Monday, March 16, 2009

DEVO - LIVE: The Mongoloid Years


DEVO!

This one is really out of print, which is sad, because it rules. It's three early DEVO shows; the first few cuts are from Max's Kansas City, and it's shortly before Q came out. The middle one is from a year or two before that, and the last show is really early -- and it's the best; it's with Jungle Jim still on drums, and it's when they opened for Surprise Headliner Sun Ra.... by clearing out the room by enraging the hippies (who were also fucked up on Nitrous provided by the station in big garbage bags). 15 minute Jocko Homo!

3 comments:

  1. Classic compilation, though some people find the last concert excruciating to listen to.

    Oh Murray...Murray...

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  2. Man, I LOVE that last concert.

    BAMBOO BIMBO!!! BAMBOO BIMBO!!!

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  3. Even though the sound quality is terrible, it's worthy of the raw energy in the recording. I haven't heard a commercially sold Devo live set sounding more punk than that one.

    It's a lot like Rocket from the Tombs were.

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