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20 gru 2018 · Raheem Abdul Muhammed tells why black people like to go to horror movies — Not even the audience is laughing anymore at the “falling logo letters” gag that’s opened every SNL Newsbreak so far.
29 paź 2021 · One of the most chaotic and notorious musical performances in Saturday Night Live history took place on Halloween 1981. Fear, a Southern California punk rock band, were the night’s guests.
31 paź 2021 · The show’s producers cut away just before a massive pumpkin — it was a Halloween episode, after all — was destroyed. Now, a new short documentary made as part of the series Punk & Tomatoes hearkens back to the band’s infamous performance.
10 lut 2021 · Watch 80s punk brawlers Fear upset everyone on Saturday Night Live in 1981. By Alex Burrows. published 10 February 2021. Mosh pits, slam dancing and stage diving...not what you'd usually expect from your standard Saturday Night Live, but Fear were bound to cause chaos.
This is the 1981 Halloween Saturday Night Live episode which featured as music guest the band Fear. The band's appearance included a group of moshers, among them John Belushi, Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat (and later Fugazi), Tesco Vee of The Meatmen, Harley Flanagan and John Joseph of The Cro-mags, and John Brannon of Negative Approach.
During the performance, one SNL producer was hit in the chest with a pumpkin, some equipment was destroyed, and during the last song (“Let’s Have a War"), one audience member grabbed the microphone and yelled out “Fuck New York!”. As a result, FEAR was permanently banned from SNL.
9 lis 2021 · Short (10 min) documentary about Fear's performance on Saturday Night Live on 1981. From Jeff Krulik the film maker that brought us "Heavy Metal Parking Lot". In 1981, Lorne Michaels and John Belushi wanted to get some authentic punks to appear on SNL as audience members for the Halloween episode's musical guest, LA punk band Fear.
