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DEVO doc with Devo tribute band Big Mess Live!
January 21, 2009
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FACT: Devo were the best band in the world.
By popular demand, the Alamo Drafthouse is reprising the film DEVO: THE MEN WHO MAKE THE MUSIC, but this time, we're injecting an elephant-killing dose of Devo-amphetamine straight through your eardrum because Devo tribute band Big Mess is going to also perform live in the theater!
This incredible collection, released before their '80s 'Whip It' phase acted as supporting evidence for the group's de-evolution theory, is undeniable proof. No other band -- new wave, rock or otherwise - has ever burst forth so fully armed with revolutionary new sounds, images and ideas. If you're still skeptical that Devo were the greatest innovators in music history, this show will leave those doubts in the dust. The boys formed as a school project in 1973, beating both the punk and new wave movements by a long stretch and choosing to document their avalanche of creativity via music, film and even bizarre printed pamphlets on mankind�s evolutionary regression. The footage in tonight's show (much of which is unavailable on DVD) captures Devo at the absolute tip of their violently creative apex, where each music video and short film explodes with bizarre snapshots borne of future fantasies, nerdish sexual denial and unfiltered, unhinged brilliance. PLUS!: this show will feature a very rare and special performance from full-tilt full-costume Devo tribute band BIG MESS! At the end of the program, you'll have no choice but to stand up and declare: "We ARE Devo!!!"
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320 E 6th Street
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Info Phone: 512.476.1320
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January 21, 2009Times:
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