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Devo: The Complete Truth About De-Evolution

Devo: The Complete Truth About De-Evolution

Now it can be told...

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Now, the complete truth can be told...Devo, the seminal New Wave audio-visual concept band made a career out of setting to music video their Dada-gone-camp theory of de-evolution and its riotous rebuke of corporate culture. Punk/New Wave mad scientists Devo were among the few bands to understand the music video's potential as art form during its infancy in the eighties. Their brilliant and bizarre videos were compiled on VHS and then on laser disc; that long out-of-print disc, The Complete Truth About De-Evolution, has finally arrived on DVD, which should please longtime fans of this eclectic outfit.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

19 November 1993

Country

United States of America

Cast

Mark Mothersbaugh

Mark Mothersbaugh

Self

Gerald V. Casale

Gerald V. Casale

Self

Robert Mothersbaugh

Robert Mothersbaugh

Self

Bob Casale

Bob Casale

Self

Alan Myers

Alan Myers

Self

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