Watch DEVO perform as their Christian rock alter-ego DOVE, the band of love

Mark Mothersbaugh and his DEVO crew favoured lime green suits and visors when performing at DOVE in the late 70s/early 80s.

DEVO: 50 Years of De-Evolution... continued @ History, Monday

DEVO celebrate 50 years of de-evolutionary antics at History on Monday. Check out a few vintage clips and a recent performance. 

Watch DEVO play a Tiny Desk Concert

Although Mark Mothersbaugh is nearly 75, his nutty hat game still has some surprises. Watch DEVO's performance below. 

Watch DEVO on French TV in 1980

DEVO performing live for an annoyed and/or perplexed crowd on French TV in 1980? Mais oui! 

R.I.P. Ohio underground music advocate Johnny Dromette, 1952-2024

Sadly, Johnny Dromette aka John Thompson who ran Drome Records and promoted Cleveland punk shows has passed away. 

DEVO takes over Sweden's Way Out West Festival

DEVO went classic in their yellow jumpsuits for Goteburg's Way Out West Fest. Check out their rip through "Uncontrollable Urge"

Happy Birthday Mark Mothersbaugh!

Celebrating Mark Mothersbaugh's birthday with DEVO's Riot Fest performance at Chicago's Douglass Park last September.  

That time Neil Young collaborated with DEVO in 1978

This unhinged rip through "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" was done at San Francisco's Different Fur Studios in 1978. 

Happy Birthday Bob Mothersbaugh!

Raising a glass to Devo's Bob 1 with the 1976 short film In The Beginning Was The End: The Truth About De-Evolution.

Whaddya mean you don't know DOVE

DOVE are DEVO's God-fearing alter-ego who perform in visors and polyester leisure suits.

Wooden Shjips @ The Horseshoe, Sunday

San Francisco's Wooden Shjips may soon be taking a detour into Zamrock.

Designed by Devo for your listening pleasure

Survey any random gathering of Devo fans for their opinion of the group's definitive album and you're likely to split the crowd four ways between Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, Duty Now For The Future, Freedom Of Choice and New Traditionalists with the only real consensus being that 1990's Smooth Noodle Maps sucked even harder than either 1984's Shout or 1982's Oh, No! It's Devo. 
No doubt the song requests hollered at Mark Mothersbaugh and company during Devo's recent concert expeditions across North America gave them some useful insights into what would make for a successful comeback album. And just to be sure they got it exactly right, a post-recording focus group poll was conducted to help pinpoint the optimal audience-pleasing track listing. Damn, how Devo is that?

As a result of their elaborate investigation, Devo have issued their findings in the form of Something For Everybody (Warner)  – their first album of new material in 20 years. It's an apt title given that each of the songs selected seem pragmatically designed to elicit a favourable response from listeners who feel strongly about certain specific aspects of the group's five most popular albums. Yet, they've stopped well short of trying to replicate successful tunes note for note.
So if you've always believed they've never improved upon 1978's Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, there's a track included for your listening pleasure which sounds like it could've been recorded with Brian Eno at Conny Plank's studio in Cologne and that goes for the other three most popular albums. They've also shrewdly included a few tunes that don't seem to be connected to any previous recording to appeal to both longtime followers who buy Devo recordings anticipating something fresh and unusual and those yet to be converted.
Even the choice of the colour scheme for the sleeve graphics – perceptively going with a blue power dome instead of their conventional red one now that blue is officially the new green – appears to be carefully considered and supported by thorough research. Yep, they've got it down to a science but then, you really wouldn't expect anything less from Devo.

DEVO offers Something For Everybody

After a 20-year gap between studio albums, DEVO have just announced the tracklisting for their forthcoming Something For Everybody slated for release June 15. Contrary to erroneous reports of a 16-track album (see Pitchfork), the 16 songs considered for the new release by DEVO were made available on the group's site (www.clubdevo.com) as part of an "Official Song Study" in which like-minded Devolutionaries were given freedom of choice to select their favourites for inclusion. Only the 12 most popular tunes according to the focus group survey made the final cut.
The results of the "bold experiment" were announced by DEVO's Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh via satellite link to a gathering of journalists, historians and a random assortment of concerned citizens (including some dude with a bike) at DEVO Inc.'s corporate meeting centre at an undisclosed location near Akron, Ohio.



Something For Everybody is now available for pre-order at DEVO's merch site.

1. Fresh
2. What We Do
3. Please Baby Please
4. Don't Shoot (I'm a Man)
5. Mind Games
6. Human Rocket
7. Sumthin'
8. Step Up
9. Cameo
10. Later Is Now
11. No Place Like Home
12. March On







In other DEVO news, the group is touring this summer but thus far, the only confirmed Canadian appearance will be at Montreal's Osheaga Music and Arts Festival August 1.