{"id":12799,"date":"2019-03-08T10:20:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T16:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=12799"},"modified":"2019-03-14T07:41:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T12:41:22","slug":"fred-armisen-offbeat-musical-comedy-majestic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/fred-armisen-offbeat-musical-comedy-majestic\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Armisen to bring funny music to the Majestic in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>*extremely Don Pardo voice*\u00a0 <\/em>Liiiiive from Madison, it\u2019s Freeddddd Armisen!<\/p>\n<p>Former <em>Saturday Night Live <\/em>and <em>Portlandia <\/em>star Fred Armisen will bring an eccentric variety act to the Majestic Theatre on May 18, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/majesticmadison\/posts\/10157399247426424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it was announced<\/a> this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The performance will feature many of his hyper-specific music parody projects over the years. Armisen\u2019s knack for offbeat character comedy is widely known, but his musical talent is notable as well. Before pursuing comedy full-time, Armisen played drums in Chicago post-hardcore outfit <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trenchmouth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trenchmouth<\/a>.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PfrHCNo2I3M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>And he later created some memorable fake bands on <em>SNL<\/em>, like hardcore punk wedding band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nd-_UwzSSvQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crisis of Conformity<\/a>, terminally mellow yacht rockers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/saturday-night-live\/video\/the-blue-jean-committee\/n13287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue Jean Committee<\/a>, and Thatcher-loving Sex Pistols sendup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/saturday-night-live\/video\/history-of-punk\/n35542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ian Rubbish<\/a>. (All of whom you\u2019re likely to see at this show.)<\/p>\n<p>Though he left <em>SNL <\/em>in 2013, Armisen is still in the NBC late night mix as his old 30 Rock buddy\u2019s bandleader on <em>Late Night with Seth Meyers<\/em>. And he frequently returns to <em>SNL<\/em> as a guest, though it\u2019s looking like he\u2019ll miss this season\u2019s finale because it\u2019s <em>also<\/em> slated for May 18. His Netflix special <em>Standup for Drummers<\/em> came out last year.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are <a href=\"http:\/\/majesticmadison.com\/event\/fred-armisen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on sale<\/a> now. Please let us know whether or not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yYey8ntlK_E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">you can pickle them<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*extremely Don Pardo voice*\u00a0 Liiiiive from Madison, it\u2019s Freeddddd Armisen! 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