Every Musician Banned From SNL
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- This is the COMPLETE list of musicians that were banned from "SNL." Our countdown includes Fear, Frank Zappa, and more! Would YOU want to see any of these artists return to "SNL?" Let us know in the comments!
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An earlier version of this video included David Bowie. The incident never happened. WatchMojo regrets the error.
Cool
B U M H O L E
Meh no Bowie no fun.
Serously, the Bowie story was delicious.
There's needs to be another version including Kayne West and the MAGA hat incident on SNL.
Honestly, if you're going to hire Rage Against the Machine, you can't be surprised by the results.
Yeah I wouldn’t hire anyone who thinks it’s fashionable to wear a t shirt of a mass murderer.
Agreed. They're radical left wing extremists. Whatever they did would be radical, extreme, and left wing.
ESPECIALLY when they have a billionaire like Forbes running as a Republican as the host
Gotta love how they're now Raging for the Machine. Goes to show you, all leftist activists are full of shit. They only "speak truth to power" until the power agrees with them or gives them enough money.
It's kinda what they do.
Hiring Frank Zappa and making him read from cue cards was like hiring Michaelangelo to put a fresh coat of paint on your kids bedroom.
Or Dali. I’d go with Dali.
Or hiring a c u n t to host a comedy show.
Or hiring Rage Against the Machine when the host ... oh, wait
Well put, sir
Sinead O'Connor was protesting the Church's (well documented) cover-ups of child abuse. She wasn't protesting the Catholic Church in general. She was actually addressing something that it would take the U.S. 10 more years to finally acknowledge so maybe we should be apologizing to her for how we treated her when she was trying to be an advocate for children.
Amen!!!!
But it was still one of those wrong place wrong time things. I'm not Catholic and I understand her motives, but don't approve her actions.
@Critique Everything Not in THAT way. No consent, no context, and she insulted the whole Catholic church. There a lot of Catholics that aren't like the ones O'Connor is protesting towards. I'm a Mormon and I'd be appaled and offended if someone pulled a stunt like towards my church.
@@davidwallgren7575 Catholicism as an institution was heavily predatory on hundreds of thousands of children, it deserves much more than just a ripped up photo.
@@davidwallgren7575 thank you!
They forgot about System of a Down after Daron Malakian shouted, "Fuck yeah!" while performing BYOB.
Were they banned though?
i saw that live and had it recorded on dvr for about a year....that was the loudest, clearest yelling of FUCK that i have ever heard or ever will hear on TV lol
That’s because NBC is full of snowflakes.
@@COMPFUNK2 they were just not invited back.
thats what i came here for. disappointed
Rage: plays bulls on parade in the performance
Song title card: "killing in the name"
Nailed it again, watchmojo.
Got em!
bad reporting. Did you see their comment above that said "An earlier version of this video included David Bowie. The incident never happened. WatchMojo regrets the error?" smh
Thats mojo for ya LOLOL absolutely clueless....
Best performance. Can’t believe they banned Rage.
Whenever The Replacements are mentioned I feel the need to tell this story...During the mid-1980's Iowa State University's radio station was close to having their funding cut which would have crippled the station. They put together a quick concert of local acts to get the word out. Borrowing the previous acts instruments, The Replacements showed up unannounced and did a few songs. Everyone was very appreciative.
SNL is the champion of hiring musicians they know NOTHING about and then getting upset when those musicians express themselves
Elvis Costello coming back years later to interrupt the Beastie Boys and play Radio, Radio with them was both awesome and horribly frustrating because stopping Sabotage after 10 seconds is a terrible tease.
It's all planned well. I love Costello and the Beastie Boys to death.
However Sinead was right, given the latest evidence of sexual misconduct in the catholic church I'd say we owe her an apology and uncanceling
Truth 👏
She was so right but when she did it the Catholics were blind to their disgraces.
RATM, David Bowie, CypressHill: 👏🏾BRAVO!!
Not really.
@@tamilashultz9676 Are You Trying to Tire Me ???
I would be more surprised if Cypress Hill DIDN’T smoke a joint!
Facts ! Cypress Hill and weed doesn't go without eachother !
I believe SNL owes Sinead O'Connor a huge apology.
The United States as whole.
Yes
You can say that again!!!
snl putting a depressed lady with a shaved head on a live feed, what could go wrong
Literally she sang a Bob Marley song but he was a right wing religious dude. I Shot The Sherriff is ab how his mistress wanted an abortion which he thought was like a crime against humanity and shit.
That Sinead O’Connor performance was the most powerful performance I’ve ever seen on TV...and we still live in a world where all there is is war
She was protesting sexual abuse in the Catholic Church...we should've been behind her..not against her!
@@missnperfection9830 she should definitely get a second chance to perform.
