Tag: Kevin Seal

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: PiL's John Lydon tries to get a rise out of Kevin Seal — 1987

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: PiL’s John Lydon tries to get a rise out of Kevin Seal — 1987

On this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we bring you one of John Lydon’s many infamous appearances on the program. Here’s 9 minutes of footage from a 1987 spot on “120 Minutes,” as the Public Image Ltd. frontman’s ‘s wry personality comes into sharp contrast with Kevin Seal’s absurdist take on hosting.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Paul Weller and The Style Council go under the ‘120 X-Ray' — 1988

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Paul Weller and The Style Council go under the ‘120 X-Ray’ — 1988

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we go back almost exactly 30 years with this “120 X-Ray” segment on The Style Council, which aired Aug. 7, 1988. As you can see in this clip presented below, the Kevin Seal-hosted segment features Paul Weller and Mick Talbott discussing their then-new album.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Kevin Seal hangs with Joe Strummer, Zodiac Mindwarp — 1988

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Kevin Seal hangs with Joe Strummer, Zodiac Mindwarp — 1988

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we offer up a 13-minute reel from the April 17, 1988, episode, which finds eternally glib host Kevin Seal broadcasting from the Scrap Bar in New York. There, he sings fake reggae songs with the patrons, then hangs out first with Joe Strummer and then chats with Zodiac Mindwarp.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Soft Cell's Marc Almond goes under the '120 X-Ray' — 1988

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Soft Cell’s Marc Almond goes under the ‘120 X-Ray’ — 1988

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we travel back to 1988 for a Kevin Seal-hosted “120 X-Ray” segment on former Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond, who discusses his then-new album The Stars We Are and his next project, Jacques, which would be released in 1989.

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Sinead O'Connor hangs out with host Kevin Seal — 1988

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Sinead O’Connor hangs out with host Kevin Seal — 1988

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we once again return to 1988 for an appearance by Sinead O’Connor, who spends part of this episode of “120 Minutes” hanging out and chatting with ever-odd host Kevin Seal. The appearance comes after the release of her single “Mandinka.”

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Kevin Seal puts The Church under the ‘120 X-Ray' — 1988

‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: Kevin Seal puts The Church under the ‘120 X-Ray’ — 1988

For this week’s “120 Minutes” Rewind, we revisit this “120 X-Ray” segment from 1988, which finds Kevin Seal once again the victim of cheesy visual effects as he digs into the story of The Church circa Starfish, with interviews from Peter Koppes and Marty Willson-Piper.