Live has had its share of scandalous music performances over the past 50 years, but one punk band’s 1981 appearance remains ...

Punk rock band Fear caused mayhem on Saturday Night Live on Halloween in 1981, bringing a mosh-pit to Studio 8H for the first time. Days after the show, rumors started to swirl that the band fronted ...

Questlove talks to IndieWire about "Ladies and Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music," the NBC documentary he co-directed airing January 27 on NBC.

In the world of the 1978 comedy classic National Lampoon’s Animal House, we know garage rock is OK, as evidenced by John Belushi, as Bluto Blutarsky, belting out “Louie Louie.” Rhythm and ...

“John Belushi found out about us ... have prepared viewers for the night’s loud and violent musical set from Fear. The band brought along their own slam-dancers for the front of the stage ...

But Eddie Murphy was. “We thought it was crazy shit that John Belushi was making them put on TV. At the end of the Fear performance, I jump on the stage with a guitar, acting like I’m with the ...

Ever. It’s 1981 and former cast member John Belushi pulled some strings to get the punk rock band Fear booked as musical guests on Halloween alongside host Donald Pleasance. (Yes, Dr. Loomis from ...