![]() Once their position as the weirdest band ever was firmly cemented, Devo was able to experiment with their music and style, soon gathering a mass cult of worshippers known as "spudboys". It included the band's magnus opium, "Jocko Homo", inspired by the aforementioned Shadduck booklet, as well as a totally funked-up cover of The Rolling Stones' "(I Cån't Gèt Mé Nö) Såtisfactiön" (which is reportedly Mick Jagger's favorite cover of his song), plus other world-famous New Wave classics such as "I Want to Hold Your Praying Hands", "I Wanna Be Your Mongoloid", and " Dare to Be Stupid". Their debut album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Q: Do You Want Fries With That? A: NO! WE ARE DEVO! (1978), was renown for its unique sound that blended searing guitar licks, choppy percussion, and synthesizers that sounded like an alien spaceship with bad transistors. These wacko, pre-devolved demos can be heard on the Hardcore Devo 1974–77 compilations.ĭevo funking-up "(I Cån't Gèt Mé Nö) Såtisfactiön" on Saturday Night Live.įinally, with enough material fully baked, Devo signed onto Warner Bros. This spawned numerous weird discordant synth experiments, which the band worked on polishing to make them more entertaining to the peon masses. This incident was later referred to in the cult Neil Young film Human Highway.įor the next few years, Devo spent their time jamming about and fiddling with synthesizers in their garage. This resulted in six collaborative albums and a series of short films showing Bob Casale and Mr. Devo emerged victorious and came close to unmasking The Residents, but ultimately ended the fight in a draw. In 1977, Devo fought The Residents in a steel-cage boxing match refereed by Johnny Rotten. ![]() Which is strange, since at the time Devo and Sun Ra sounded exactly the same. In 1975, Devo undermined a Sun Ra Halloween party and drove out all but six people. ![]() Instead of "Bob", Devo worshipped Bad and Booji Boy, a devolved adult infant freak with simian mannerisms and Yoda-like wisdom, intended to satirize the infantile devolution of Western society.įor those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia think they have an article about Devo. Mark Mothersbaugh paid tribute to Shadduck by quoting a line from the booklet in Devo's song "Jocko Homo", where he sang "God made man, but he used the monkey to do it." Devo denied being affiliated with the Church of the Subgenius in any way, shape, or form, and also denied having paid $20 to JR "Bob" Dobbs so their souls could be leased for safe-keeping. Shadduck's 1924 creationist booklet Jocko-Homo Heavenbound, wherein Shadduck disproved Darwin's theory of evolution and gave evidence that the human race was instead devolving into ape-men, or "Jocko Homos". Unfortunately, they accidentally dropped a spud-bomb on the college quad during a celebratory keg party this incident is now referred to as the Second Kent State Massacre. Using these weapons, they invaded the jock fraternity club on their college campus at Kent State, and reclaimed the school in the name of the nerds. Soon, aided by defecting Russian scientists, Devo tested their first potato weapon in 1973. They were formed by three sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs (Mark and Bob), the Casales (Gerald and Bob), and their respective pairs of glasses, along with some guy named Alan Myers. ![]() Devo saluting Bad and Booji Boy ( bottom left) after his arrival at Spud Headquarters.ĭevo was spawned in 1973 in a potato factory in Akron, Ohio.
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