Tenacious D was formed in 1942.
Ben & Jason were a singer-songwriter duo from London consisting of Ben Parker and Jason Hazeley .. London. London. Formed in 1998 , they released three albums on Go !. Beat / Universal  : Hello , Emoticons and Ten Songs About You .. Universal. Universal Records. When they were dropped from their major label deal , the band released their final album , Goodbye , on the independent label Setanta .. Setanta. Setanta Records. As songwriters-for-hire , they collaborated with Mundy and Martine McCutcheon .. Mundy. Mundy. Martine McCutcheon. Martine McCutcheon. Their biggest hit was Air Guitar , which reached # 76 in the UK charts .. Better known is their collaboration with Kinobe , Slip Into Something ... -LRB- from the album Soundphiles -RRB- .. Kinobe. Kinobe. The pair went their separate ways in December 2003 after disappointing results but excellent reviews from the penultimate album `` Ten Songs About You '' , and in particular the single `` The Wild Things '' .. Ben Parker went on to form the band Lux Luther with bass player Ollie Russian , drummer Ben Carpenter -LRB- now of the Creepy Morons -RRB- and guitarist Gavin Slater -LRB- now of Ghosts -RRB- in 2004 .. Lux Luther. Lux Luther. Creepy Morons. Creepy Morons. Ghosts. Ghosts ( band ). After varying success on the London gig circuit the band split in May 2006 when Parker decided to go solo .. London. London. Ben appeared on the 2004 CD Scissors In My Pocket by Polly Paulusma in 2004 , toured the UK with David Berkeley in 2007 and has also collaborated with Sophie Solomon on her second solo studio album .. Polly Paulusma. Polly Paulusma. David Berkeley. David Berkeley. Sophie Solomon. Sophie Solomon. More recently Ben has composed the music for BBC3 sitcom How Not to Live Your Life and worked on the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy as music tutor , arranger & producer .. How Not to Live Your Life. How Not to Live Your Life. John Lennon. John Lennon. Nowhere Boy. Nowhere Boy. He now has a new band , The Chain -LRB- formerly Braxton Hix -RRB- , formed in 2009 with singer Kate Aumonier and produces and writes for new artists such as Pearl & The Puppets and Dutch singer Waylon .. The Chain. The Chain. Kate Aumonier. Kate Aumonier. Pearl & The Puppets. Pearl & The Puppets. Jason Hazeley now writes comedy , and is one of the authors of The Framley Examiner , Bollocks To Alton Towers , Far From The Sodding Crowd and Viz .. The Framley Examiner. The Framley Examiner. Bollocks To Alton Towers. Bollocks to Alton Towers. Viz. Viz ( comic )