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Synthpop act DEVOtee Target of Envious False News Story

October 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments ·

SIMI VALLEY, CA - Earlier this week, noted ISKCON historian, Bhakta Charlie, reported in his article “Meltdown… So What? on Sampradaya Sun, that he was aware of senior devotees, who, when “faced with the Y2K (year 2000) crisis/impending doom, went so far as to purchase rubber Radiation Suits.”

DEVOteeWhile the fact that senior devotees purchased radiation suits is undeniably true, also true are the allegations that Bhakta Charlie purposely failed to state that these senior Srila Prabhupada disciples actually bought the radiation suits to complete the costuming of their Krishna conscious Devo cover band.

DEVOtee, a band dedicated to the propagation of Vedic philosophy though electronic new wave music and red plastic “energy domes,” has just recorded their first album Q: Are We Not Karmis? A: We Are DEVOtee.

Their fall tour will kick off with a few promo spots on Japanese TV, but will head to small venues stateside in November.

While the motivation for such a blatant attempt at slander remains a mystery, sources close to Bhakta Charlie report him to be the sound engineer behind rival Krishna conscious synthesizer-based act Four Old Dudes Kickin’ Ass on the Stage, a band who many feel have out-lived their mantra rock relevance.

DEVOtee’s first single, “The End of the World Is Near (And I Feel Fine Because Home is Really Elsewhere),” a Devoesque cover of the similarly-titled REM song, promises to be a chart topper, marking DEVOtee’s place atop the Hare Krishna synthpop world.

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3 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Rati // Oct 3, 2008 at 9:27 am

    hahhahahhahhahhhaa!!!!!! Great reporting!

    damn sound engineer…figures!

  • 2 Dwija // Oct 3, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    Ah, now it all makes sense. It’s so obvious. Take a look at the new and “improved” version of Bhagavad Gita. Instead of Krishna holding His transcendental conchshell, Panchajanya, it shows Krishna holding, guess what?
    A whip!
    Que music, and…….
    “Crack that whip
    Give the past the slip
    Step on a crack
    Break your mommas back
    When a problem comes along
    You must whip it
    Before the cream sits out too long
    You must whip it
    When somethings going wrong
    You must whip it

    Now whip it
    Into shape
    Shape it up
    Get straight
    Go forward
    Move ahead
    Try to detect it
    Its not too late
    To whip it
    Whip it good”
    Many years have gone into the preparation for this DEVOtee band. Must be Krishna’s arrangement prabhu. Or is it just a group of upstarts derangement?

  • 3 Boy-R-D dasa (not the chef) // Oct 4, 2008 at 3:52 pm

    When I read an article like this I can’t for the life of me understand what it’s all about. It makes me feel really old.

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