Hearty thanks for the Devo posts. I once read an interview in which Hugh Cornwell cited as our Akron heroes as a major influence. Interesting to me, because at the time I had viewed Devo largely as ironic joke-mongers; in retrospect now, I see them more as the pioneers of punk-orbit experimentalism that Mr. Cornwell surely spotted them as back in the day.
Major thanks for these volumes, which go a long way toward deflating any 'joke band' tags Devo might have been saddled with.
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ReplyDeleteHearty thanks for the Devo posts. I once read an interview in which Hugh Cornwell cited as our Akron heroes as a major influence. Interesting to me, because at the time I had viewed Devo largely as ironic joke-mongers; in retrospect now, I see them more as the pioneers of punk-orbit experimentalism that Mr. Cornwell surely spotted them as back in the day.
ReplyDeleteMajor thanks for these volumes, which go a long way toward deflating any 'joke band' tags Devo might have been saddled with.