The post The Story Behind Devo’s Surprise Breakout Hit “Whip It” appeared first on Consequence of Sound. 2020 has been a year that represents de-evolution on a global scale. The pandemic rages.

It’s no secret I’m a huge fan of Devo. In anticipation of their show at the Rialto tonight (tickets still available!), I though’t I’d share my 10 favorite Devo tracks. 10. Space Junk/Q:Are We Not Men?

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Devo has joined the long and varied list of artists and bands who have stopped at NPR headquarters in Washington D.C. and performed at the “Tiny Desk” of former “All Songs ...

Devo was, and is, the ultimate future-proof band. When they first entered the public consciousness in the late ‘70s, Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale and company seemed impossibly ahead of their time ...

“What do you do when you live in a country where your government is doing terrible things?” the filmmaker Julia Loktev recently asked me. In the case of Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale, the answer ...

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"Don't Roof Rack Me, Bro! (Remember Seamus)" commemorates a decades-old incident in which the presidential candidate strapped his dog to the top of his car. By Aaron Couch Devo Mitt Romney Inset - H ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Akron's New Wave heroes Devo formed at Kent State University in the early 1970s, and made a national splash in 1977 with a bouncy, frenetic cover of The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get ...

“It’s such a punk story,” says Devo’s Jerry Casale. He’s remembering the time in 1977 when the band thought they were about to be arrested at Iggy Pop’s house. Shortly after that concert, the band ...

Primary Wave Music Publishing has acquired a stake in the music publishing catalog and master recordings of Devo, one of the most influential and longest-running acts to emerge from the new wave era.