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| Former Devo drummer Alan Myers dies after cancer battle | Former Devo drummer Alan Myers dies after cancer battle |
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| Alan Myers, the long-time drummer for the US new wave band Devo, has died, aged 58, after suffering from cancer. | Alan Myers, the long-time drummer for the US new wave band Devo, has died, aged 58, after suffering from cancer. |
| Myers died on Monday in Los Angeles, the band said. | Myers died on Monday in Los Angeles, the band said. |
| He was Devo's drummer from 1976 to 1985, when they produced the influential album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, and released the hit Whip It. | |
| One of the band's two founders, Gerald Casale, called Alan Myers "the human metronome". | One of the band's two founders, Gerald Casale, called Alan Myers "the human metronome". |
| "People watching him thought we were using a drum machine," he told the Associated Press. "Nobody had ever drummed like that." | "People watching him thought we were using a drum machine," he told the Associated Press. "Nobody had ever drummed like that." |
| Myers played on classic Devo tracks such as Mongoloid, Jocko Homo and the band's minimalist version of The Rolling Stones' Satisfaction. | Myers played on classic Devo tracks such as Mongoloid, Jocko Homo and the band's minimalist version of The Rolling Stones' Satisfaction. |
| The comments were echoed by Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo's co-founder. | The comments were echoed by Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo's co-founder. |
| "I think he probably influenced a lot of drummers that are out there now because he was really great at being very precise and minimalist," he told the Reuters news agency. | "I think he probably influenced a lot of drummers that are out there now because he was really great at being very precise and minimalist," he told the Reuters news agency. |
| Myers parted company with Devo after their album, Shout, to pursue jazz and music "off the beaten path", Mothersbaugh said, adding: "We always regretted it when he left." | Myers parted company with Devo after their album, Shout, to pursue jazz and music "off the beaten path", Mothersbaugh said, adding: "We always regretted it when he left." |