[kj] O.T. Devo

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Very interested to know what the specifics of this "ground breaking" partnership are, as from what I remember Devo had nothing but bad things to say about Warners back when these records were coming out. ? Also, ?their first commercial video comp "The men who make the music" had a skit in it about the band having to have a meeting with their a&r guy, who is trying to get them back into the yellow suits. ? A great exchange happens when one of the band members says "Well, I guess we just like ideas", to which the a&r guy says "Yeah, well I guess we like to talk in TONNAGE." ? ? ? I am hoping the payday is good, but am also hoping that they make it to Boston.
With Josh Freese playing drums chances are the show will be great, even though the rest of the guys must be pushing 60. ? ? ?- Carl
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Oh great. More reissues. Thank god I have a job to pay for these things now.


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Ale xin NYC





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From: Dave Axford 
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DEVO SIGN GROUND-BREAKING WORLDWIDE PARTNERSHIP WITH WARNER BROS. RECORDS
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LABEL TO REISSUE DELUXE VERSIONS OF ARE WE NOT MEN? AND FREEDOM OF CHOICE ON NOVEMBER 3RD
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BAND LAUNCH SPECIAL TOUR TO PERFORM BOTH ALBUMS IN THEIR ENTIRETY


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>From the Devo press release on Sept. 16th:



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The day the reissues are released, DEVO will launch a series of very special live performances in select markets (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Washington D.C., New York City, and Toronto), during which they will play back-to-back nights in each city. One the first night, the band will perform Are We Not Men? in its entirety; on the second night, they will perform Freedom of Choice in its entirety. As a bonus, fans who purchase tickets onlineto any one of these concerts will receive three demos recently uncovered in the DEVO vaults. The three previously unreleased versions, "Whip It," "Red Shark" (later re-titled "it's Not Right" and recorded with different lyrics), and "Turn Around," were all recorded on a four-track in the band's rehearsal space at Modern Music in Hollywood, CA.Tickets for most of the shows go on-sale on September 18th. All tour dates are listed below. 


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Are we not happy?


We are DEVO








 





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