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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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Thurston Moore
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 25
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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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I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band.
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Rock'n'roll saved my soul.
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My mind is turning into kind of a fine gelatinous ball of pepper
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I grew up in the early '70s in New England.
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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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