Flight of the Conchords

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The Flight of the Conchords
Background information
Origin	New Zealand
Years active	2002-present
Members
Bret McKenzie Jemaine Clement

The Flight of the Conchords are a folk/pop/comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie of The Black Seeds and Figwit fame and Jemaine Clement of The Humourbeasts. Billing themselves as "New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo a cappella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo", the group depends upon a combination of witty banter and acoustic guitars to work the audience.

The band has released one record, Folk The World Tour - Live Album.

In 2002 they performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time. Returning in 2003 with a new show, they were nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award. They also performed there in 2004.

In 2005, BBC Radio 2 broadcast their first radio series. Largely improvised, it features Rob Brydon as their narrator, Rhys Darby as their manager and Jimmy Carr as a devoted fan called Kipper. Also in 2005, HBO gave the group a special on their Friday night half-hour stand-up comedy series One Night Stand.

Jemaine Clement has appeared in 2006 television commercials for Outback Steakhouse in the U.S. This advertising campaign was launched during Super Bowl XL.

Known mainly to their American audience from their special on One Night Stand, the band deals with a number of subjects, ranging from: the issues, fun monkey diseases, racist mythical beasts, and the hottest girl.... in the room who is also definitely top three.... in the street... depending on the street.

Sample Lyric

From "The Hiphopapotamus vs. The Rhimenocerous (featuring The Hiphopapotamus and The Rhimenocerous)"

"I'm the hiphopapotamus, I've got flows that glow like phosphorus, popping off the top of this esophagus, I'm not a water-dwelling mammal from Africa that moved to the metropolis, and was taught how to breakdance, where'd you get that preposterous hypothesis, Did Steve tell you that? What's he got to do with it? What kind of rapping name is Steve? Steve."