Word: devoe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...listening to music without the music. In practice, it sounds like a kitchen with all the electric appliances on. The fact that Eno has released about ten albums in the last five years using a concept good for two albums at the most, combined with the realization that Devo, Roxy Music and even the Talking Heads have all released superior albums to the ones they did with him, has led to the current critical backlash against the man who in art-rock circles could once do no wrong...
Inspired by the do-it-yourself ethic of the British new wave scene, independent labels and imports are exerting an increasingly powerful influence on the American music industry. Devo, Pere Ubu, the Shoes, the Romantics and 20/20 all parlayed self-financed and independently distributed singles or albums into major label deals. Several majors have attempted to keep abreast of the times by striking up distribution deals with leading British independents--Polydor with Radar, CBS with Stiff, Atlantic with Virgin and A&M with the recently formed International Record Syndicate...
...crowd of about 100 people jammed into the Currier House Senior Common Room for the second night to see new wave videotaped commercials, film excerpts, and television shows. The program, narrated by Ivers, contained works by Gary Neuman, Devo, and many other bands...
...Devo is the first group that was paid to produce "a sophisticated, artistic film that contains important social and political commentary," Ivers said. He added that the mentality typified by Devo's music would greatly affect all forms of entertainment...
Ivers especially praised the "sophisticated musicianship" of Devo, the Castration Squad. Surf Punks, and Hollywood Trash...