Has Sonic Youth ever appeared on Top of the Pops?
 

If so, when, and which song did the band perform? :)

1983. They lip-synched Early American.

They have not been on Top of the Pops.

imagine them lip-synching Silver Rocket.

I hate them stupid lipsync shows./

flop of the cops

Don't you need a #1 on the charts to "play" there lol?

fap of the cocks.

No.

no. hawkwind was once, so that's almost as good, right?

Nirvana performed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on Top of the Pops. As you can see, the band were at No.9 in the charts at the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtehDIWrX5U

When watching that footage, it feels like a send-up of grunge by the BBC. Maybe that's why Kurt has such a huge smile on his face at the beginning as he got the pisstake.

haven't seen that since it was first broadcast, didn't remember it being such a pisstake. i'm fairly sure it was the first time i saw or heard them.

The band were definitely taking the piss with their mime of the song, and the BBC seemed to be taking the piss out of grunge by featuring a group of teenage headbangers at the front of the crowd who invaded the stage right at the end of the song.