Much before DEVO, and while the first man was landing on the moon, this astonishing character who adreesed himself as VON LMO was already experimenting with drums and syntethizers, way ahead of his time! His pioneering work in the destruction of musical forms and instruments spans back to the late 60s, with his combo FUNERAL OF ART, with Sal Meida (Roxy / Milk'n'Cookies / Hilly Michaels Band...). His next major contribution to culture came in the form of a band named KONGRESS during the mid 70s. Originally a synth/drums duo with erstwhile Aleister Crowley buff Otto Von Ruggins 666, the combo grew into a larger conglomerate incorporating bizarre spear-chuckin' Australian cleric Geoffrey Crozier amongst others. By 77, decided to join forces with 'antisocial' guitar shredder Rudolph Gray, to form the legendary and fire-raiser combo RED TRANSISTOR (their first gig saw Von Lmo donned a straight jacket and proceeded to chop up a lot of stuff...! A year later went on to form THE VON LMO BAND, a later incarnation of this unit recorded this "Future Language", after which Von went into 'suspended' animation for a while... From his records, you could count on a muscular kind of insect music, like Devo, Chrome, Residents, Suicide or Silver Apples, but the truth is a little louder...! Von Lmo ripped up heavy punk loops with really abrasive feedback and high-end hurting; a formula borrowed from him by Sonic Youth. He looked like George C. Scott towards the end of "Hardcore", demented and shellshocked.Sci-Fi avantgarde by futuristic punk pioneer...PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LINK GIVEN WAS WRONG.LINK FIXED NOW!
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ReplyDeleteNow, someone has to say it. VON LMO are some snazzy dressed fellas!!!
No missing tracks ?
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you are absolutely right...re-upoading it in about 1 hour
ReplyDeletethis is NOT pop rock, and i thank lmo for that and you for posting this.
ReplyDeletethank goodness Frank Cavallo von lmo, is in prison for molesting children...he got away with it for years....,he was always a fake and fraud and a criminal,,,,he is a jerk off and has smells
ReplyDeleteIt's all true Moe , Larry & Jesus what Rudolph wrote !
ReplyDeleteRudolph (assuming the comment was actually posted by Mr. Grey) is mistaken.
ReplyDeleteVON is indeed a guest of the State of New York, but he's inside for armed robbery, not kiddie diddling.
Really? Then why do i see him on the Lower East Side every day?
ReplyDeletebtw, Rudolph Grey's real name is Larry Bianco for anyone who wants to know.
ReplyDeleteLove Von Lmo, LOVE! but you need to check some math, and the recording dates of the Devo demos on Hardcore Devo - early 70's ...
ReplyDeletecan you please post Cosmic Interception that is so ultra-rare
ReplyDeletevon is out of jail. he was in for robbery, period. check the new york state prison database if you don't believe it. there are some von haters out there who are obsessed with smearing him. pathetic. get lives.
ReplyDeletereally good stuff!!..it was great!!!...and kongress too!!...good music!
ReplyDeleteheard it.... not good
ReplyDeleteLong live our leader
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