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Fact #117296

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Short story:

Sun Ra and Devo play a benefit show for Radio station WHK at The Crypt in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Full article:

Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) : Using home-made electronic drums and a mini-moog, a clavinet, a customized lobotomised Hagstrom guitar and bass, we proceeded to torture stoned urban hippies with ‘performance art’ way before that label even existed. Playing Jocko Homo here for the first time, we incite members of the hideously costumed audience to invade the stage. They threaten to ‘beat the shit out of you assholes.’ We, of course, decide it is our duty to keep going. By the time Sun Ra opens his set with 25 Years To the 21st century, Devo has managed to clear the entire auditorium.