Comedy rock
Rock music that is comedic
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| April 15 2025 | Gwar released the single and video for 'Lot Lizard', announcing the upcoming 'The Return Of Gor Gor' EP and accompanying 32-page comic book, set for release on July 25, 2025. |
| 2025 | Planned release of fourth cover album Under the Covers, Vol. IV. |
| February 2025 | Tenacious D contributed a cover of REO Speedwagon's 'Keep On Loving You' to a compilation album called Good Music To Lift Los Angeles. |
| 2024 | Austrian Death Machine releases their album 'Quad Brutal' under Napalm Records, continuing their metalcore project inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 2024 | Tenacious D won Special Recognition - Concept Song award at the Hollywood Independent Music Awards for their song 'Video Games' |
| 2024 | Released the single 'Murder Train'. |
| October 2024 | Hasselhoff posts an Instagram video implying the Bloodhound Gang would return. |
| August 6 2024 | At the Borderlands film premiere, Jack Black indicated that he and Kyle Gass remained friends and would return to performing 'when it feels right'. |
| July 2024 | Cancelled their world tour and put work on hold after Gass made a controversial on-stage joke about the Donald Trump assassination attempt. |
| July 16 2024 | Jack Black publicly distanced himself from Kyle Gass' controversial comment, stating he did not condone hate speech or political violence. |
| July 14 2024 | During a performance at the ICC Sydney Theater, the band celebrated Kyle Gass' 64th birthday, which was marred by Gass' controversial comment about Donald Trump. |
| June 2024 | The band announced the 'Rock D Vote' tour, planning to perform in five swing states ahead of the 2024 United States elections. |
| May 28 2024 | The band announced a digital concert experience for their 15 Year Anniversary, with tickets exclusively for Patreon subscribers and additional options for a Q&A session and signed album merchandise. |
| April 2024 | Dethklok headlined the 'Mutilation on a Spring Night' tour from early April to early May in the United States, with support from DragonForce and Nekrogoblikon. |
| March 2024 | Began filming for Spinal Tap II in New Orleans, with the principal cast and director reuniting for the sequel planned for release in 2025. |
| March 8 2024 | The studio album 'These Nuts' was officially released. |
| February 2024 | Tenacious D announced their first tour of Australia and New Zealand in eleven years, scheduled for July 2024. |
| January 26 2024 | Ninja Sex Party released the music video for 'Galaxy Hamster'. |
| 2023 | Dethklok released their fourth studio album 'Dethalbum IV', marking their return after a significant hiatus. |
| 2023 | Released single 'Aortic Desecration', their most recent musical release to date. |
| 2023 | The Bloodhound Gang reunites with their 2015 lineup: Jimmy Pop, Evil Jared Hasselhoff, DJ Q-Ball, The Yin, and Daniel P. Carter. |
| 2023 | The band released a holiday-themed EP 'Freetoe Feet Presents: A Green Jellÿ Xmas Soundtrack', showing their continued musical activity. |
| 2023 | Released the single 'Eat Santa's Ham'. |
| 2023 | Dan Finnerty played Levi Whitaker in 'Atrabilious' and had a role in 'Family Switch' which was in post-production |
| December 5 2023 | Revealed fourth album 'Quad Brutal' set to be released on February 23, 2024, and released second single 'Don't Be Lazy'. |
| November 21 2023 | Balsac the Jaws of Death announced he was co-writing a Gwar movie entitled Gwar Must Die. |
| October 23 2023 | The band released the music video for 'Let's Save The Earth'. |
| October 17 2023 | Released new single 'No Pain No Gain' and announced plans for a new album in 2024. |
| August 2023 | Released their fourth album Dethalbum IV and the soundtrack to Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar. Began a USA tour from August to October, co-headlining with Babymetal and supported by Jason Richardson. |
| July 2023 | Gwar performed on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert, dedicating their final song to Oderus Urungus. |
| July 2023 | Pop says he is still working on making Bloodhound Gang music. |
| June 9 2023 | The Dead Milkmen released the LP Quaker City Quiet Pills. |
| May 11 2023 | The band premiered their music video for 'Video Games' online, directed by Adam Paloian, marking their first music video since 2012. |
| May 6 2023 | Tenacious D began the Spicy Meatball Tour by debuting their new song 'Video Games' at Shaky Knees Music Festival. |
| February 17 2023 | Ninja Sex Party announced the album title 'These Nuts' and released the music video for 'I Own A Car'. |
| January 2023 | Announced their first U.S. tour in 27 years, featuring support from Fozzy and Pistols at Dawn. |
| 2022 | Dethklok played at the Adult Swim Festival. |
| 2022 | Ric Parnell dies. |
| 2022 | Dan Finnerty appeared in two films: 'Forty Winks' as Vernon Whitaker and 'Hocus Pocus 2' as Lucas |
| 2022 | Dan Finnerty appeared as himself in one episode of 'That's My Jam' |
| October 21 2022 | Released their studio album 'Rad Wings of Destiny', their first in seven years. |
| October 18 2022 | Michael McKean shared a previously unseen deleted scene from the original Spinal Tap movie on his Twitter account. |
| May 2022 | Announced a sequel film, Spinal Tap II, planned for release in 2025 by Castle Rock Entertainment. |
| March 2022 | Extended their tour into the fall, expanding on the initial summer tour plans. |
| 2021 | Released live album The Very, Very, Very, Very Classy Acoustic Album and rerecording album Level Up. |
| 2021 | Zac Morris joined the band as the new drummer and percussionist. |
| 2021 | Shannon Larkin leaves the band again |
| 2021 | Dan Finnerty played Kevin the Snow Plow Guy in 'Single All the Way' |
| December 7 2021 | Announced a Summer 2022 United States tour, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album. |
| October 22 2021 | The album Level Up was released, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Comedy Albums chart. |
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