Devo - Live

Devo - Live

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Movie Review: Devo with special guest Metallica
Summary: 5 Stars

Metalheads Devolved into long haired Monkey Men - Film at 11

While stylists primped Metallica's new haircuts behind stage one, 500 headbangers and half a dozen spuds were permanently warped by Devo's raging set on stage two. This years best new DVD is DEVO LIVE from Rhino Records, and I'm sure I can't do it justice with words, but I gotta try.

Be like your ancestors or be different, it dosn't matter:

Decades ahead of their time to begin with, the Spud Boys haven't changed their hair, fashion sense or music in 25 years. The rest of the industry has mutated to play catch up. Their trail blazing cleared the way for Techno acts like Prodigy, and Moby, and Performance artists like Blue Men Group. But, with Gerald on Bass, Bob's 1+ 2 on guitars, and Mark grabbing the mic and pounding on the synthesizers, their bass and guitar heavy set of songs from their first three major label records made it clear that Industrialists like Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, and Marilyn Manson wouldn't exist without Devo. The industrialists may have replaced Devo's morbid sense of humor with being just plain morbid, but Devo rocked just as hard.

Monkey Men All, In Post Grunge Suits:

Opening with their hit (you know the song) to grab the attention of the un-initiated, they then jammed through Satisfaction, Uncontrollable Urge, Mongoloid, Girl U Want, Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA and more. Midway through the set they played an inspired, pulse pounding extended version of their anthem Jocko Homo, and Mark jumped off stage into the audience letting newly enthusiastic metal heads shout the answer to Dr. Moreau's question "Are We Not Men?" By the sets closing number, Gates of Steel, grunge suited monkey men had been unwittingly devolved, screaming, waving their fists, and no doubt spoiled for the Metallibland they were going to see next.

Rush out, buy the DVD, crank the bass, crank the volume, and enjoy the band David Bowie, in 1976, called the future of rock. Duty Now For the Future.

We Must Repeat

Summary of Devo - Live