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Devo´s Freedom of Choice
Evie Nagy
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Description for Devo´s Freedom of Choice
Paperback. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 121 x 17. Weight in Grams: 176.
Finally, after all that waiting, The Future arrived in 1980. Ohio art-rockers Devo had plainly prepared with their 1979 second LP Duty Now for the Future, and now it was go time. Propelled by the new decade's high-tech, free-market, pre-AIDS promise, 1980's Freedom of Choice would rocket what Devo co-founder Gerald Casale calls his "alternate universe, hermetically sealed, alien band" both into the arms of the Earthlings and back to their home planet in one scenic trip. Before an artistic and commercial decline that resulted in a 20-year gap between Devo's last two studio records, Freedom of Choice made ... Read more
Finally, after all that waiting, The Future arrived in 1980. Ohio art-rockers Devo had plainly prepared with their 1979 second LP Duty Now for the Future, and now it was go time. Propelled by the new decade's high-tech, free-market, pre-AIDS promise, 1980's Freedom of Choice would rocket what Devo co-founder Gerald Casale calls his "alternate universe, hermetically sealed, alien band" both into the arms of the Earthlings and back to their home planet in one scenic trip. Before an artistic and commercial decline that resulted in a 20-year gap between Devo's last two studio records, Freedom of Choice made ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
33 1/3
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781623563448
SKU
V9781623563448
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About Evie Nagy
Evie Nagy is an arts and business journalist who has been a staff editor and writer at Rolling Stone, Billboard and Fast Company. She lives in Oakland, CA.
Reviews for Devo´s Freedom of Choice
Evie Nagy's 33 1/3 book on Devo's Freedom of Choice is fantastic, nerdy, swift and meticulous, and the book you have been waiting for if you even like Devo a little bit.
Jessica Hopper, Senior Editor, Pitchfork
...a solid look back at the point where everything changed for Devo ... Nagy gets Devo’s mix of nerdishness, humour, and ... Read more
Jessica Hopper, Senior Editor, Pitchfork
...a solid look back at the point where everything changed for Devo ... Nagy gets Devo’s mix of nerdishness, humour, and ... Read more