MONGOLOIDS by DEVO

The ultimate display of camp-kitsch in Punk Rock, Devo rose from obscure beginnings in the downtrodden industrial city of Dayton, Ohio, dead-set on proselytizing their odd brand of costumed exhibitionism to the masses eager for the latest gimmick in popular music. Their frenzied pop/punk sound allowed them previously unimagined popular appeal, fooling their audiences into laughter & underestimation, all the while planning on turning the world topsy-turvy in reflecting the cold, alienated robotics of the everyday man in his very much unnatural modern industrial setting. “Are we not men? We are Devo!” they proclaimed, underlining the essential alienation of modern popular culture. Here are three tracks, selected by Francis Englehardt, Paul Nickerson and Terre Thaemlitz, taken from three different Devo albums!