DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who … - Thurston Moore

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Those who ran away are now outside the distant perimeter wall of the airport. Now they're outside the wall and the heroic Republican Guard is now in control of the whole area of Saddam International Airport. So where are those villainous louts, those mercenaries?

Thurston Moore

DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk rock would be walking around on the streets the jocks who learned about Punk through Devo would roll down their windows and yell at the Punks: 'HEY, DEVO!!'

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People see rock and roll as, as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolised by big business, what are the youth to do? Do you, do you have any idea? I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture.

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I certainly don't sit around in the morning making pancakes listening to Whitehouse or anything.

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People. . . of the universe! Tonight. . . is the night. . when the skies will open, and spray forth a divine hand with pointed finger! And it will say. . . everybody. . . you're not just a duck. . . YOU ARE HUMAN! YOU ARE HUMAAAAN!!!

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Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opted, and this subterranean noise music and the avant-garde folk scene have replaced it

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I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience.

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