Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Are We Not Men? We Are Devo

Here’s what most people know about Devo – they’re the band that wears those funny red hats that look like upside down planters, and sing Whip It, but the Akron-based act are far more than the “one-hit” wonder that most people think of them as. Formed in the early 1970’s at Kent State University, and taking their name from the concept of de-evolution, the band embraced the pop-art and audio-visual antics of Andy Warhol, while taking a subversive sociopolitical stance against junk culture. With their odd brand of angular, syncopated New Wave, they found early fans in Iggy Pop, Robert Fripp, Brian Eno (who produced their debut album) and David Bowie who declared them “the band of the future” at their 1977 New York City debut gig.

The quirky art-rock pioneers are the subject of the new documentary Are We Not Men? We Are Devo. Directed by Tony Pemberton, the doc, which has been four years in the making, chronicles the band’s entire career using archival film, private home movies, recent concert footage and features new interviews with the band as well as with Iggy Pop, Dave Grohl, Tony Hawk and more. The movie, which is currently in post-production, is seeking additional financing via Kickstarter to help meet their goal of being able to enter it for consideration in next year’s Sundance Film Festival. They’ve already exceeded their initial goal having raised over $37K to date, with 28 days still to go in their fundraising campaign. Let’s check out the 5-minute extended trailer…

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