FEAR performing on SNL on Halloween '81 is a cult classic piece of punk rock history. Check the 3:59 mark when Ian Mackaye grabs one of the mikes from the floor of the stage and yells "New York sucks!" at the beginning of FEAR's third song, 'Let's start a war'. The ensuing melee between the DC/GeorgetownPUNKS and the New York Crew is hilarious! The producers became scared of a full on riot and faded to commercial w/ an audience clap track...Oh to have been in the harDCore scene back in those days...Fucking priceless!
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Addendum: I'm pretty sure that's Ian who does the first stage dive, and I thought the crowd doing the 'we're not worthy' bow, years before Wayne's World, was rather humorous.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/30/2008 02:55AM by inkahootz.