Essential singles of the spuds from Ohio. In addition, the Devo philosophy is conveyed through vignettes featuring General Boy and Booji Boy (who's electrocuted, exposed to nuclear waste and has his rubber head smashed in an industrial press!), Timothy Leary, and the sleazy Rooter family.
Although the video clips look super-cheap in these days of desktop digital production, there's more inventiveness and wit to be found in any 30 seconds of this tape than 2 hours of MTV. Brightly hued images of mutation, sci-fi conformity and surprisingly surreal violence await, all set to the beat of some classic New Wave tunes. Imagine what they could've done with one of today's video budgets... Duty now for the future!
Although the video clips look super-cheap in these days of desktop digital production, there's more inventiveness and wit to be found in any 30 seconds of this tape than 2 hours of MTV. Brightly hued images of mutation, sci-fi conformity and surprisingly surreal violence await, all set to the beat of some classic New Wave tunes. Imagine what they could've done with one of today's video budgets... Duty now for the future!