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Recombo DNA
Kevin C. Smith
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Description for Recombo DNA
Paperback. Beginning in 1970, with the transformative effects of the Kent State University shootings - which the band-members witness firsthand - and ending a decade later with Devo on the cusp of superstardom (with "Whip It"), this title traces the sounds and ideas that the group absorbed and in turn brought to prominence as unlikely rock stars. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 colour and black and white in plate section. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 775.
Devo may have become synonymous with the crass commercialism of 80s new wave, but many of their inspirations and guiding principles are firmly rooted in the idealism of the 60s. They took a willfully non-traditional approach to the surprisingly conservative world of rock music, seeking inspiration instead from Dada and Pop art, comic books and homemade electronics, and in the process becoming a sort of musical Zelig, crossing paths with everything from late 60s psychedelia to punk, krautrock to new wave. Their idiosyncratic philosophy may not always have been consistent, but it served as a deep well of inspiration, and ... Read more
Devo may have become synonymous with the crass commercialism of 80s new wave, but many of their inspirations and guiding principles are firmly rooted in the idealism of the 60s. They took a willfully non-traditional approach to the surprisingly conservative world of rock music, seeking inspiration instead from Dada and Pop art, comic books and homemade electronics, and in the process becoming a sort of musical Zelig, crossing paths with everything from late 60s psychedelia to punk, krautrock to new wave. Their idiosyncratic philosophy may not always have been consistent, but it served as a deep well of inspiration, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Outline Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908279392
SKU
V9781908279392
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About Kevin C. Smith
Kevin C. Smith has written for numerous websites and publications including PopMatters, Perfect Sound Forever, Tape Op, Synthmuseum, and the Storyscape Journal. He is also a musician, songwriter, and producer whose musical projects include The Artificial Sea and The Bureau Of Nonstandards.
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