About the author:
\nDavid Giffels is the author of six books of nonfiction\, most re cently \;Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America\, one of&nb sp\;Library Journal&rsquo\;s \;Best Books of 2020. His other books inc lude the memoirs \;Furnishing Eternity \;and \;Al l the Way Home\, both winners of the Ohioana Book Award\, and \;< em>The Hard Way on Purpose\, a \;New \;York Times Book Re view \;&ldquo\;Editors&rsquo\; Choice.&rdquo\; His writing has ap peared in the \;New York Times Magazine\, \;The Atlan tic\, \;Parade\, \;The Iowa Review\, \; Esquire\, \;Grantland\, and many other publications. He is professor of English at the University of Akron\, and serves on the faculty of the NEOMFA creative writing program.  \;
\nThe Beginning Was the End \;is the definitive a ccount of Devo&rsquo\;s vibrant early history\, from the authors of the fi rst-ever book about the band. \;The Beginning Was the End&nbs p\;features \;more than \;eighty \;never-before-seen images of the band members and their visual history as it tells the unlikely story of a collection of creative misfits who formed a musical kinship\, drawing material and inspiration from the industrial Midwestern environs of North east Ohio. With the May 4\, \;1970\, \;Kent State shootings as a c atalyst\, Devo channeled protopunk energy into a sprawling art project tha t would pioneer the use of music videos\, innovate technology in pop music \, define the aesthetic of the 1980s New Wave/MTV era\, and \;maintain \;an edge of social\, political\, and cultural criticism that continu es their relevance \;fifty \;years after their formation. &n bsp\;
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