@@jerrs581 today, she would be screaming 'Allah hu Akbar' 'Everyone Die'.
@@hiseverest9074are you projecting your violent tendencies onto someone that is clearly pro-peace and anti-war? 🧐
@@HerveBoisde she would
WatchMojo: 6:47 “Killing in the Name”
Me: bruh that’s Bulls on Parade
6:47 actually
They said bulls on parade
@@santinobramhill1942 I was talking about Mojo using the caption “Killing in the Name” when they were playing Bulls on Parade
Some of them didn't care at all about being banned: Frank Zappa, Fear, Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down.
Sinead didn’t care either.
@@milla0722 Sure. She knew what she was doing.
America needs more truth and less censorship.
@@ANDROLOMA Certainly
Ok
Snl doesn't like talent they just want popularity
💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲
True
Yah look at pete talentless dude
Everybody knows this
@matt fahringer well you know now
Frank Zappa didn't care about being on snl,he was the middle finger to the establishment!😆
He wasn't any good either.
@@tamilashultz9676 pffffffffff
@@edybocman76 Yes? Zappa was more weird than anything else.
He’s THE most overrated musician ever. “He’s never played a solo the same way twice”...... neither has my cat when he slaps his tail against the strings. Hitting sour notes, banging pots and pans, and planning to improvise music almost always results in unbearable sonic torture. I’m not opposed to esoteric creativity, but if your creative efforts are completely underwhelming every single time... there just MIGHT be a lack of talent behind the charade. If anti-establishment affect is his greatest merit, then he’s just another dude with access to instruments, and a (P.A.) Public Address system
Edit: Regardless, to each their own. 🤷🏻♂️.
@@liamsanchezgoestovegas We got a Lou Reed fan.
Sinead NEVER should’ve been banned. They should have looked into what she was saying because she was dead right and a victim of it too. THEY OWE HER AN APOLOGY IF ANYTHING.
Yep this is definitely True. That right there is grounds for a issue for MeToo. Good Grief.
Still wrong place, wrong time
Frank Zappa was a genius. I don't use that term lightly. Or even slightly.
No he was not
When people say there's too much politics in entertainment these days, just show them this video.
still back then they didn’t talk about politics as much as they do now.
@@tututhebudgie2154 honestly
Yes! This video will show em’! 🙄.
@@tututhebudgie2154 By what measure is that true? That’s just your impression. We don’t know the actual answer to that.
NOT EVEN FUCKIN CLOSE KID.
FYI: Zappa did not "dabble" in experimental music, musically he did not "dabble" in anything! He aced everything he did musically! He was a genre-defying total original, a genius as many others in the comments say.
Nah, he's pretentious and overrated
@@leob4403ok kid
Hard to say David Bowie was banned when he was back on two years later promoting his next album.
Also odd to say the Replacements were banned for 30 years when they had the lead singer back as a solo artist.
The Replacements were banned, when Westerberg went on Lorne Michaels actually met Westerberg and said “Congrats on growing up”
0:44 he rocked the dress before harry styles
And before Kurt Cobain
1:08 The comment from GE Smith about the percussion player missing was a guy SMITH brought in to support Bryan Ferry's performance. The missing percussion player had nothing to do with The Replacements.
Sinead had it right then and now. The Catholic church continues to try and cover up the acts of some of its ministers to this day.
The Catholic church (and the other religions) overall isn't bad, just has some bad apples.
8:06 “Killing in the Name” but they’re performing Bulls on Parade😂
I've read that when Elvis Costello changed the song Lorne Michaels flipped Costello the bird for the entire performance.
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Would YOU want to see any of these artists return to "SNL?" Let us know in the comments!
Sinéad O’Connor
Oi watch mojo, do a top ten screen rant videos lol
It's badge of honor to be banned on snl.
Imagine they didn't ban Zappa - he would always get asked "what went wrong, eh?" :=)
Especially now. Cuz snl is fuckin booty now.
SINEAD O'CONNOR has balls of steel! I read about what she did but this is the first time I saw that notorious clip. Wow.
She's pathetic.
It turned out she was right about the Vatican
@@tamilashultz9676 what's pathetic about telling truth to power and alerting the world about child abuse years ahead of anyone else talking about it?
@@robgronotte1 It is very important to never forget that opinions are not facts and if you are expressing an opinion that it is not the same thing as telling the truth. The problem with what she did is that she painted the entire church with one broad, blind, clueless, brush. This is dangerous and unjust.
@@tamilashultz9676 it is not just an opinion that the church as an organization has protected child molestors for centuries. Sure, there are members of the church who aren't evil, but the leadership is evil and the entire organization should be prosecuted and dismantled. As someone who suffered through 13 years of catholic school, I am well aware of the hypocrisy even among most general members who have always been willing to look the other way. Sinead also was terrorized by the church in her youth and is in no way clueless about its dangers.
