Pot rarely helped anybody's comic timing." Stephen Holden of The New York Times suggested that the film could be viewed as a "jolly rock 'n' roll comedy", but he also described the progression of the film as being a "garish mess". In 2019, Black expressed his disappointment with the reception of the movie, saying that both he and Gass were "devastated" that nobody went to see it. Regardless, he remains proud of The Pick of Destiny to this day and also the fact it has reached cult status. Press The band featured on numerous shows to promote the film, including musical performances on Saturday Night Live, Spike Video Game Awards, The David Letterman Show, American Music Awards, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, as well as appearances on The Howard Stern Show, The British Comedy Awards and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Tour The band started a tour to support the film and soundtrack on November 11, 2006, with it finishing on February 21, 2007. The tour featured two legs in North America, one in Europe and one in Australia. Home video Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny was released by New Line Home Entertainment on February 27, 2007 on DVD. A version sold by retail chain Best Buy came with an extra disc with exclusive footage. Wal-Mart customers received a copy of the CD More Rocktastic Music from the Film bundled with the DVD, featuring excerpts of the score by Andrew Gross and John King, as well as songs from Gass' Trainwreck. The film was released on home video on July 26, 2008 in Japan, with a deluxe edition of the movie with a t-shirt. Home video releases have seen it bundled with Run, Fat Boy, Run and Dumb and Dumber in a three disc set for the United States and Canada whereas for the UK there was a three disc set with Fracture and The Alibi. The Australian re-release featured the movie with Be Kind Rewind in a two disc set as well as another set with the film being bundled with Grandma's Boy. Book A spin-off graphic novel book was released by Titan Books prior to the film's release, including high quality images through the set of the plot. Music The soundtrack, the band's second studio album, includes vocals by Ronnie James Dio and Meat Loaf. Dave Grohl plays drums on