There were red flowerpot hats on each of the seats. The “Energy Domes,” as they used to call them, were Devo’s headgear of choice during the early 1980s, back when the band went from extremely bizarre, unclassifiable group to extremely bizarre, slightly more classifiable (postpunk, New Wave, geek rock) group who’d somehow turn a single entitled “Whip It” into a massive hit. No one told the Sundance Film Festival audience to put them on before the premiere of Devo, Chris Smith’s documentary on the pride of Akron,...
- 1/22/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Neil Young and Promise of the Real’s 2019 European tour will be chronicled in the upcoming concert movie and companion album Noise & Flowers, which arrives August 5. Ahead of its release, Young has offered up “From Hank to Hendrix” from the trek.
Young was about to fly to Europe for the tour when he got word that his longtime manager Elliot Roberts had died. “During the tour, we had a poster of Elliot on a road case, where where he always stood during all shows,” Young wrote on the Neil Young Archives.
Young was about to fly to Europe for the tour when he got word that his longtime manager Elliot Roberts had died. “During the tour, we had a poster of Elliot on a road case, where where he always stood during all shows,” Young wrote on the Neil Young Archives.
- 6/24/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Devo’s Gerald Casale joins us for a discussion of the movies that made Devo!
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Truth About De-Evolution (1976)
Island Of Lost Souls (1932)
Akran (1969)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Fail Safe (1964)
Valley Of The Dolls (1967)
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)
The President’s Analyst (1967)
The Atomic Cafe (1982)
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
Village Of The Damned (1960)
Children Of The Damned (1964)
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
Planet Of The Apes (1968)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Parallax View (1974)
Soylent Green (1973)
Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)
Rocky (1976)
A Face In The Crowd (1957)
Whisky Galore! (1949)
No Time For Sergeants (1958)
Network (1976)
JFK (1991)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Lost Highway (1997)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Expresso Bongo (1959)
Gremlins (1984)
I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Other Notable Items
Paul McCartney
Slash
Willie Nelson
Devo
Elliot Roberts
Lorne Michaels
Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )
Michael O’Donoghue
The Muppets
Neil Young
Walter Williams
Mr. Bill
Richard Myers
George Kuchar
Mike Kuchar
John F.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Truth About De-Evolution (1976)
Island Of Lost Souls (1932)
Akran (1969)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Fail Safe (1964)
Valley Of The Dolls (1967)
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)
The President’s Analyst (1967)
The Atomic Cafe (1982)
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
Village Of The Damned (1960)
Children Of The Damned (1964)
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)
Planet Of The Apes (1968)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Parallax View (1974)
Soylent Green (1973)
Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)
Rocky (1976)
A Face In The Crowd (1957)
Whisky Galore! (1949)
No Time For Sergeants (1958)
Network (1976)
JFK (1991)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Lost Highway (1997)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Expresso Bongo (1959)
Gremlins (1984)
I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Other Notable Items
Paul McCartney
Slash
Willie Nelson
Devo
Elliot Roberts
Lorne Michaels
Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )
Michael O’Donoghue
The Muppets
Neil Young
Walter Williams
Mr. Bill
Richard Myers
George Kuchar
Mike Kuchar
John F.
- 12/22/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Five years ago, Barry Bowman’s daughter brought him a box of his belongings that his ex-wife thought he might want to keep. The retired DJ went fishing through it, shuffling through old airchecks on cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes. “I jokingly said, ‘I wonder if that old Joni Mitchell tape is in there — wouldn’t that be something?’” Bowman tells Rolling Stone from his home in Victoria, British Columbia. “I swear I spotted it right then. There was no doubt. When I saw that old, weathered label on there, everything...
- 10/28/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Neil Young’s 2019 European summer tour with Promise of the Real will be chronicled with a double album and concert film titled Noise and Flowers, which is slated for an early 2021 release.
The nine-date tour kicked off June 29th in Odense, Denmark, just eight days after the death of Elliot Roberts, Young’s manager of over 50 years. “[Daryl Hannah] and I were on the bus, on our way to New York to catch a plane to Europe, when we got the call,” Young wrote on the Neil Young Archives. “After...
The nine-date tour kicked off June 29th in Odense, Denmark, just eight days after the death of Elliot Roberts, Young’s manager of over 50 years. “[Daryl Hannah] and I were on the bus, on our way to New York to catch a plane to Europe, when we got the call,” Young wrote on the Neil Young Archives. “After...
- 9/14/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Stephen Stills and his wife Kristen are bringing their long-running autism benefit show Light Up the Blues to L.A.’s Greek Theater on May 30th with a bill that includes Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Lucius and Fantastic Negrito — along with Stills himself and his sons Oliver Stills and Chris Stills.
Long-time Light Up the Blues friend Jack Black will be returning once again to serve as the emcee of the evening. Tickets go on sale Friday February 14th at 10:00 am Pst.
The...
Long-time Light Up the Blues friend Jack Black will be returning once again to serve as the emcee of the evening. Tickets go on sale Friday February 14th at 10:00 am Pst.
