I t's been well-documented that 2009 has seen tons of bands performing their best-known albums in their entirety. Always looking to be different, Devo upped the ante by doing two: Their debut disc 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!' and their biggest seller, 'Freedom of Choice.' The New Wave rockers booked two-night stints in cities across North America, dedicating each night to one of the albums....
Tune in to CBC's Q today to hear brothers Gerald and Bob Casale of Devo . Apple opens iTunes to indie labels. Exclaim Download free Kuba Ohms track . Morrissey & Stella McCartney team up. NME [Photo: Orphan Choir @ The Coach & Horses, Windsor, On., submitted by CRUSTINA to our Last Night's Gig Flickr pool ]
Directed John Lasseter, Pixar's co-founder and director of Toy Story 1 & 2, A Bug's Life and Cars (along with co-director Rob Gibbs), Unidentified Flying Mater is the fifth in a series of Cars short films (originally titled "Cars-toons"). The computer animated short premiered on The Disney Channel on Friday, November 20th 2009. Mater tells a tall tale about the time he met a UFO and saved...
— DIANE CLEHANE You never know who you're going to meet on any given Wednesday at Michael's. I've chatted with former presidents, Oscar winners, and tabloid targets who have made the usually unflappable crowd turn and stare, but it's those unexpected, below the radar moments that are often the most fun. When GM Steve Millington introduced me to Jerry Casale of Devo, one of my favorite ‘80s...
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News In the 21st century, aren't things supposed to function well? That wasn't the case during Devo 's first of two shows at the Vic Theatre in Chicago. Before the band performed their recently-reissued 1978 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo' in its entirety, a video containing old footage of the band was supposed to screen. But once the lights dimmed and the projectionist...
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Although plenty has plenty has changed in the world in the three decades since Devo released their acclaimed debut, 1978's 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!' the New Wave rockers don't see much of a difference. "Things don't change, and the people that want to change things are either stymied or eliminated," bassist/vocalist Gerald Casale tells...
Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh and possibly other band mates will appear on KEXP today at 3 pm. The plan is for DJ El Toro to interview Mothersbaugh & co. and, if all goes well, have Devo spin some records. Devo play the album Freedom of Choice in its entirety tonight at the Moore . A review of last night's Devo show—in which they performed Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! —is forthcoming....
A mere two years after Booji Boy stiffed in their native US, and an overseas deal with Stiff Records soured in the UK, Ohioans Devo signed on the line with major league hitters, Warner Bros. The rest - as some say - was almost history. Produced in Cologne, Germany, by Brian Eno on the recommendation - in part - of chums Bowie and Pop, " Q: Are We Not Men ? A: We Are Devo ", the resulting...
I recently interviewed Devo’s head mutant Mark Mothersbaugh about his busily devolved life. Lately, it includes taking Devo on tour to perform full-album concerts of its recently reissued classics Are We Not Men? and Freedom of Choice. But it also includes crafting up deranged rugs for your home and mine, where a homosexual cyclops ponders the [...]
When Devo was at its peak nearly 30 years ago, founding members Gerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh sublimated their political ire into biting social commentary. At the time, the band's ironic restraint and knack for humorously-tinged performance art worked in favor of the furious undercurrent b...
< previous image | next image >> Nearly four decades after Devo first deranged pop culture, the band returns Tuesday with a U.S. tour — and a cool line of bizarro rugs from head mutant Mark Mothersbaugh. Is that not cool? The band — singer Mothersbaugh, bass guitar/synthesizer player Jerry Casale, lead guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh, keyboardist/guitarist Bob Casale [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive With the rerelease of two of their landmark albums -- their 1978 debut 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!' and their 1980 masterpiece 'Freedom of Choice' -- Devo are reliving many of the memories of what made the early stage of their career so special. Before their debut, the Ohio-born band was riding high with artists like David Bowie -- who nearly produced...
When Devo first appeared on the scene in 1978 (1977, if you were hip enough to be at a punk show where their independent film/ music video “The Truth About De-Evolution” was screened in between bands), there was nothing remotely like them under the sun. In a heavily macho scene, they offered a stiff, robotic alternative. Highly conceptual, wickedly funny, and possessed with a knack for...
“De-evolution is real. We’re here as the house band on the titanic.” This is the how DEVO’s Gerard Casale describes his band in the above video feature, wherein they reflect on why the band started and how the times aren’t all that different today. These New Wave pioneers (who’s tunes can often be heard blasting [...]
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