It features the fictional accounts of the real-life comedy rock duo of the same name, which is composed of members Jack Black and Kyle Gass.

The show included many songs that would later be re-recorded for the band's studio albums Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny.

Their music is heavy on power chords and lyrics about sex, Satan, and why they are "the greatest band on Earth".

[8] According to Gass, HBO offered Tenacious D a deal to make ten episodes, but in doing so, they would have to relinquish their role as executive producers.

[9] After a successful gig at the open-mic night, host Paul F. Tompkins asks Tenacious D to perform a new song.

The band almost gives up on their dream, but as they prepare to burn their guitars in a campfire near a forest, they encounter the Sasquatch, (played by John C.

[11] The Sasquatch attempts to join Tenacious D as a drummer and is rebuffed, but the band writes and performs a song about him, which he witnesses in disguise.

The band, plus Lee, then sing a song about their friendship, titled "Special Things", at open mic night.

This convinces the health department to pack up their equipment and leave, and after the cult leader gives the band a jug of wiper fluid, they make it to the road gig, where they perform the song "Jesus Ranch".