Gass: I think I’m going to go live in a log cabin and write my memoirs. I’d also like to go to a spa, like a fat spa, for six months and come out completely reinvented as a slender man.

Black: I’m going to spend some quality time with the familia and I love that I don’t have anything planned. I’m trying to keep it that way so I can have a break. I might take the year off.

AP: What was the best part about working on this film?

Black: I have to say I’ve enjoyed every step of the process. I enjoyed coming up with the concept, writing the music, writing the script, performing the thing. It’s kind of like asking what’s your favorite part when you climbed Mt. Everest. You could say the shoes were really good that I had and my Sherpa was a nice guy. In the end, maybe it is just getting to the top of the mountain, where we are right now, and looking down and saying we climbed that [stuff]. That was not so easy, was it? And it was good.

AP: What is the appeal of Tenacious D?

Gass: A lot of people have weight problems and they still want to rock. I think they identify with us.

AP: What is the band’s appeal for you?

Black: I love to rock. I love the roar of the crowd. But to tell you the truth, I get scared before we go out and do the D. I get scared. And it’s akin to the adrenaline before a battle, I imagine. I’ve never gone into battle, but I imagine it’s like going into battle. It’s a roaring crowd, and they may be roaring your approval, but it’s still a scary, roaring crowd. They can turn on you, conceivably. It’s still a beast that you must ride. And once it’s been ridden, in the midst of the ride, it feels fantastic.

AP: How does this compare to your other Hollywood projects?

Black: This is my baby, so it doesn’t really compare to any of the other ones. This one, I was one of the puppeteers, not just a flesh puppet.

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