Top Albums Freedom of Choice Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Greatest Hits Duty Now for the Future New Traditionalists Top Songs Whip It Mongoloid Gut Feeling Jocko Homo Girl U Want Uncontrollable Urge Freedom of Choice Praying Hands Come Back Jonee

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Devo News

Locals Only: Double The Devo - Two Events Pay Tribute To The Influential Akron Band (Cleveland Scene) By Anastasia Pantsios It's unlikely that when the members of Devo formed their arty conceptual band at Kent State University in the early '70s, they envisioned themselves as a Northeast Ohio tourist attraction. But that's what they've in essence become, as the raison d'?tre for the annual DEVOtional, a fan gathering begun in Akron in 2000. This year's event, dubbed Snake Thru the Chaos, at the ... The Girls (Spin) What? Fusing '80s-style synths and high-pitched yelps with punk aggression, this quintet is like a loosely collected hybrid of the Cars, the Voidoids, and Devo -- and would no doubt be pleased by the inherent Ramones comparisons spurred by their giddy pop sensibility. The Girls will be appearing at Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival this Saturday, Aug. 30, showcasing their sophomore release Yes ... Not-So-New Wavers Still Thrill at Wolf Trap (Washington Post) It's impossible to spike your hair when you no longer have any. But even follicularly challenged former new wavers could do the shoulder-dip shimmy and off-beat head-bob at Regeneration Tour, which stopped at Wolf Trap on Tuesday. Songs in the Key of Hell (Daytona Beach News-Journal) Ask pop music fans to pick their favorite songs and they will wax poetic about the music that became a joyful soundtrack to their lives. The lighter side of Alice Cooper (The Pantagraph) As students in town return to the classroom, along comes the guy who preached that, hey kids, actually "School's Out." Forever. Blown to pieces, in fact.| From the archive: Looking back with Alice Cooper

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