"Weird Al" Yankovic's 1982 Missing Persons opening
Nov 10, 2022 21:41:44 GMT
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Post by mightyingray on Nov 10, 2022 21:41:44 GMT
On April 9th, 1982, comedy musician "Weird Al" Yankovic and his band played their first professional show opening for the new wave band "Missing Persons" at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The crowd consisted of a new wave/punk crowd, and throughout the show, Al and his band were getting booed by the audience and had numerous objects thrown at them; despite this, they finished the entire show.
On Al's VH1 Behind The Music and Driven specials, he and his band talk about the show with some photos and footage: youtu.be/AK4dCv8zGco?t=1217 and youtu.be/znq9UR0W2nQ?t=105.
There is no other audio or footage online (and there is pretty much nothing from the Missing Persons show). It is possible that Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (the band drummer and historian) may have a copy of the show; I emailed him a few weeks ago asking about one with no response.
Besides this, there is the setlist of the show on Al's website: www.weirdal.com/archives/miscellaneous/set-lists/, some other miscellaneous mentions, and 2 archived newspaper promotions (4 if you count the ones from the VH1 specials):
On Al's VH1 Behind The Music and Driven specials, he and his band talk about the show with some photos and footage: youtu.be/AK4dCv8zGco?t=1217 and youtu.be/znq9UR0W2nQ?t=105.
There is no other audio or footage online (and there is pretty much nothing from the Missing Persons show). It is possible that Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz (the band drummer and historian) may have a copy of the show; I emailed him a few weeks ago asking about one with no response.
Besides this, there is the setlist of the show on Al's website: www.weirdal.com/archives/miscellaneous/set-lists/, some other miscellaneous mentions, and 2 archived newspaper promotions (4 if you count the ones from the VH1 specials):
