Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo

I think it's really great that my generation progressed musically. Sonic Youth was created as a direct response to music to Devo (Devolve / De-Evololution). When I was coming up, Devo was barely more than a punchline, they were weirdos, wore weird hats, dressed in identical full-body uniforms. But, that may have been the point when they first started as an thematic art project. The concept being that the future of the world was all going to be run by machines & computers and something as personal and humanistic like music would all be made by robots. (uhhh, hello AI). But if you take the time to listen to this a few times, you begin to realize how amazing this band was. It wasn't until much after I had grown tired of noise rock / Sonic Youth-y stuff that I found this album and was surprised to find is so fun, weird, interesting and good. Gut Feeling has got to be one of my favorite tracks ever. Simple guitar looping that builds and builds until it explodes. Weird cover of Satisfaction and of course Uncontrollable Urge make this album memorable.

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