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Devo – Freedom Of Choice
Title: Devo - Freedom Of Choice
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, New Wave, Akron, Ohio 10/26
Condition: VG+ (LM) | Members: Devo (N/A) | Producer: Robert Marguleff, Devo
Cultural Facts:
- “Whip It” Wasn't Supposed to Be the Big Hit: Devo didn't initially view “Whip It” as an obvious single, but radio DJs latched onto it and the song became the band's breakthrough, pushing their bizarre Akron art-school project into mainstream MTV-era pop culture.
- Those Red Hats Had a Name: The famous red “energy dome” hats introduced during this era were designed by the band as part of Devo's fake-scientific mythology. They claimed the tiered shape recycled lost human energy, turning a stage prop into one of new wave's most recognizable images.
- A Kent State Tragedy Helped Shape Devo: Founding members Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis were at Kent State University when National Guardsmen killed four students in 1970. Casale later said the event deeply influenced Devo's cynical idea that humanity was not evolving, but “de-evolving.”
10-19-26 AC
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