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Tonight's Musical Guest, Today
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Nirvana on Saturday Night Live. Warren Zevon on David Letterman. Sometimes, late-night TV musical performances live on forever. Most don’t. But we still want to talk about them.
Each week on “Tonight’s Musical Guest, Today”, long-time friends Alex Beaton and Jon Hillman dive in on the music and cultural memory of a band through the arc of their late-night TV performances. Watch along with Alex and Jon as they examine and react to these musical history moments preserved in the amber of time alongside two celebrity guests and a talk show host.
From Conan to Colbert, Letterman to Leno, or SNL to MadTV, there is no shortage of iconic late-night musical moments. And no end to the ones you don’t remember.
Tonight's Musical Guest, Today
Green Day with Ryan Agate
From Gilman to the Grammys, they are arguably the biggest American punk band of all time. It's GREEN DAY week!
Joining the show is long-time and legendary (as proclaimed by us) Boston music venue booker Ryan Agate AKA Ryan the Terrible! The guys and Ryan talk about their shared music scene experience and a practice space pigeon before going deep on the twists and turns of Green Day's career arc. The show discusses three 1994 clips before watching a special performance of "86" on Letterman a year later. American Idiot explodes, captured by a clip of Boulevard of Broken Dreams on Leno with keys and timpani. Plus the debut of Guess the Venue!
Want to watch along with us? Check out the links below for the performances discussed this week!
Welcome to Paradise/She, 3/17/94 on The Jon Stewart Show
Basket Case, 6/29/94 on The Late Show with David Letterman
Geek Stink Breath, 12/3/94 on Saturday Night Live
86, 11/9/95 on The Late Show with David Letterman
Hitchin' a Ride, 10/14/97 on The Late Show with David Letterman
Boulevard of Broken Dreams, 12/9/04 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Bang Bang, 11/22/16 on The Late Late Show with James Corden
