Devo is on a farewell tour and it’s sad to see them leave, especially with original members Bob Casale and Alan Myers passing about a decade ago. However, given Mark and Gerald’s mindsets, they’re more likely to quit while they’re ahead. The cartoon’s joke is amusing but I’m glad it’s not terribly true. Devo regained their popularity by the Aughts when younger Gen Xers found out their faves loved them; Nirvana, Soundgarden, etc. which bled over to the Mills and hopefully Zoomers.
Now I’m thinking back to when Devo signed with Enigma Records 35 years ago, this went sour quickly. Personally, I loved Total Devo but I remember the new Music Director for WMUR, a little prick, who said, I hate Devo. Much like all those Gen Xers and Boomers who called me a faggot for liking the Spudboys probably hoped on the bandwagon over a decade ago. A few were probably at the 2011 concert. Just checked Apple Music, damn, all three of their Enigma-era material isn’t available. That just blows. It may not have been their best work compared to The New Traditionalists or Freedom of Choice, yet I’d take any day over the dreck most peers were rocking’ out to in 1988-90.
May this cartoon be fiction for a century or longer!