The...
- 2/11/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
At one point, the working title for the new Neil Young and Crazy Horse album was Pink Moon. It describes the eleven days the band spent in April, hunkered down in a studio at an elevation of 9,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains, recording their first new record in seven years. (Oxygen tanks were involved.)
But Colorado, the title Young eventually settled on, is more fitting for the record. It encompasses the ragged earthiness of Crazy Horse that dates back to 1968, when Young first jammed with the then-known Rockets at the Whisky a Go Go.
But Colorado, the title Young eventually settled on, is more fitting for the record. It encompasses the ragged earthiness of Crazy Horse that dates back to 1968, when Young first jammed with the then-known Rockets at the Whisky a Go Go.
- 10/31/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
We were in New York City with Joni Mitchell, and Elliot Roberts [who managed both Csny and Mitchell] decided that Joni shouldn’t go to Woodstock because she was also scheduled to do The Dick Cavett Show on TV. It’s one of the great credits to her as an artist that she was able to write the song “Woodstock” without having been there. Of course, when you’ve got all these people babbling at you about what happened, I guess it’s pretty infectious.
And it was overwhelming! It was like Blade Runner, like looking down on L.
And it was overwhelming! It was like Blade Runner, like looking down on L.
- 8/13/2019
- by Graham Nash
- Rollingstone.com
Bob Dylan has invited only a tiny handful of guests onto his stage over the past decade, and Neil Young became one of them at a co-headlining show in Kilkenny, Ireland, this past Sunday evening. It happened midway through Dylan’s set when Young came out to perform the folk classic “Will The Circle Be Unbroken.” Coincidentally or not, they played the same song together in 1975 during their first onstage collaboration at Bill Graham’s 1975 Snack benefit in San Francisco.
They played together again at “The Last Waltz” the following year,...
They played together again at “The Last Waltz” the following year,...
- 7/16/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Neil Young’s summer European tour with Promise of the Real has been packed with rarities like “Throw Your Hatred Down,” “Piece of Crap,” “Over and Over,” “Danger Bird” and “Change Your Mind,” but on Tuesday night at the Sportpaleis in Antwerpen, Belgium, he topped them all by breaking out the title track to his 1974 masterpiece On The Beach. The performance marked the first time Young has played the melancholy song since 2003 and only the third time since 1975, which was also the last time he played an electric rendition of the song.
- 7/10/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Neil Young remembered his longtime manager Elliot Roberts, “the greatest manager of all time” and “my friend for over 50 years,” in a tribute the rocker penned on his Neil Young Archives site. Roberts, who also managed artists like Joni Mitchell and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, died Friday at the age of 76.
“Never one to think of himself, he puts everyone else first. That’s what he did for me for over fifty years of friendship, love and laughter, managing my life, protecting our art in the business of music. That’s what he did,...
“Never one to think of himself, he puts everyone else first. That’s what he did for me for over fifty years of friendship, love and laughter, managing my life, protecting our art in the business of music. That’s what he did,...
- 6/22/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Stephen Stills remembered legendary music manager Elliot Roberts, who helped guide the careers of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Csny, following Roberts’ death Friday at the age of 76.
In a statement to Rolling Stone, Stills called Roberts “probably the kindest, gentlest, and far and away the funniest man I ever worked with in Show Business.”
“He was also tough as a barbed wire fence, fiercely loyal and keenly observant; guarding the best interests of his clients with uncommon tenacity and skill,” Stills wrote.
“But his greatest gift was his soulful,...
In a statement to Rolling Stone, Stills called Roberts “probably the kindest, gentlest, and far and away the funniest man I ever worked with in Show Business.”
“He was also tough as a barbed wire fence, fiercely loyal and keenly observant; guarding the best interests of his clients with uncommon tenacity and skill,” Stills wrote.
“But his greatest gift was his soulful,...
- 6/22/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Elliot Roberts, who managed the careers of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Tom Petty and many classic-rock legends, died Friday at the age of 76. A cause of death has not been revealed.
“It is with a heavy heart that we can confirm the passing of Elliot Roberts. No further details are available at this time,” a rep for Young wrote in a statement on behalf of Roberts’ Lookout Management. “Roberts, among the most respected and beloved music industry figures of all time, leaves an indelible footprint as a pioneer and leader...
“It is with a heavy heart that we can confirm the passing of Elliot Roberts. No further details are available at this time,” a rep for Young wrote in a statement on behalf of Roberts’ Lookout Management. “Roberts, among the most respected and beloved music industry figures of all time, leaves an indelible footprint as a pioneer and leader...
- 6/22/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
By the time Devo rubbed their sweaty mitts all over the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” it had already been covered by everyone from soul singer Otis Redding to the singing eyeballs in the Residents. Devo’s take on the song was rigid, mechanical and otherworldly – perhaps less of a plea for sexual attention than an explanation of why five guys in yellow jumpsuits weren’t getting any. It was all the more startling when the group performed the tune – their first single, which was a hit in the U.
- 8/28/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
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