Devo drummer Alan Myers dies from cancer

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Alan Myers, the drummer for U.S. new wave band, Devo, on their most popular songs, including the 1980 mainstream hit “Whip It,” has died, the band said on its website. Myers died on Monday from cancer in Los Angeles, the band said. “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,” Mark Mothersbaugh, the singer and founder of Devo and now a TV and film composer, told Reuters. …