Flight of the Conchords is a New Zealand comedy duo composed of musicians Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Beginning as a popular New Zealand live comedy act in the early 2000s, the duo's comedy and music became the basis of the self-titled BBC radio series and then the HBO American television series. The duo's live performances have gained them a worldwide cult following, and they continue to tour periodically. They were named Best Alternative Comedy Act at the 2005 US Comedy Arts Festival and Best Newcomer at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, and received a nomination for the Perrier Comedy Award at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe for their show at Edinburgh venue The Caves. More recently in 2018, they released the live HBO comedy special Live in London. The special was concurrently released by Sub Pop as their fifth album.
Origin | Wellington, New Zealand |
Genres | Comedy, alternative rock, acoustic, parody folk, hip hop |
Years active | 1998–present |
Labels | Sub Pop, Flight of the Conchords Music, BBC Audiobooks |
Associated acts | So You're a Man, The Black Seeds, The Humourbeasts, Rhys Darby, Kristen Schaal, Arj Barker, David O'Doherty, Taika Waititi |
Members | Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie |
Bandcamp artist ID | flightoftheconchords |
Über Flight of the Conchords
Musical comedy duo whose premise became the basis of a BBC radio series and then an American television series of the same name. At the 2005 US Comedy Arts Festival, they were named Best Alternative Comedy Act. They were also named Best Newcomer at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.
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As of 2014, they began to refer to themselves as "the almost award-winning fourth-most-popular folk duo in New Zealand" after previously claiming they were "New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo."
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Flight of the Conchords Category.. New Zealand comedy duos.. New Zealand comedy musical groups.. Comedy rock musical groups.. New Zealand rock music groups.. Comedy television characters.
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