Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Devo believes the future has finally caught up with its visionary music and "de-evolution" message.
Thirty-five years after the group's first album -- and two decades since its last -- Devo is back with new music and a look to replace their iconic energy dome hats.
Devo will have a world stage for the debut when it performs Monday night, February 22, at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Devo is playing at the Olympic Games. I do believe this is one of the seven signs of the Apocalypse. The group whose biggest hit, "Whip It" - itself a thinly veiled homage to sadomasochism and masturbation - was the prototypical alternative music that would blossom in the late 1980s and 1990s. The band that influenced punk, New Wave, and industrial rock is now performing on the Olympic stage like a monkey in a suit. It's the end of the world as we know it, indeed...
And, please, kill me now:
Instead of being an art band targeting a niche following, Devo is now using focus groups to choose which songs to include on its next CD and what clothes to wear onstage, he said.
Devo? Focus groups??? This is worse than hearing Ozzy's "Crazy Train" being used to sell Mitsubishi SUVs. This is worse than hearing Judas Priest's "You've Got Another Thing Coming" being used to shill for Burger King. At least Johnny Rotten was honest about his rationale behind getting the Sex Pistols back together. He responded to the question of why they had gotten back together after almost 20 years apart with two simple, truthful words: "Your money".
You've got to applaud that kind of honesty...
That is all.
4 comments:
"...rationale behind getting the Sex Pistols back together."
SHOCKING! Heh, I thought their album titled "Filthy Lucre" was all about exploring their spirituality. :)
Could have some fun with it. Find a way to pack the focus groups.
Think of Devo wearing "Little House on the Prairie" gingham dresses while yodeling.
Or insert your warped version of what is guaranteed to keep them from making a come back
I don't know.
For some reason, every time I see your photo Jay I am reminded of the lead singer of Judas Priest. Way too much s*x, drugs and Rock and Roll when I was coming up I guess.
Not that DEVO had any class to begin with, but focus groups? Grief...
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