ALAN MYERS, longtime drummer of nu wave rock legends DEVO has expired of brain cancer.
MYERS "metronome" and drumming time signatures inspired what we know as "break beats" in electronic music as DEVO's 1976 Brian Eno produced debut "We are Not Men, We are Devo" is considered a ground breaking, genre classic.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-long-time-devo-drummer-alan-myers-has-died-20130626,0,238028.story
FROM DEVO:
DEVO mourns the passing of Alan Myers, who we liked to call "The Human Metronome". R.I.P.
FROM CAUSTIC:
R.I.P. Alan Myers of DEVO
Dammit.
FROM JOHN FREESE (CURRENT DEVO DRUMMER):
RIP Alan Myers. 1 of my all time favs. An underrated/brilliant drummer. Such an honor playing his parts w/Devo. Godspeed Human Metronome."
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-