Over the last year, Harold has been caught up in a whirlwind of tours and appearances with the band. He’s played several festivals in the U.S.(including Kansas City’s Middle of the Map Fest, countless shows overseas, and appeared on late-night television.

But live television is different. There’s a certain element of excitement and electricity the night can bring, and Harold wanted it to be memorable. What he didn’t expect was exactly how it would become memorable. “Halloween was the night before rehearsals, and we went as the cast of ‘Friends,'” says Harold. “I was making a wig for our stage manager and got superglue in my hair, which led to two chunks of my hair being ripped out and are clearly visible on the right side of my head. The hair and makeup team tried fixing it to no avail. Pretty memorable.” The stylists may not have agreed with the accidental haircut, but they did like his vivid red socks that he showed up in, and told him to wear them for the performance (you’ll notice them in the clip below).

The night before the big show, Harold tweeted “Watching talent like Bill Hader, Fred Armisen and Louis CK rehearse at SNL is a real dream come true.” Harold told us “Comedy is probably right under music in things I’m influenced by.” But he hasn’t even watched his own performance on the show yet. “I want to remember it exactly as I saw it,” says Harold. “Once the final song was done, we had a big hug and a giant sigh of relief.”

Now that the excitement is over, it’s back to work for Harold. He still gets messages every now and then about the big night, but he says right now it’s back to “Touring until more hair falls out.”

Bonus fact: Harold wasn’t the only one representing our neck of the woods on SNL. The drums used in Fun.’s appearance on the show are from C&C Custom Drums, a fantastic company out of Kansas City. Also, Harold’s bass amp, from RCAB Audio, was designed and built in Lawrence.

Bonus clip: a video we shot way back in 2004 of Harold performing Kelpie performing at the Jackpot: