Dave Grohl, Fred Armisen "Get the Hardcore Band Back Together" on SNL

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Fred Armisen channels '80s hardcore frontmen on SNL.
I know everyone's probably video'd out after the Super Bowl, but this SNL clip from this weekend is totally great. What happens when the very-'80s hardcore band "Crisis of Conformity" gets back together at the wedding of its vocalist? Why, just ask Fred Armisen -- the vocalist in question -- and Dave Grohl, who's sporting a hilarious gray ponytail wig. The quartet nails the old-dudes-rocking-out vibe perfectly, especially because the fake song they play is a dead-on satire of the more strident bits of the genre. Also, fun fact posted in the Stereogum comments: Did you notice the wedding is "Cadena-Norton"? I.e., Dez Cadena and Greg Norton of Black Flag and Husker Du, respectively?

Grohl, incidentally, was on the show with Them Crooked Vultures, his supergroup with Josh Homme and John Paul Jones. Video of "Mind Eraser" after the jump.

Comments (13)

jason potter says:

Hilarious! I'd go see that band before I'd go see Them Crooked Vultures.

Why is Dave wearing gloves for their songs, btw? Freaks me out. Makes me feel funny.

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 8 2010 @ 3:04PM
Dave from Resoldered says:

Right after that many joked with us about that being us in 20 years. One of my friends suggested that instead of playing "Fight in the Parking Lot," we'd be screaming YOU FAILED ME. Now who doesn't want to hear that at a wedding?

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 8 2010 @ 3:14PM
Fred says:

TCV sucked. Sounded like they wrote the songs in about 30 seconds, and Josh is not exactly the strongest front man in the world.

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 8 2010 @ 4:17PM
Shawn says:

Poor Alain Johannes. Doesn't even get a closeup. I think he's been guiding Homme's career more than a lot of people give him credit for.

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 8 2010 @ 6:20PM
Annie Zaleski says:

alain johannes is totally underrated -- was when he toured w/chris cornell for sure. and his band Eleven is great!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleven_(band)

nice guy, too -- i interviewed him once like a decade ago.

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 8 2010 @ 6:42PM
Mason says:

wow I don't know how anyone can say that TCV sucked...this was an awesome performance...their CD is amazing....its so nice to see Dave Grohl back on the set....thanks for your terrible musical insight FRED

Posted On: Monday, Feb. 8 2010 @ 11:19PM
David Baker says:

Too funny. The sound of Crisis of Conformity is right on to about a million bands I saw in the mid-eighties.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 12:04AM
Name says:

holy crap what the hell's up with the bands these days. super group? more like super crap.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 1:00AM
Chris says:

Grohl and Jones were fine, I wasnt impressed by Homme, or the song writing. I might feel differently If I listen to the album, but live, it just didn't do it for me.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 1:00AM
Anonymous says:

HULU SUCKS!!!!!!

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 1:07AM
Hulu sucks says:

Hulu sucks. I guess I'll just torrent the whole show, since they won't let me watch clips in europe.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 3:57AM
Bob McMahon says:

Shawn, I'm not sure how Johannes can be the secret to Homme's career when he only played on one song (Hangin' Tree) on their breakout third album Songs for the Deaf. Plus Josh has been around forever. He started with Kyuss when he was 16 and has more than paid his dues.

Posted On: Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 9:14AM
hardcore says:

Damned! f**cking hulu!!

Posted On: Thursday, Feb. 25 2010 @ 5:37PM

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