Devo: 50 Years of De-Evolution Columbus Concert 6-20-2025

by  Wes Flexner aka ANONANONANON

Devo’s 50th Anniversary Show at Promowest Pavilion opened with a 70’s looking stag movie called the Rod Rooter Video.

The Rod Rooter Video depicts a cornball record industry’s climate which existed while Devo were burgeoning Northeast Ohio visionaries.

Rod Rooter is a corny music executive who is lecturing Akron’s iconic art performers about marketing.

Rod Rooter resembled an unlikable, uncouth predator in a porno movie.

Rod Rooter tells DEVO, the Akron legends should aspire into being Kid Rock….

While I doubt Kid Rock made music in 1977….

Rod Rooter Video’s satire is mocking an embarrassing element from the 70’s and the music industry that still exists,

After this out of touch, and artless cornball lectures Devo….

Devo took the stage with the relevant Don’t Shoot...

Don’t Shoot reminded everyone Devo’s subversiveness was an Ohio cultural response after the National Guard killed people in Kent, Ohio during the Nixon 70’s.

We’re thinking about Trump’s disingenuous Ice Raids which compelled Trump into invading California with the National Guard.

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