Pharrell Williams, call your lawyers. That oversized hat worn to the Grammys might be a legally protectable signature look. Don't believe us? Check out Devo, the New Wave band that hit it big with the 1980 smash "Whip It." The song was featured on the band's third album, Freedom of Choice, and on the album cover (pictured), Devo members wore funny-looking headgear they called "Energy Dome Hats." Story: Devo Drummer Alan Myers Dies at 58 Six years ago, there was a mini media frenzy upon word that Devo was suing McDonald's over a Happy Meal toy featuring
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- 3/10/2014
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
And the beat goes on. Former Devo drummer Alan Myers may have died after a battle with brain cancer on Monday, June 24, but his legacy as part of the "Whip It" band lives on. He was 58. Myers, who was the third -- and arguably most well-known -- drummer for the American New Wave band, joined the group in 1976 during the band's heyday, and helped anchor the beats of some of its biggest albums, including 1976's Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! [...]...
- 6/27/2013
- Us Weekly
Alan Myers, the former longtime drummer for the band Devo, best known for "Whip It," has died after a battle with brain cancer. He was 58. Myers died Monday in Los Angeles, where he lived, Devo spokesman Michael Pilmer said Wednesday. Myers was the band's drummer from 1976 to 1985 during Devo's heyday. The group was formed in Akron, Ohio, in the early 70s by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale, and introduced themselves to the world in 1977 by making a spastic version of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction." Casale told The Associated Press on Wednesday that without Myers,...
- 6/26/2013
- by Associated Press
- Hitfix
According to reports from friends, colleagues, and former bandmates, drummer Alan Myers has died. Myers, Devo’s “human metronome” during the band’s commercial and creative peak, had been battling cancer. Appearing on every Devo LP released between the band’s full-length debut, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, and 1984’s Shout, Myers was recruited to join the band following the departure of its second drummer, Jim Mothersbaugh. Eschewing the motorik-inspired patterns of the band’s new-wave and post-punk peers, Myers’ playing on early Devo releases is alternately straightforward and slyly complex, an analog cog within ...
- 6/26/2013
- avclub.com
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