There was a peculiar notion going around my high school in the white bread and meatloaf suburb of Akron, Ohio where I grew up that said that bands like DEVO were “wimp rock.” But seeing DEVO at the Music Box Theater in Hollywood where I had the privilege of sitting in on the final rehearsal for their current tour gave the lie to that. Even with several members of the band having passed sixty years old and the rest closing in quick, DEVO rocks like no other band on Planet Earth.
Now that I have a daughter, I've started watching Yo Gabba Gabba. There is a part where some weird looking guy comes out and starts doing drawings. Looking kind of familiar, I checked the credits and scream "Holy shit! It's fucking Mark Mothersbaugh!". My wife looked at me like I had 12 heads.
GREAT INTERVIEW!! I was also at the Henry Fonda "Are We Not Men" show. It was fucking brilliant. I'm 41 and have been listening to Devo since the 7th grade. They blew me and my friends away.
mydogfarted said:
Now that I have a daughter, I've started watching Yo Gabba Gabba. There is a part where some weird looking guy comes out and starts doing drawings. Looking kind of familiar, I checked the credits and scream "Holy shit! It's fucking Mark Mothersbaugh!". My wife looked at me like I had 12 heads.
Are you serious? *facepalm* She must be converted.
Missy
SUICIDEGIRL
California, USA
NOV 11, 2009 07:00 AM