Gerald Casale
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I had to say no.
He goes, I don't want any of that.
Just 15%?
30-day handshake.
I get rid of you.
You get rid of me.
Anything else?
I said, yeah.
We've been trying to get
our tapes and our songs to Saturday Night Live because we want on that program.
And he goes, come into my office next week.
No problem.
And of course, he was good friends with Lorne Michaels.
What we didn't know is that Lorne had been trying to get Neil Young on his show for two years at that point because they started in 75.
Now it's 77.
So
What Elliot does is he promises Lauren, who doesn't give a hell about Devo, he doesn't know who it is, he says, I will get you, Neil Young, if you put these guys on your show.
And Lauren goes, okay.
And he didn't even like what we were doing.
What was perfect is that it came a week after the Stones were on the opening night