Watch: Carrie Brownstein, Kim Gordon, J Mascis, More Say Goodbye to Fred Armisen on "Saturday Night Live"

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In addition to two explosive performances from Kanye West, tonight's season finale of "Saturday Night Live" also featured a send-off to Fred Armisen, who left the show after 11 years. Armisen, in the guise of his punk character Ian Rubbish, lead an all-star group in a performance of an original song that seems to be called "It's a Lovely Day".

Joining Armisen and "SNL" cast members Bill Hader (also marking his final "SNL" episode), Jason Sudeikis, and Taran Killam were Armisen's "Portlandia" co-star Carrie Brownstein, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, and the Sex Pistols' Steve Jones.

Watch it below via Mediaite (via Slicing Up Eyeballs).

Armisen has a long history of involvement in indie music. Before launching to fame with "SNL", he drummed in the Chicago band Trenchmouth and was married to Sally Timms of the Mekons. He released a fake drum instructional DVD on Drag City under the name Jens Hannemann. He has worked with bands including Les Savy Fav, Man Man, Interpol, and Joanna Newsom. "Portlandia" has featured a long list of musician guest stars like Newsom, St. Vincent, Johnny Marr, Isaac Brock, and more, and Armisen and Brownstein brought the show on tour in 2011-2012. Earlier this year, he appeared on Rachael Ray's show singing the praises of Death Grips. Most recently, he released a free EP of Ian Rubbish songs and opened for Vampire Weekend.

Read our Guest List interview with Armisen and Brownstein from earlier this year, and read Armisen's own interview with Cat Power from 2006.

 Watch a Pitchfork.tv interview with Armisen:

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