{"product_id":"devos-freedom-of-choice-9781623563448","title":"Devo's Freedom of Choice","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinally, after all that waiting, The Future arrived in 1980. Ohio art-rockers Devo had plainly prepared with their 1979 second LP \u003ci\u003eDuty Now for the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, and now it was go time. Propelled by the new decade's high-tech, free-market, pre-AIDS promise, 1980's \u003ci\u003eFreedom of Choice\u003c\/i\u003e would rocket what Devo co-founder Gerald Casale calls his \"alternate universe, hermetically sealed, alien band\" both into the arms of the Earthlings and back to their home planet in one scenic trip. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore an artistic and commercial decline that resulted in a 20-year gap between Devo's last two studio records, \u003ci\u003eFreedom of Choice\u003c\/i\u003e made them curious, insurgent superstars, vindicated but ultimately betrayed by the birth of MTV. Their only platinum album represented the best of their unreplicable code: dead-serious tricksters, embracing conformity in order to destroy it with bullet-proof pop sensibility. Through first-hand accounts from the band and musical analysis set against an examination of new wave's emergence, the first-ever authorized book about Devo (with a foreword by \u003ci\u003ePortlandia's\u003c\/i\u003e Fred Armisen) explores the group's peak of success, when their hermetic seal cracked open to let in mainstream attention, a legion of new Devotees, and plenty of misunderstandings. \"\u003ci\u003eFreedom of Choice\u003c\/i\u003e was the end of Devo innocence-it turned out to be the high point before the s***storm of a total cultural move to the right, the advent of AIDS, and the press starting to figure Devo out and think they had our number,\" says Casale. \"It's where everything changes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5656853\"\u003eEvie Nagy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.60h x 4.80w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623563448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1623563445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MUS\"\u003eMusic\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MUS020000\"\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Criticism | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MUS\"\u003eMusic\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MUS035000\"\u003eGenres \u0026amp; Styles | Rock\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvie Nagy\u003c\/b\u003e is an arts and business journalist who has been a staff editor and writer at \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFast Company\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Oakland, CA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42466306326667,"sku":"1623563445","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_8c0d5a2a-5c2f-4cd6-8735-7f3f3a2255b8.jpg?v=1717335674","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/devos-freedom-of-choice-9781623563448","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}