WatchMojo should do a “Top Ten Times WatchMojo Made Videos That Talk About Musicians Banned From SNL.”
There would be 5 honorable mentions too.
Sinead O Connor made it possible for Team Spotlight to happen. Fact.
Sinead that was brilliant 👏👏👏👏
I was looking for System of a Down, who dropped the f-bomb live
So Lorne Michaels banned David Bowie because Bowie played a song that was meaningful to Lorne Michaels? That don't make sense
He deviated from the contract i guess
Well because it never happened!
"He's been compared to Elvis Costello" Patrick Bateman
Didn't Aerosmith get banned for performing "Monkey On My Back" complete with F-bomb? That was the one I actually saw live. When the episode reran the word was cut.
We need more bands like Fear on SNL it be more entertaining.
SNL is a part of the machine... RATM isn't a wise choice.
Easy to agree with your conclusion.
What ISN'T part of the machine in the world we live at this point....
@@SankofaNYC me
@@Sosozanyway ehhh 🤔
@@SankofaNYC 😈
I'm sure Fear will be on this list.
that guy from the replacement was a regular at the Starbucks i worked at in Stroudsburg PA, i had no fucking clue he was but we talked music alot of the time too lmao it all makes sense now
No, the replacements played great. They got banned because Paul westerberg dropped an F-bomb off mic. Also that interview clip “the percussion player wasn’t there” was about Roxy music, it’s just from the same interview where he talks about the replacements.
Imagine a 6ix9ine performance on SNL 😂
😂😂😂😂
Hes not good enough to be invited tho.
@@jillcarter9877 are you a woman or man? I can’t tell. You remind me of six nine in the sense I can’t tell
I was thinking the same about Slipknot, I saw a performance from them on Kimmel a couple of years ago and even he was just staring into oblivion like "wtf is happening right now????"😂😂😂 and that's Kimmel, late late night is considerably more loose than SNL with that kind of stuff.
@@jillcarter9877
shhhhhhhhhhhh
that's enough sarcasm.
Would it be fair to make a list of hosts banned from SNL? Just a suggestion. Please and thank you. 😁😉
That's the stage crew's fault for allowing Rage to hang the flag upside down.
They did it in concert all the time.
They really meant it when they said " F*** you, I won't do what you tell me "
Frank Zappa was to Saturday Night Live what James Franco was to the Oscars.
Frank Zappa definitely my favourite for bein Zappa and freaking out all the pop culture vultures. Also Rage will always be awesome.
Long live Rage.
6:47 Good job putting up "Killing in the Name" during Bulls on Parade.
Sinead O’Connor was right in hindsight.
People knew this, she just brought it to mainstream.
Now she looks better with that Hijab on.
I’d rephrase that slightly and add: Sinead was right all along, while SNL was wrong for *years*.
Because I think it’s important to mention both because they even made like of child molestation in jokes themselves on top of being complicit here in defending the Catholic Church.
How come all the musicians seem to get banned in the October episodes? Somehow, I don't think that's a coincidence
When lee ving was asked if FEAR had really caused $20,000 in damage he said "no we're professionals. We did $40,000 in damage".
Can y'all do a top 10 list of the 5-timers club and one of hosts-musical double duty?
FEAR!!!!! Best goddamn band on SNL ever!!
I'll give you a dollar if you be my friend.
Lorne Michaels banning David Bowie? What a little punk.
Anytime this subject comes up, you can never forget about Sinead O'Connor and she dropped out of sight ever since.
Every once in a while in Illinois they have a missing person thing out for her. I believe it's when she quits taking her meds. She's several manic and has bad bipolar
@@kelceyc1509 she doesn’t even live in America?
Sad, but she’s soo cool!!!
She hasn't been very popular in the USA for a long time, but she has still released albums and toured about once every 4 years or so.
She was protesting child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church...she didn't deserve to lose her career over it! She was trying to tell us what was going on..but we didn't listen!
When you put Rage against the machine and Steve Forbes together. A disaster is bound to happen
Why hire rage against the machine to not rage against the machine. SNL did not think about that.
Yay for Sinead!!!!
SNL invites Cypress Hill and don't expect them to light a joint on stage lmfao .......... Cypress Hill and Weed is a combo that doesn't go without eachother !!!!!
Always the SNL have many episodes with controversy for various reasons like Sinéad O’Connor destroying a photo of Pope John Paul ll,Donald Trump appears in the episode and Justin Bieber
FEAR's performance on SNL was the second best musical act on the show, after Prince's final performance. No one outdoes Prince.
I remember seeing it live and one of the band was asking the crowd "Will you be my friend?" and giving each a dollar.
I second what is said about the Prince performance, actually all of his performances on SNL were EPIC!💜
"Just to raise me a crop of......dental floss." - Frank Zappa
Na he wasn't ever high when he wrote music. lmfao.
