Fred Armisen, Chris Parnell, Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and more share their thoughts on the percussionist's mysterious fate.

Fred Armisen, who joined the SNL cast two years after "Cowbell," suggests something more vague. "It's just like one of those things where he had enough life in him, and the body was like, 'Yeah, we're ...

In the sketch, which of course anyone reading this has seen, Christopher Walken‘s supposedly legendary producer “Bruce Dickerson” keeps beseeching cowbell player Gene Frenkle (Will Ferrell ...

ordering Ferrell’s Gene Frenkle to play the cowbell with more enthusiasm, to the chagrin of the rest of the band. Over two decades on, Ferrell, who wrote the sketch, admitted in Peacock’s SNL ...

Speaking of Blue Öyster Cult, the band does not have a dedicated cowbell/woodblock player named “Gene Frenkle.” While that is purely a Will Ferrell invention, his Gene Frenkle does look like ...