TV Appearances

2002
4th June 2002 The Wildbunch – Danger! High Voltage – Chic-a-go-go #251 2002/06/04 = Air Date | 2002/05/19 = Date Of Filming

2003
7th January 2003 2003-01-07 Interview with Dick and Surge on the Gonzo Show on MTV
10th January 2003 Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage & Gay Bar – Born Sloppy
11th January 2003 Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage (I love the opening to this, Dick yells out ‘Yeah, what’s up British kids!?’)
17th January 2003 Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage – TOTP (#2 in charts performance) 2003/01/17
19th January 2003 Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage – Popworld
7th February 2003 Electric Six – Born Sloppy, Channel 4, performing Danger! High Voltage!
23rd May 2003 Electric Six – Performing ‘Danger! High Voltage’ on ‘Jools Holland’
Summer 2003 Electric Six – Gay Bar – Glastonbury 2003 (I know it’s not directly a TV performance but I believe it was broadcast)
13th June 2003 Electric Six – Gay Bar – TOTP (#5 in charts performance)
8th September 2003 Tyler Spencer appeared on ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’.

2004
4th December 2004 Electric Six – Radio Ga Ga – CDUK
5th December 2004 Popworld, Channel 4, once performing Radio Ga Ga, with the Dequindre/Colonel/ Bonnaventure Line up
10th December 2004 Electric Six – Radio Ga Ga TRL UK
11th December 2004 Electric Six – Radio Ga Ga TOTP
12th December 2004 Electric Six – Radio Ga Ga TOTP
12th December 2004 Popworld, Channel 4, interview with Dick and Tait [Available on E6 MySpace]
December 2004TOTP saturday, performing Radio Ga Ga outside of the BBC television center, again with the Dequindre/Colonel/Bonnaventure Line up

2008/09
Two appearances Fox News programme ‘Red Eye’

Other
They were also on a late night Channel 4’s ‘Best of Download’ package, which interviewed Dick, along with Tait and Na$hinal, footage of them performing ‘She’s White’ was shown, as well as a duet with the singer from Surferosa (who were the tour support on the late 2003 tour) for ‘Danger! High Voltage!’

They also appeared on Kerrang! fronting their ten favourite videos of 2003 [coming soon]; doing a countdown of the top 20 funny videos [see below] and Tyler appeared on a programme about the 50 best videos of all time [see below].

Appeared on a programme called ‘Max Magic’ (Sky One) where a magician did a magic trick with some fans outside a Brixton Academy gig then a trick with Dick, Tait and M. (Thanks to James for this)

Other Information

‘Gay Bar’ was voted the 29th best video of all time in a Channel 4 poll. Dick Valentine was on to talk about the making of the video – not a pleasant experience apparently – and also to give his views on the winner, ‘Thriller’ by Michael Jackson

Tyler Spencer and Christopher Tait fronted a countdown of the top twenty funniest videos, featuring three of their own. Here is the complete list…

Electric Six’s 20 Funniest Videos

20. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovich – Eat It
19. Mike Flowers Pops – Wonderwall
18. Electric Six – Radio Ga Ga
17. Fatboy Slim – Ya Mama
16. Goldie Lookin’ Chain – Guns Don’t Kill People Rappers Do
15. Weird Al Yankovich – Smells like Nirvana
14. Spinal Tap – The Majesty of Rock
13. Electric Six – Gay Bar
12. Tenacious D – Tribute
11. Eminem – Just Lose It
10. David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and the Lightning Seeds – Three Lions ’98
09. The Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called Love
08. Foo Fighters – Big Me
07. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Wayne’s World Video Version)
06. Blink 182 – What’s My Age Again?
05. Goldie Lookin’ Chain – Your Mother’s Got A Penis
04. Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage
03. Beastie Boys – Sabotage
02. Fatboy Slim – Praise You
01. Foo Fighters – Learn To Fly

Francis has also included some links to live footage from Top of the Pops – ‘Gay Bar’ (30 seconds) and ‘Danger! High Voltage’

Electric Six fansite