Before their hit song “Whip It” cemented them as new wave’s coolest one-hit wonders, Devo were a group of four Ohians—two pairs of brothers—just trying to make their name as a punk rock band. And ...

Ohio eccentrics Devo may have been considered a comedy band or novelty act at first, with their energy-dome hats, plastic wigs, kooky characters, and bonkers early music videos. But as they celebrate ...

Devo seemed so weird at the time the band emerged from Akron during the late 70s that it was impossible to imagine it still being around, much less revered. But here we are more than 50 years later, ...

Mark Mothersbaugh has made a life of art and conflict. The Ohio native protested the Vietnam War as a student at Kent State University in the early 1970s, and his glimpses of humanity’s destructive ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. New Wave survivor Devo wanted its comeback album to be decided by a ...

Devo’s sound is so original and identifiable that covering their songs—and doing justice to them— would seem to be a monumentally difficult task. Yet their songs have been covered frequently, with ...

Legendary new-wave band Devo released a new song Wednesday afternoon intended to mock Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for allegedly strapping his family’s Irish Setter, named Seamus, to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – In a world perpetually gone mad, DEVO always made perfect sense. With their herky-jerky rhythms, dystopian humor and matching energy dome helmets, the Akron art-punks reprogrammed ...

Devo will be performing at the Olympic medal ceremony tonight (2/22) in Whistler, BC, at 10:30pm. They aren’t the only band to play the daily ceremonies – Feist and Stars and Wilco already performed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Devo opened their 1978 album Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! with “Uncontrollable Urge”, few listeners could have foreseen ...