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DEVO
Akron, Ohio, USA
* 1973

Line-Up (2010):

Jerry Casale - voc,bg
Bob Mothersbaugh - g
Bob Casale - g
Mark Mothersbaugh - kb,voc
Josh Freese - ds

Former Members:

Jim Mothersbaugh (ds); Alan Myers (ds, 1976-cca 1985); David Kendrick (ds, cca 1988)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Q: Are We Not Men? - A: We Are Devo! produced by: Brian Eno	25.08.1978	Warner Bros		12	78
2.	Duty Now For The Future produced by: Ken Scott	01.07.1979	Warner Bros		49	73
3.	Freedom Of Choice	13.06.1980	Warner Bros		47	22
4.	The Warner Bros. Music Show (promo)	1980	Warner Bros
5.	Live (mini LP)	4/1981	Warner Bros			49
6.	New Traditionalists	8/1981	Warner Bros		50	24
7.	E-Z Listening Muzak	1981	Warner Bros
8.	Oh No! It's Devo!	10/1982	Warner Bros			47
9.	Shout	05.10.1984	Warner Bros			83
10.	E-Z Listening Muzak Vol. 2	1987	Warner Bros
11.	E-Z Listening Disc	8/1987	Rykodisc
12.	Now It Can Be Told (2LP)	1988	Enigma
13.	Total Devo	7/1988	Enigma			189
14.	Greatest Hits	1990	Warner Bros
15.	Greatest Misses	1990	Warner Bros
16.	Smooth Noodle Maps	08.10.1990	Enigma
17.	Hardcore Devo Volume One 1974-1977	15.10.1990	Rykodisc tracks
18.	Hardcore Devo Volume II: 1974-1977	12/1991	Rykodisc tracks
19.	Live - The Mongoloid Years	9/1992	Rykodisc
20.	Hot Potatoes: The Best Of Devo	9/1993	Virgin
21.	The Compact Collection (3CD box set)	10/1994	Virgin
22.	Pioneers Who Got Scalped (An Anthology) (2CD)	09.05.2000	Rhino
23.	Essentials	18.06.2002	Rhino
24.	Devo 2.0	17.03.2006	Disney Sound
25.	Collectables Classics (box set)	13.06.2006	Collectables
26.	Watch Us Work It	11.05.2009	MVD Audio
27.	Very Best of Devo	23.02.2010	Collectables
28.	Something For Everybody	14.06.2010	Warner Bros			30
29.	Hardcore, Vol. 1	14.05.2013	Revolver
30.	Hardcore, Vol. 2	14.05.2013	Revolver
31.	New Traditionalists: Live 1981 Seattle	14.05.2013	Booji Boy
32.	Butch Devo and the Sundance Gig	15.04.2014	MVD Audio
33.	Something Else for Everybody: Unreleased Demos and Focus Group Rejects 2006-2009	20.05.2014	Bongo Boy
34.	Men Who Make the Music / Butch Devo & The Sundance	12.08.2014	MVD Visual
35.	Miracle Witness: Live In Ohio 1977	25.11.2014	Futurismo
36.	Hardcore Live!	10.02.2015	Wienerworld
37.	Smart Patrol: Live At Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco 3 August 1977	20.05.2015	FM In Concert Series
38.	Satisfaction: Live at Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco, 1977	04.09.2015	BRR
39.	Social Fools: The Virgin Singles 1978-1982	23.10.2015	Caroline

Mark Mothersbaugh:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Muzik For Insomniaks Volume 1	1988	Enigma
2.	Muzik For Insomniaks Volume 2	1988	Enigma
3.	Muzik For The Gallery	1994	Mutmuz
4.	The Rugrats Movie Score	02.11.1999	Never
5.	Joyeux Mutato	03.10.2000	Rhino
6.	The Lego Movie	11.02.2014	Water Tower Music		78
7.	22 Jump Street / 21 Jump Street	19.02.2016	La-La Land
8.	Pee-Wee's Big Holiday	08.04.2016	Varese Sarabande
9.	Mark Mothersbaugh: Hello My Good Friend	15.04.2016

