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From the Single
Whip It
From the Album 1. Girl U Want 2. Its Not Right 3. Whip It 4. Snowball 5. Ton O Luv 6. Freedom of Choice 7. Gates of Steel 8. Cold War 9. Dont You Know 10. Thats Pep! 11. Mr. Bs Ballroom 12. Planet Earth
From the Album 1. Uncontrollable Urge 2. (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction 3. Praying Hands 4. Space Junk 5. Mongoloid 6. Jocko Homo 7. Too Much Paranoias 8. Gut Feeling / 9. Come Back Jonee 10. Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') 11. Shrivel-Up
Other Songs 37 A Change Is Gonna Cum A Plan For U A Worried Man Agitated All Of Us Are You Experienced? Are You Ready? Auto Modown Baby Doll Baby Talkin Bitches Bamboo Bimbo Be Stiff Beautiful World Beulah Big Mess Blockhead Blow Up Bottled Up Bread and Butter Buttered Beauties Cameo Can You Take It? Changó Chango Clockout Cmon Dawghaus Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprise [Demo Version] Deep Sleep Devo Corporate Anthem Devo Has Feelings Too Disco Dancer Dogs Of Democracy Dont Be Cruel Don't Rescue Me Dont Shoot Don't Shoot (I'm a Man) Dr. Detroit Enough Said Explosions Find Out Fountain Of Filth Fraulein Freedom of Choice Theme Song [Live] Fresh get u Go Monkey Go Going Under Golden Enemy Golden Energy Goo Goo Itch Growing Pains Gut Feeling / Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy Gut Felling Happy Guy Here To Go Huboon Stomp Human Rocket I Been Refused I Desire I Need A Chick I Wouldn't Do That to You [Previously Unreleased Track] Id Cry If You Died Im A Potato It Doesnt Matter To Me It Takes a Worried Man Its A Beautiful World Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini Jerkin' Back & Forth Jerkin Back N Forth Jimmy Jurisdiction of Love Later Is Now Lets Go Let's Talk Love Me 3 Love Without Anger Man Turned Inside Out March On Mecha Mania Boy Mecha-Mania Boy [Bonus Track] Mechanical Man Midget Mind Games Morning Dew No place Like Home no tears Nu-tra Speaks Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man) [Bonus Track] One Dumb Thing Ono Out of Sync Part of You Patterns Peek a Boo! Peek-a-boo! Pink Jazz Trancers Pink Pussycat Pity You Plain Truth Please Baby Please Please Please Post Post - Modern Man Post Post-Modern Man Puppet Boy Queen and David Bowie Race of Doom Red Eye Red-Eye Express S00 Bawls S I B Secret Agent Man Sexi Luv Shake It Shout Shrivel Up Shrivel-Up [Live] S.I.B. S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) Sloppy Sloppy (I Saw My baby Gettin') [Live] Smart Patrol Mr Dna Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA Social Fools Soft Things Some Things Never Change Somewhere With Devo Soo Bawls Soo Bawlz Space Girl Blues Speed Racer Spin The Wheel Step Up Stop Look & Listen Stop Look And Listen Strange Pursuit Stuck In A Loop Subhuman Woman Sumthin' Super Thing Supercop Thanks to You Thats Good The 4th Dimension The Big Picture The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprise The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize The Rope Song The Satisfied Mind The Shadow The Super Thing The Words Get Stuck in My Throat [Live] Through Being Cool Time out for Fun Timing X Timing X/Space Junk Triumph Of The Will Turn Around Turnaround Turnaround [Demo Alternate Version] U Got Me Bugged Uglatto Watch Us Work It [Instrumental] Watch Us Work It [Original Demo] What I Must Do What We Do When We Do It Wiggly World Witch Doctor Words Get Stuck In My Throat Working In A Coal Mine Working In The Coal Mine
From the Album 1. Girl U Want 2. Its Not Right 3. Whip It 4. Snowball 5. Ton O Luv 6. Freedom of Choice 7. Gates of Steel 8. Cold War 9. Dont You Know 10. Thats Pep! 11. Mr. Bs Ballroom 12. Planet Earth
From the Album 1. Uncontrollable Urge 2. (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction 3. Praying Hands 4. Space Junk 5. Mongoloid 6. Jocko Homo 7. Too Much Paranoias 8. Gut Feeling / 9. Come Back Jonee 10. Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') 11. Shrivel-Up
Other Songs 37 A Change Is Gonna Cum A Plan For U A Worried Man Agitated All Of Us Are You Experienced? Are You Ready? Auto Modown Baby Doll Baby Talkin Bitches Bamboo Bimbo Be Stiff Beautiful World Beulah Big Mess Blockhead Blow Up Bottled Up Bread and Butter Buttered Beauties Cameo Can You Take It? Changó Chango Clockout Cmon Dawghaus Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprise [Demo Version] Deep Sleep Devo Corporate Anthem Devo Has Feelings Too Disco Dancer Dogs Of Democracy Dont Be Cruel Don't Rescue Me Dont Shoot Don't Shoot (I'm a Man) Dr. Detroit Enough Said Explosions Find Out Fountain Of Filth Fraulein Freedom of Choice Theme Song [Live] Fresh get u Go Monkey Go Going Under Golden Enemy Golden Energy Goo Goo Itch Growing Pains Gut Feeling / Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy Gut Felling Happy Guy Here To Go Huboon Stomp Human Rocket I Been Refused I Desire I Need A Chick I Wouldn't Do That to You [Previously Unreleased Track] Id Cry If You Died Im A Potato It