SNL Pokes Fun at ’80s Hair Metal with “Sex Rock” Sketch: Watch

Saturday Night Live had some fun at hair metal’s expense last night (November 9th). A sketch called “Sex Rock CD” featured the episode’s host, comedian Bill Burr, longing for the days of “rockin’ tunes about living fast, dying young, and doing sex.”

In the skit, Burr plays a father working on his motorcycle in the garage when his teenage son (played by new SNL cast member Emil Wakim) walks in and is blown away by the guitar rock his dad is listening to, exclaiming, “Whoa, what’s this music? I’ve never heard anything like this before.”

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“This is real music, from when I was growing up,” responds Burr’s character. “No auto-tune, no mumble rap, just musicians.” The son then asks, “What was it called?,” with the dad answering, “’80s sex rock!”

From there, the father introduces his son to the “best” of those bands, Snake Skin, and the new compilation CD, The Best of Snake Skin: Kings of Sex Rock.

That’s when we get to see Snake Skin in action, played by cast members Andrew Dismukes (lead vocals), Sarah Sherman (bass), and James Austin Johnson (guitar). They perform songs like “Nah-Nah Train,” a nod to Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train,” but with suggestive lyrics like, “Your nah-nah is a train/ And I am the passenger/ Gonna ride your nah-nah/ It’s a bumpy ride/ Aboard your nah-nah.”

Other songs included “Havin’ Sex on an Escalator (Sex-Scalator)” and “Tear It Down,” much to the chagrin of the son, who tells his father, “Wow, dad, that sucked!”

From there, the dad starts to reconsider his taste in music, but not before promoting The Best of Snake Skin again.

Watch the SNL “Sex Rock CD” sketch below, and catch Bill Burr on a West Coast tour later this month (pick up tickets here).