“Saturday Night Live” has been a staple on television since the 1970s.
Each week, the show brings on a new celebrity host and musical guest.
“SNL” has a great reputation, but not all guests have been easy to work with.
In the ’80s, the rock group The Replacements were the musical guest.
Their time on the show would go so poorly that they were banned from ever returning.
For years, there was some confusion behind the incident.
Was the band’s misstep intentional?
Was their ban a bit harsh?
What really happened that Saturday night?
The Replacements were known for being chaotic on stage.
Rolling Stone continues, “Live, they careened toward the edge of self-destruction.”
They were notoriously chaotic on stage.The New Yorkerreports that the band was known to have a bad reputation.
They were often drunk and failed to perform their own songs at their concerts.
They were selected because of the show’s musical director at the time, G.E.
He was a huge fan of the band and thought they would be a great fit.
UpRoxxoutlined the details of the band’s shocking performance.
It started with the whole band being drunk out of their minds.
What followed was overly loud guitar amps, swear words being spoken on live television and nudity.
The performance was broadcasted live to millions that night.
It was a complete disaster.
The episode aired in 1986 and it would be three years before the band would perform on television again.
The band broke up in 1991 on stage in Chicago, according to theChicago Tribune.
I guess they voided the ban.