Doesnt Matter To Me It Takes a Worried Man Its A Beautiful World Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini Jerkin' Back & Forth Jerkin Back N Forth Jimmy Jurisdiction of Love Later Is Now Lets Go Let's Talk Love Me 3 Love Without Anger Man Turned Inside Out March On Mecha Mania Boy Mecha-Mania Boy [Bonus Track] Mechanical Man Midget Mind Games Morning Dew No place Like Home no tears Nu-tra Speaks Nu-Tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man) [Bonus Track] One Dumb Thing Ono Out of Sync Part of You Patterns Peek a Boo! Peek-a-boo! Pink Jazz Trancers Pink Pussycat Pity You Plain Truth Please Baby Please Please Please Post Post - Modern Man Post Post-Modern Man Puppet Boy Queen and David Bowie Race of Doom Red Eye Red-Eye Express S00 Bawls S I B Secret Agent Man Sexi Luv Shake It Shout Shrivel Up Shrivel-Up [Live] S.I.B. S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) Sloppy Sloppy (I Saw My baby Gettin') [Live] Smart Patrol Mr Dna Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA Social Fools Soft Things Some Things Never Change Somewhere With Devo Soo Bawls Soo Bawlz Space Girl Blues Speed Racer Spin The Wheel Step Up Stop Look & Listen Stop Look And Listen Strange Pursuit Stuck In A Loop Subhuman Woman Sumthin' Super Thing Supercop Thanks to You Thats Good The 4th Dimension The Big Picture The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprise The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize The Rope Song The Satisfied Mind The Shadow The Super Thing The Words Get Stuck in My Throat [Live] Through Being Cool Time out for Fun Timing X Timing X/Space Junk Triumph Of The Will Turn Around Turnaround Turnaround [Demo Alternate Version] U Got Me Bugged Uglatto Watch Us Work It [Instrumental] Watch Us Work It [Original Demo] What I Must Do What We Do When We Do It Wiggly World Witch Doctor Words Get Stuck In My Throat Working In A Coal Mine Working In The Coal Mine
Devo is an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973. Their classic line-up consisted of two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs (Mark and Bob) and the Casales (Gerald and Bob), along with Alan Myers. The band had a No. 14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", the song that gave the band mainstream popularity.
Devo's music and visual presentation (including stage shows and costumes) mingle kitsch science fiction themes, deadpan surrealist humor and mordantly satirical social commentary. The band's namesake, the tongue-in-cheek social theory of "de-evolution", was an integral concept in their early work, which was marked by experimental and dissonant art punk that merged rock music with electronics.
Their output in the 1980s embraced synth-pop and a more mainstream, less conceptual style, though the band's satirical and quirky humor remained intact. Their music has proven influential on subsequent movements, particularly on new wave, industrial, and alternative rock artists. Devo (most enthusiastically Gerald Casale) was also a pioneer of the music video format.
Also Known As: DEV-O, Dove, The De-Evolution BandDevo's music and visual presentation (including stage shows and costumes) mingle kitsch science fiction themes, deadpan surrealist humor and mordantly satirical social commentary. The band's namesake, the tongue-in-cheek social theory of "de-evolution", was an integral concept in their early work, which was marked by experimental and dissonant art punk that merged rock music with electronics.
Their output in the 1980s embraced synth-pop and a more mainstream, less conceptual style, though the band's satirical and quirky humor remained intact. Their music has proven influential on subsequent movements, particularly on new wave, industrial, and alternative rock artists. Devo (most enthusiastically Gerald Casale) was also a pioneer of the music video format.
Members:
Gerald Casale - lead and backing vocals, bass, keyboards (1973-1991, 1996-present)
Mark Mothersbaugh - lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitar (1973-1991, 1996-present)
Bob Mothersbaugh - lead guitar, backing and lead vocals (1974-1991, 1996-present)
Josh Freese - drums, percussion (1996-present)
Josh Hager - guitar, keyboards (2014-present)
Former members:
Bob Casale - rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1973-1974, 1976-1991, 1996-2014; his death)
Bob Lewis - lead guitar (1973-1974)
Rod Reisman - drums (1973)
Fred Weber - vocals (1973)
Jim Mothersbaugh - electronic drums (1974-1975)
Alan Myers - drums (1976-1986; died 2013)
David Kendrick - drums (1987-1991, 1996-2004)
Name Origin:
The name Devo comes from the concept of "de-evolution" and the band's related idea that instead of continuing to evolve, mankind had begun to regress, as evidenced by the dysfunction and herd mentality of American society.
From: Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Genre(s): New wave, synth-pop, art punk, post-punk, art pop, synth-punk, electronic rock, geek rock
Active From: 1973-1991, 1996-present