Devo

Devo
in Boston, June 27, 2008
Background information
Origin	Ohio, United States
Genres	New wave, post-punk, synthpop, art punk
Years active	1972–1991 1996–present
Labels	Warner Bros., Enigma, Stiff, Virgin Booji Boy
Members	Mark Mothersbaugh Gerald Casale Bob Mothersbaugh ("Bob 1") Josh Freese ("Josh 1") Josh Hager ("Josh 2")
Past member(s)	Bob Casale ("Bob 2") Bob Lewis ("Bob 3") Peter Gregg Fred Weber Rod Reisman Jim Mothersbaugh Alan Myers David Kendrick Jeff Friedl
Website	www.clubdevo.com

Devo is an American new wave pop music band formed in Ohio. Their best-known lineup consisted of Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh, Robert Casale, and Alan Myers. They had popular songs in the 1970s and 1980s. Devo had a big influence on the new wave music movement.

Devo often used various keyboards (called synthesizers) in their songs, including the Moog synthesizer.

Their most famous song was called "Whip It". That song was released in 1980.

Devo occasionally performs concerts for the public.

Discography

• Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO! (1978)
• Duty Now for the Future (1979)
• Freedom of Choice (1980)
• New Traditionalists (1981)
• oh, no! it's DEVO (1982)
• SHOUT (1984)
• Total DEVO (1988)
• smoothnoodlemaps (1990)
• Something for Everybody (2010)

Line up

Sextet Devo (1973–1974)	Gerald Casale - Bass Guitar Bob Lewis - Guitar Bob Casale - Guitar Mark Mothersbaugh - Minimoog and Mellotron Fred Weber - Vocals Rod Reisman - Drums The Sextet Devo performed only once in 1973 at the Kent State Performing Arts festival
Devo (1974–1976)	Gerald Casale ("Chinaman") - Bass Guitar, Vocals Mark Mothersbaugh ("Booji Boy") - Synthesizers, Vocals Bob Mothersbaugh ("The Clown") - Guitar Jim Mothersbaugh ("Jungle" Jim) - Electronic Percussion Bob Lewis - Guitar ('74 KSU Creative Arts Festival and Pink Flamingos performances)
Devo Classic Line Up (1976–1985)	Gerald Casale - Bass Guitar, Bass Synthesizer, Vocals Mark Mothersbaugh - Synthesizers, Guitar, Vocals Bob Mothersbaugh ("Bob 1") - Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards (studio) Bob Casale ("Bob 2") - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Engineer Alan Myers - Drums, Electronic Percussion
Total Devo (1987–1991, 2003-2004)	Gerald Casale - Bass Guitar, Bass Synthesizer, Vocals Mark Mothersbaugh - Synthesizers, Vocals, Mutated Guitars (Satisfaction) Bob Mothersbaugh ("Bob 1") - Guitar, Vocals Bob Casale ("Bob 2") - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Engineer David Kendrick - Drums
Devo (1996-2003, 2004-2014)	Gerald Casale - Bass Guitar, Bass Synthesizer, Vocals Mark Mothersbaugh - Synthesizers, Vocals, Mutated Guitars (Satisfaction) Bob Mothersbaugh ("Bob 1") - Guitar, Vocals Bob Casale ("Bob 2") - Guitar, Keyboards, Bass Synthesizer, Occasional Vocals, Engineer Josh Freese - Drums Neil Taylor, Devo's drum technician also performs when Freese is unavailable, and performed on the 2008 Australian Tour. Jeff Friedl, drummer for ashes dIVIDE and Puscifer, has been performing with Devo on selected dates while Freese is performing with Weezer, and provided additional drums on the album "Something For Everybody".
"Hardcore Devo" (2014)	Gerald Casale - Bass Guitar, Bass Synthesizer, Vocals Mark Mothersbaugh - Synthesizers, Vocals, Mutated Guitars (Satisfaction) Bob Mothersbaugh - Guitar, Vocals Josh Freese - Drums Bob Casale died in February 2014
Current (2014-today)	Gerald Casale - Bass Guitar, Bass Synthesizer, Vocals Mark Mothersbaugh - Synthesizers, Vocals, Mutated Guitars (Satisfaction) Bob Mothersbaugh - Guitar, Vocals Josh Hager - Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer Josh Freese - Drums Josh Hager replaced the late Bob Casale. Jeff Friedl and David Kendrick filled in for Freese during a tour in Chile, due to Freese performing with The Vandals.

Other websites

• Official website
• Official YouTube channel
• Devo on IMDb
• Devo discography at Discogs

• Devo Live Guide
• Works by or about Devo in libraries (WorldCat catalog)