TV on the Radio Angry at the TV
Kyp Malone lets us know what went wrong.
In an interview with the Canadian Press, Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio answered the question we've all had since February 7th: Why the hell did the band sound so bad on SNL? Apparently TV on the Radio's normal sound engineer wasn't allowed to work the show since he wasn't in a union. The band figured they were dealing with professionals, so they put their faith in the NBC crew. He also notes that the band, in their monitors, sounded fine and only realized that the audio was horrible when they got offstage and began receiving texts from friends watching the show.
In any case, Kyp seems to be taking it all in stride, noting that they sounded much better two nights later on the Colbert Report. A lesson to future "real" acts that want to earn their SNL merit badge? Maybe a larger question of how we treat sound engineers at big venues has been raised? I think so.
TV on the Radio on The Colbert Report
Posted by Mark Steffen on Feb 20, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
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