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Since becoming a cultural icon with the hit 2003 movie School of Rock, Jack Black<\/a> has been inextricable from the eponymous genre. Yet, even before then, thanks to his role as the vocalist of Tenacious D and his performance as the sneering record store hipster Barry in High Fidelity, he and the world of rock have been closely intertwined.<\/p>\n Regardless of the fictional parameters of his characters in High Fidelity and School of Rock, they have a tangible nature thanks to Black\u2019s real-life position as a lover of good music. Outside of his work as an actor and running concurrently with his celebrated efforts in Tenacious D, he has continued to effuse about a host of different musicians. <\/p>\n Showing just how far his understanding of great music goes, he once recalled witnessing Nirvana live<\/a>. After praising the world-changing efforts of Kurt Cobain and his band, Black outlined the role an audience has in making a show a memorable experience. He commented: \u201cEver since then, I know that it\u2019s the crowd that\u2019s just as important as the band in making a show incredible, \u2018coz as good as Nirvana was, if they were in front of a bunch of stiffs, that show wouldn\u2019t have been so great. It takes two to tango.\u201d<\/p>\n This is just one of many accounts Jack Black has provided that confirm the extent of his taste in good music. When discussing Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center, Balck said: \u201cLed Zeppelin\u2026the greatest rock and roll band of all time. Better than the Beatles, better than The Stones. And if you don\u2019t agree with me, that\u2019s because you haven\u2019t done the Zeppelin marathon. It\u2019s when you sit your ass down and listen to all nine Zeppelin albums in a row. The jams of Led Zeppelin are second to none\u201d. However, while he may think they are the greatest rock and roll band ever, there was one record that turned his attention toward another icon of music. <\/p>\n When speaking to\u00a0Entertainment\u00a0in 2000, he offered one of his most enlightening by\u00a0listing his favourite albums<\/a>\u00a0of all time, a list that included titles by everyone from Liz Phair to Black Sabbath. However, the most eye-catching reading he gave in the collection concerned\u00a0The Bends, the 1995 sophomore album by Radiohead. It saw them break off from their mostly forgettable alternative rock blueprint of\u00a0Pablo Honey\u00a0and move into a much more distinctive area.<\/p>\n In an informed account, Black summarised how most people thought when the record arrived \u2013 that they just didn\u2019t get it. However, it wasn\u2019t long before Black, like the rest of the world, realised the brilliance of Thom Yorke and the quintet. He even called them \u201cthe best band in the history of rock!\u201d<\/p>\n