The GE Smith clip referring to the missing percussionist is not referring to the Replacements. He was talking about the band playing when Bryan Ferry was the guest.
They got the whole Replacement thing wrong. It's not like the info on their performance in hard to come by. You'd think Mojo would at least spend the 30 seconds necessary to fact check their info.
I'm sure when Fear came on, it was one hell of a party
It's weird that SOAD was banned even though the f word was already in it "where the f***are youuuuu!!!!!"
SNL sure does love swinging that ban hammer around lol
Snoop Dogg smokes dope on live TV all the time wtf
The Rage Against The Machine one was awesome though lol.
Communism is cringe.
@@e-memes808 Being negatively affected by capitalism, as some of the 99 percent of income earners can attest to, is worse.
@@fromthehaven94 which capitalist country was this?
@@jeffreyloveless5334 Just the United States, little buddy! And when I mentioned 99 percent, I should make clear that it the 99 percent of *people* who own less wealth than the 1 percent who own the rest of it. Or whatever the damn balance is.
@@fromthehaven94 what country that doesn't have a capitalist system is better are you suggesting the U.S. should emulate?
No system of a down in this list? You guys should include them if you do a part 2
SOAD (System Of A Down) also got banned for Daron saying the f word without any notice, leading to it not being censored. They performed one last song, Aerials, and was blacklisted.
Zappa is one of my all time fav artists, he didn’t care about what his lyrics said, he cared about the music itself, the instruments, and Hot Rats is a great example of that, only instruments except on Willie The Pimp, and not even for a second I felt it was a monotonous or boring record, most of his records are awesome, Joe’s Garage is my personal favorite cuz the lyrics on that one actually have a message, and the songs are just beautiful
I mean... He did care about the lyrics. They are absolutely hilarious.
@@guazazqui788 yeah I kinda exaggerated there, what I tried to say is that Zappa did care about lyrics, but the other instruments were far more important, and yes, his lyrics are hilarious and satirical
Ripping up the pope picture was awesome!!!
They need to apologize to Sinead O Connor
She needs to apologize to anyone with working ears. People have been calling out religion for thousands of years. She isn’t special. But that singing was awful.
6:47 killing in the name? 🤣
David Bowie > SNL
GE Smith was referring to the percussion player for a Brian Ferry performance NOT for The Replacements.
2:27 is G.E. talking about the Brian Ferry performance.
I watched that episode with Sinead. When she ripped up that pic I thought to myself " ooooh boy"
Ms Mojo has never been to a hardcore show
Smith was actually talking about the precision player for Brian Ferry in that interview, not the replacements.
7: The Replacements
6: Fear
5: Cypress Hill
4: Elvis Costello
3: Frank Zappa
2: Rage Against the Machine
1: Sinéard O'Connor
Lol Getting banned from SNL is such a big honor. Notice all of these banned musicians are the most memorable people on Earth.
And it turns out, Sinéad O'Connor was right the entire time about the church, that something is wrong.
The Catholic church isn't bad overall, just like all the other religions
Elvis Costello's story is awesome, h was right to condemn payolas.......but if im not mistaken, Costello had been warned he couldn't play Radio Radio (which is a badass song and a badass performance)
Is not being asked to come back really the same as being banned?
Rage is legendary for that lol
So Cypress Hill is your Guest 93, How I just can kill a man. Then your guest is Rage against the Machine which also sings the same songs afterwards😂. You cancel both 😂, I guess the person in charge still works there he is a genius.
*sigh* I miss the days when TV was real and innovative...when every single channel wasn’t the Disney channel.
hey you shouldn't speak so flippantly of our Mousey Overlords
Longer list: musicians who were banned by the public (faded away into oblivion)
Good one
FEAR
Having Kanye West being banned on performing for future SNL episodes after commenting about his ranting on America is way serious for years afterwards. I guess WM will make an updated version of it.
(Edit): System of a Down were completely banned in 2005 after their performance for using racist comments on Michaels.
Krusty the Clown: You know when you say, "What I got, I got to get and put it in you? How about you say, "what I'd like is I'd like to hug and kiss you."
"Bald chap; ripped up the pope" - AP
i think the main reason Lorne is so quick to ban people for ad libbing is because he's trying to avoid getting fined
“Ge-rah”
pesci said about o'connor (the following week) that he would've given her "such a smack." if that little wannabe was there, he'd'a said hi and kept walking.
I don’t think my audio is synced. I’m on 2 tabs but I should not be hearing “insane in the membrane” while seeing frank talk.
Is no one gonna point out how they put “Killing In The Name” while they were playing Bulls On Parade?
I love Rage, they activated a whole generation myself included. What the fuck did SNL expect putting the enemy on a show they were on.