A Night of Total DEVO!!!
DEVO First Avenue Nov. 1 1988 Photos courtesy of the DEVO Live Guide Here's how I remember it: 6-8 years earlier DEVO was the only reason I existed. They were far and above my favorite band at the time. But time marched on and I grew from being a spotty young teen to a jaded spotty young adult and DEVO didn't hold quite as much sway in my life any more. But I wasn't going to let that stop me from seeing them at First Avenue!!! What WAS going to stop me was the recent change in the drinking age from 19 to 21, a change that I missed by a mere 3 months. So here I was, 20 years old, and unable to gain legal entry to see DEVO. What to do, what to do? Well, I did what any good young punk would do, I scammed my way in! I had just started my role as vocalist #4 in my favorite band, Iron Fist , a few months earlier, and we were darlings at First Avenue. To the point where they painted our logo on the outside of the building. This was right before they painted all the silver st