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Jack Black Unhappy With Today's Rock Scene
Friday, 04 May 2012 Written by Elliott Batte
Jack Black Unhappy With Today's Rock Scene

Tenacious D star Jack Black has claimed that no rock band have shown true power and greatness since 90s grunge rockers Nirvana – apart from Jack White, The Black Keys and the Foo Fighters.

The actor and musician told Rolling Stone in an interview that he is unhappy at the lack of any proper rock bands in today music scene, and explained that he penned ‘Rock is Dead’, a track from the new Tenacious D album ‘Rize of the Fenix’, because of it.

He told the site: “When you think about rock at its origin, and you think of the Beatles and millions of kids screaming as loud as they can and running as fast as they can towards the Beatles, there's no one who is that kind of lightning rod, who commands that kind of power and has that kind of creative magma. I contend that the last band to really have that kind of power, I'm gonna say, was Nirvana. Who since Nirvana has been as big as Nirvana, in that way?”

He quickly added that he was a fan of some of today’s acts, such as the Foo Fighters, Jack White - and his ‘archnemesis’ The Black Keys: “Whatever he does is worth checking out - and his archnemesis, the Black Keys, are also tremendous. And The Foo Fighters. I loves me some Foos. But [rock music] does get thin after that.”

Tenacious D have a trio of London gigs lined-up this June, and will also play In Glasgow. If you’re a fan and need tickets, check the dates and details below.


Tenacious D UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:

Tue June 5th 2012 - O2 Academy Brixton, London
Wed June 6th 2012 - O2 Academy Brixton, London
Thu June 7th 2012 - Brixton Academy, London
Sun June 10th 2012 - Academy 2, Manchester
Tue June 12th 2012 - SECC, Glasgow

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