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Recombo Dna The Story Of Devo Or How The 60s Became The 80s
Recombo Dna The Story Of Devo Or How The 60s Became The 80s
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Description: Devo may have become synonymous with the crass commercialism of 80s new wave but many of their guiding principles are firmly rooted in the idealism of the 60s. Taking a willfully non - traditional approach to the surprisingly conservative world of rock music they sought inspiration instead from Dada and Pop art comic books and homemade electronics in the process crossing paths with everything from late 60s psychedelia and punk to krautrock and new wave. Recombo DN a is the first book to evaluate in the proper context the innovations and accomplishments of this truly groundbreaking band. Opening with the transformative effects of the May 4 1970 shootings at Kent State University - - the aftershocks of which are felt throughout the book - - author Kevin C. Smith traces the sounds and ideas that Devo absorbed and in turn brought to prominence as unlikely rock stars dropping in along the way on recording in Germany with Brian Eno post - apocalyptic filmmaking with Neil Young and a Jamaican odyssey with Richard Branson. For anyone who has ever wondered where the band who fell to earth came from here is the answer.
Title: Recombo Dna The Story Of Devo Or How The 60s Became The 80s
Author(s): Smith Kevin C.
Publisher: Outline Press Ltd
Barcode: 9781908279392
Pages: 318 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 5/1/2013
Category: Autobiography: Arts & Entertainment
Description: Devo may have become synonymous with the crass commercialism of 80s new wave but many of their guiding principles are firmly rooted in the idealism of the 60s. Taking a willfully non - traditional approach to the surprisingly conservative world of rock music they sought inspiration instead from Dada and Pop art comic books and homemade electronics in the process crossing paths with everything from late 60s psychedelia and punk to krautrock and new wave. Recombo DN a is the first book to evaluate in the proper context the innovations and accomplishments of this truly groundbreaking band. Opening with the transformative effects of the May 4 1970 shootings at Kent State University - - the aftershocks of which are felt throughout the book - - author Kevin C. Smith traces the sounds and ideas that Devo absorbed and in turn brought to prominence as unlikely rock stars dropping in along the way on recording in Germany with Brian Eno post - apocalyptic filmmaking with Neil Young and a Jamaican odyssey with Richard Branson. For anyone who has ever wondered where the band who fell to earth came from here is the answer.
Title: Recombo Dna The Story Of Devo Or How The 60s Became The 80s
Author(s): Smith Kevin C.
Publisher: Outline Press Ltd
Barcode: 9781908279392
Pages: 318 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 5/1/2013
Category: Autobiography: Arts & Entertainment