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.
New wave legends Devo have been a force since 1973. Several original members are still performing with the group today. A Netflix documentary about the band is now streaming. In the early 1970s, Devo ...
Devo, best-known for the 1980 hit "Whip It," is back on the road with their "50 years of De-Evolution … Continued!" tour and their trademark brand of sci-fi surrealism. A major influence on the new ...
“Are we not men?!” yelled DEVO from the Hollywood Bowl bandshell on Oct.19. “We are DEVO!” whooped back the crowd, ranging in ages from 8 to 80, many in signature red DEVO energy dome hats. For over ...
The film traces the band's music, its videos, its roots in the embers of the counterculture, its freak success, and its big message, which remains prophetic and often misunderstood. To the millions of ...
The iconic composer charts his journey from Devo to scoring films like A Minecraft Movie and Thor: Ragnarok.
April 3 -- Devo is back! Sort of. In a scenario that plays like the musical equivalent of Back to the Future, the new album from the members of Devo — The Wipeouters' new release, P'Twaaang!!! — is ...
Q: Are they not kids? A: They are Devo 2.0. Nearly three decades after introducing its musical concept of “devolution” – and 16 years after “Smooth Noodle Maps,” its last album of new material – Devo ...
Devo was already controversial long before the release of its 1978 debut LP Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!. Between the band’s early singles, its aggressively conceptual live performances, and its ...
History is written by the winners, as the quote goes, but what happens when the losers out to be right? The music world will find out when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announces its Class of 2022, and ...
Devo founding guitarist Bob Casale died Monday after medical complications unexpectedly led to heart failure, his brother Gerald said. Bob Casale was 61. Bob had recently been hospitalized due to ...
April 3 -- Devo is back! Sort of. In a scenario that plays like the musical equivalent of Back to the Future, the new album from the members of Devo — The Wipeouters' new release, P'Twaaang!!! — is ...