Hardcore band Knocked Loose and metalcore singer Poppy recently performed their hit “Suffocate” on the late night show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, and it seems their ground breaking performance didn’t sit right with some Kimmel viewers.
One commenter posted to the talk show’s Facebook, writing:
“You know I was trying to enjoy the program. I was sitting on the couch with my son who is an ADOLESCENT waiting to see the musical guest because we like the nice music the show usually books. By the third or fourth ‘JUNT’ from the guitars my son was in tears. He doesn’t like scary things and quite frankly I think the Kimmel show and its staff should make a formal apology.”
Another commenter posted:
“How do I sing along with this?? Lol sounds just like a screaming frenzy to me!! Actually starting to hurt my ears!! People who listen to this have no room to complain about crying babies or screaming two year olds taking a tantrum!! Ha ha unreal!!! They call this music Jimmy??”
Although some Kimmel viewers were frightened by the music, Knocked Loose frontman Bryan Garris seems quite happy with his band’s perfomance. He made a statement about it via social media, writing:
“You may have seen it already, you may have not. I’ve been lucky enough that my timeline is flooded with so much support that I see it every time I open my phone. But I wanted a chance to post about it myself. The other day Knocked Loose performed on @jimmykimmellive For a long time now our goal has been to see how far we could squeeze this band into places where we don’t fit and I think this may be the biggest one. National television. It feels like the ceiling gets higher for EVERYONE, every single day. We celebrate this together. Thank you so much.
Walking down the hallway as we were escorted to stage Im looking to my left and right and seeing photos of all the celebrities that have been on the show over the years. Presidents, actors, musicians etc. I leaned over to @caasihale and said “this started in your garage”. He grabbed onto me and squeezed as hard as he could. That’s a moment I’ll never forget.
PS if it scared you, good.”
Since Knocked Loose’s appearance on Kimmel, the video of their performance has racked up over 1 million plays.
You can see the hardcore band’s performance on Kimmel below:
