July 18, 2010
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DEVO, Beautiful World, 1981 


Tony Wilson: Why Synthesizers?

DEVO: We misuse them. You can get more primitive sounds out of them, a wider range. People worship their synthesizers; we destroy them, we abuse them.

Tony Wilson: You worship your technique, though?

DEVO: No, we worship nothing.

Tony Wilson: What does DEVO mean?

DEVO: Following your genetic code, then breaking down.

Tony Wilson: You say that punk broke down music, but you mutated it. Could you explain briefly?

DEVO: Yeah, we are the fluid in a punk enema bag.