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The True Story of SNL’s Infamous 1981 ‘Riot’
Saturday Night Live’s new documentary separates fact from fiction about a rumoured in-studio riot during a 1981 musical performance by the punk rock band Fear
In co-directors Questlove and Oz Rodriguez ’s doc, which premiered on Monday, January 27, Fear singer Lee Ving and SNL staff recounted how legendary cast member John Belushi engineered one of the show’s most controversial moments of the 1980s. The band brought along their own slam-dancers for the front of the stage filled with future punk icons like Ian MacKaye, of Minor Threat, from Washington D.C. and ripped through a set of four songs in quick succession. Perhaps the most viral SNL moment of the year occurred in October when guest host Ariana Grande appeared in a wedding reception sketch, singing a cover of Sabrina Carpenter’s […]
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