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Showing posts with label Fear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fear. Show all posts
Aug 2, 2010
Sep 23, 2006
New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones
Does anyone remember this? Fear on Saturday Night Live in 1981.
The basic story is that Fear were on the show as personal guests of John Belushi's - they were buddies. The kids slam dancing around the stage were (I think) mostly a crew of kids from DC - the Dischord kids (Minor Threat et al) and some others.
I remember seeing this as a kid and being pretty blown away, and it's still a cool performance. This sort of mayhem would never happen these days - this type of underground band or the slam dancing for that matter - too many lawsuits waiting to happen, too much insurance to think about, not enough records sold to warrant an appearance.
The basic story is that Fear were on the show as personal guests of John Belushi's - they were buddies. The kids slam dancing around the stage were (I think) mostly a crew of kids from DC - the Dischord kids (Minor Threat et al) and some others.
I remember seeing this as a kid and being pretty blown away, and it's still a cool performance. This sort of mayhem would never happen these days - this type of underground band or the slam dancing for that matter - too many lawsuits waiting to happen, too much insurance to think about, not enough records sold to warrant an appearance.
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