Post #160354 by Trader Woody on Fri, May 20, 2005 11:28 AM

On 2005-05-19 19:17, Doctor Z wrote:
Just so you know - I'm the guy who always plays "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" on the jukebox at the Purple Orchid.

Absolutely their finest moment!
(I've just taken off the Fall - Rowche Rumble and put on Smart Patrol) A bar that plays classic Devo? Wooaah!

They were my favourite band for a long long time, but the long slide downhill came after 'Duty now for the Future'. Occasional flashes of brilliance happened after that, but the first 2 albums and the earlier 'Hardcore Devo' albums are the gold seam. 'The Men Who Make the Music' video was what drove me into a state of spud-agitation, though. I paid something like $40 for it back when video tapes cost that much new and I was at school with no money for anything. I've no idea why they don't re-release it on DVD instead on just parts of it on compilations.

I only saw them twice, on successive nights when they came to London to do the 'Smooth Noodle Maps Tour'. The album was a lumpy spunk sandwich but live, they were Devo through and through. I managed to meet the band too.
-> Just cranking up 'Clockout'

I've got Hardcore Vol 1 on CD (Vol 2 got stolen by Sm Bstd) as well as well as 'Live - the Mongoloid years' and will mail out freebie copies to those to those who ask. I'll have to stop when it all starts getting expensive (As I live in the UK), and priority will go to those who have already posted. If anyone could send me Vol 2 I'd be grateful!

Trader Woody