FEAR, SNL, Halloween 1981
(l-r) Derf, Spit, Lee, and Philo (wearing a dress behind Lee)

We played Saturday Night Live, Halloween 1981 – thanks to John Belushi.

We had no record deal, but there we were on national TV.

Belushi, (who by this time was already off the show), appeared at the beginning of the show as a trade off for letting our "dancers" on SNL.

The union crew had walked off during FEARs rehearsal, refusing to work because they "didn't need to take this punk crap".

Producer, Dick Ebersol, ended up with rotten pumpkin all over his nice silk crew jacket and our last song was cut off when someone shouted "Fuck New York" and "New York sucks" live into one of the mics.

SNL claimed $200,000 damage in the NY Post the next day and we were industry mud for about a year; but we were kings on the street.