Devo, the Ohio-based rock
group that was formed in 1972, struggled during the early years and was little
more than some guys playing their eclectic music mix in a garage. But, as history records, they were in
the right place at the right time with the arrival of MTV and the video that begins
with “Crack that whip!”
Fame, eight commercial
albums, retirement, revival, retirement, revival … Devo, ironically, “evolved.”
Now skip ahead 42-years
from their humble beginnings to a June evening last year at the Fox Theatre in
Oakland, California and the “Hardcore Devo” concert … a 21-song tribute to
their recently departed band mate, Bob Casale (heart failure in February of
2014).
MVD Entertainment Group
has tabbed Feb. 24 as the release date for Devo: Hardcore Live! This live concert event will be available as
either DVD or Blu-ray editions.
Included in the mix are “Jocko
Homo,” “Uncontrollable Urge,” “Mechanical Man,” “Space Girl Blues,” and “Satisfaction.”
Also heading to the DVD
market place on Feb. 24 from MVD Entertainment Group is documentary filmmaker
Gary Bredow’s High Tech Soul: The Creation of Techno Music, a look at the
birth and growth of techno music on the streets and clubs of Detroit over a
20-year period beginning in the late 60s.
Interviewed are the likes
of Juan Atkins (Belleville Three), producer and recording artist Carl Craig, Richie
Hawtin (aka: Plastikman), Matthew Dear, Eddie Fowlkes and many more. Bonus features here include deleted scenes,
outtakes and bonus interviews.
Lastly, Feb. 24 will see
the DVD debut of Hip Hop Story: Complete … a three-part assembly (running nearly
four-hours) that includes “HipHop Story: Tha Movie,” “HipHop Story 2: Dirty
South” and “HipHop Story 3: Coast to Coast.”
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