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With their yellow radiation suits, red "energy dome" hats and manic energy, part playful and part angry, the band Devo combined the futuristic glamour of new wave with atomic-age anxieties and post-60s disillusionment. Its biggest hit, 1980s "Whip It," injected subversive satire straight into the heart of the American cultural mainstream.

Directed by Chris Smith, "Devo" dives into the history of the plastic-clad band of Ohio art students who brought subversive ideas to the 1980s mainstream.

“[The studio] was in a car wash. Or an adjacent building where they stored the soap,” says Wilbur Niles, clearing up details through bursts of laughter. “I mean, we recorded at night, after the car wash closed. You couldn’t do anything on a Saturday morning when cars were being washed. I remember the concrete ceiling … Rinse and Rediscover: How Wilbur Niles Turned Car Wash Jazz-Funk Into a Collector’s Item Read More » The post Rinse and Rediscover: How Wilbur Niles Turned Car Wash J...

Ohio funk rarities with surprising links to the state’s new wave scene. Review by Kieron Tyler