- 2023 Rock im Park - Tenacious D - Kyle Gass - by 2eight - ZSC1816.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1960-07-14
- Commons category
- Kyle Gass
- ethnic group
- Germans
- birth name
- Kyle Richard Gass
- name in native language
- Kyle Richard Gass
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- pseudonym
- Kage
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life
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