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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
Slipknot
They came from the heartland to destroy us all. More brutal death metal than nu, maggots from every corner of America rejoiced at their one-of-a-kind stage show, technical precision, and devil-fueled aggression. It's SLIPKNOT week!
The guys explore the incredible backstory, lore, and turmoil of one of the most visually arresting bands the show has ever discussed. Slipknot make their UK television debut on TFI Friday, destroying cameras in the process. A 2001 Conan performance of "The Heretic Anthem" is potentially the peak of civilization. The show bends the rules in order to talk about Mistress Juliya from Uranium on Fuse TV, and it's badass. And later era clips on Kimmel show a band stretching their boundaries, for good and bad.
Want to watch along with us? Check out the links below for the performances discussed this week!
Wait and Bleed, 3/3/2000 on TFI Friday
The Heretic Anthem, 8/10/2001 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Duality/The Blister Exists (16:00 mark), 7/30/2004 on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
N/A, 3/5/2005 on Uranium on Fuse TV
Snuff/Psychosocial, 10/30/2009 on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Unsainted/All Out Life, 5/27/2019 on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
