Former Devo drummer Alan Myers dies

Devo drummer Alan Myers has died after a battle with cancer. The rocker, the band’s third and most prominent drummer, passed away on Monday (24Jun13).
News of his death was confirmed by jazz musician Ralph Carney, the uncle of The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney.
In a post on Facebook.com, Carney writes, “I just got some bad news. Alan Myers passed… from cancer. He was Devo’s best drummer and one of the first people to teach me about jazz. I cry… Alan taught me so much about music. He gave me my first sax lesson.”
Myers, who joined Devo in 1976, played on the group’s 1980 single Whip It and appears in the track’s classic video.
He is heard on a number of Devo albums including Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, Freedom of Choice, and Shout, but bowed out of the line-up in 1986.
Devo co-founder Gerald Casale took to his Twitter.com page to pay tribute to his former bandmate, writing, “In praise of Alan Myers, the most incredible drummer I had the privilege to play with for 10 years. Losing him was like losing an arm. RIP!! Alan, you were the best – a human metronome and then some. U (you) were born to drum Devo!”
Drummer Josh Freese, who has also played with Devo, tweeted, “RIP Alan Myers. 1 of my all time favs (favourites). An underrated/brilliant drummer. Such an honor playing his parts w/ (with) Devo. Godspeed Human Metronome.”