Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, from Flight of the Conchords, performing at Gramercy Theatre in New York on June 14, 2007 Background information Origin New Zealand Genre(s) Rock Comedy Years active 1998-present Members Bret McKenzie Jemaine Clement Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy-nominated[1] folk, pop, and comedy band composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Billing themselves as "Formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo"[2] (having been bumped by a tribute band of themselves, Like of the Conchords), the group uses a combination of witty banter, characterisation and acoustic guitars to work the audience. The duo's comedy and music became first the basis of a BBC radio series and then an American television series, which premiered in 2007, also called Flight of the Conchords. Named Best Alternative Comedy Act at the 2005 US Comedy Arts Festival, Best Newcomer at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, and receiving a nomination for the Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2003, the duo's live performances have gained them a worldwide cult following.[3]