Flight of the Conchords

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The Flight of the Conchords
Background information
Origin	New Zealand
Years active	1998-present
Members
Bret McKenzie Jemaine Clement

The Flight of the Conchords is 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 released Folk The World Tour - Live Album in 2002.

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.

The duo is currently working on a 12-part series for HBO, tentatively titled Flight of the Conchords; it will revolve around the guys trying to achieve success in New York as a band and will star fellow comedians Rob Brydon and Rhys Darby.