Late Night With Conan O'Brien

MEMORABLE TV PERFORMANCES: SEVENDUST ON CONAN O’BRIEN

The year is 2000 and like many others at the time, I stayed up to watch Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Long before YouTube, we had to stay up late to watch the bands we like on TV. Late Night with Conan O’Brien was one of the first late night shows to really celebrate heavier bands on TV. Also at this time in music, rock music was soaring and on top of the world. Back in April of 2000, Sevendust made their late night TV debut on Conan’s show. The band was riding quite high off the release of their second album, Home. “Denial” the first single made a strong impact on so many. I still dig that song to this day. The band’s second single “Waffle” had a little more of a melodic sensibility to it. Both “Denial” and “Waffle” charted on the Billboard Modern Rock and Mainstream Charts. The performance of “Waffle” on Conan though was one of those that made people pay attention. I believe I still have this recorded on a VHS tape with a ton of other late night performances. Home is still a great album and these two songs are still live staples for the band. Here’s hoping the new Sevendust album, ONE, is back to what we all love!

Sevendust- Waffle (Live On Late Night With Conan O’Brien 04.19.2000):

Memorable TV Performances: Radiohead on Late Night with Conan O’Brien

The date is September 14, 1993 and it’s the debut show of Late Night with Conan O’Brien. The music guest for the night is Radiohead. What a debut show! Radiohead’s performance of “Creep” is pretty classic. Looking back on it almost 30 years later, and where Radiohead has gone since is pretty astounding. It’s performances like this that you can look back on knowing that they were memorable for more than just the usual reasons. This one stands out as a definite highlight for Late Night performances.

Radiohead- Creep (Live on Late Night with Conan O’Brien- 09/14/93):

Memorable TV Performances: 311 on Late Night with Conan O’Brien

This is a fun one for you all. Back in 1996 on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Omaha’s own 311, made their national television debut with a performance of their hit song “Down.” This was the year that 311 broke and everyone knew the song “Down.” It was and still is infectious. To this day, anytime I hear this song it takes me back and I can’t help but turn it up loud! 311’s self titled album or the “blue album” as some refer to it as, still holds up quite well to this day! If it were ever announced that the band would do a full play through of this album, I’d definitely go! In the meantime, enjoy this classic performance of 311’s “Down.”

311- Down (Live on Late Night with Conan O’Brien/ 1996):