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Jocko Homo / Mongoloid (v GB 24.02.78)	12/1976	Booji Boy	62
2.	(I Can't Get Me No) Satisfaction / Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Getting) (v GB 13.01.78)	7/1977	Booji Boy	41
3.	Mechanical Man / Blockhead / Clockout / Auto-Modown	1978	Elevator
4.	Be Stiff / Social Fools	7/1978	Stiff	71
5.	Come Back Jonee / Social Fools 12" + Working In A Coal Mine / (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction / Jocko Homo	25.08.1978	Virgin	60
6.	Uncontrollable Urge / (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (v USA)	9/1978	Warner Bros
7.	Come Back Jonee / Praying Hands (v USA)	11/1978	Warner Bros
8.	Be Stiff EP (Jocko Homo / (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction / Be Stiff / Mongoloid / (I Saw My Baby Getting) Sloppy / Social Fools 9. The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize / Penetration In The Centerfold (25.5.79, Virgin)	1/1979	Stiff
10.	Secret Agent Man / Red Eye Express (v USA)	7/1979	Warner Bros
11.	Secret Agent Man / 500 Bawls produced by: Ken Scott	03.08.1979	Virgin
12.	Girl U Want / Mr. B's Ballroom (v USA)	5/1980	Warner Bros
13.	Girl U Want / Turn Around (v GB)	5/1980	Virgin
14.	Whip It / Turn Around	8/1980	Warner Bros		13
15.	Whip It / Snowball / Gates Of Steel	11/1980	Virgin	51
16.	Freedom Of Choice / Snowball	12/1980	Warner Bros		103
17.	Gates Of Steel (live) / Be Stiff (live) (v USA)	5/1981	Warner Bros
18.	Through Being Cool / Going Under	8/1981	Warner Bros		107
19.	Through Being Cool / Race Of Doom (v GB)	8/1981	Virgin
20.	Working In The Coal Mine / Planet Earth (8/81, Full Moon, USA 43.)
21.	Working In The Coal Mine / Enough Said (v GB)	16.10.1981	Virgin
22.	Beautiful World / Enough Said	11/1981	Warner Bros		102
23.	Beautiful World / The Super Thing (v GB)	15.01.1982	Virgin
24.	Jerkin' Back'n'Forth / Mecha-Mania Boy 12" + Going Under / Through Being Cool (v USA)	3/1982	Warner Bros
25.	Peek-A-Boo! / Find Out	10/1982	Warner Bros		106
26.	That's Good / Speed Racer 12" + Big Mess	1/1983	Warner Bros		104
27.	Come Back Jonee / Working In A Coalmine / Satisfaction / Jocko Homo	06.05.1983	Virgin
28.	Theme From "Dr. Detroit" / James Brown: King of Soul 12" + Luv-Luv	5/1983	Backstreet/MCA	98	59
29.	Are You Experienced? / Growing Pains 12" + Please Please (v USA)	10/1984	Warner Bros
30.	Shout / C'mon / Jocko Homo / Mongoloid	1985	Warner Bros
31.	Here To Go / Shout	1985	Warner Bros
32.	Disco Dancer	1988	Enigma
33.	Baby Doll / Agitated / Don't Be Cruel	1988	Enigma
34.	Post Post-Modern Man / Whip It (live) CD + Baby Doll (mix)	10/1990	Enigma
35.	Future Retro Sampler: Situation (Situation (Richard X remix) / Girl U Want (Black Light Odyssey mix) / Suedehead (Sparks mix)) & Yaz & Morrissey	05.12.2005	Rhino
36.	Disconet Greatest Hits Volume 4 (Fear Medley (Disconet remix) / That's Good (Disconet remix) / Machines (Disconet remix)) & Giorgio Moroder & Easy Going	10.09.2009	Disconet
37.	Fresh / What We Do	18.06.2010	WEA

Videos:

1. The Men Who Make The Music - 12/1981, Virgin Vision
2. We're All Devo - 1985, Virgin Vision
3. The Complete Truth About Devolution - 1993, Voyager
4. Live 1980 - 30.8.2005, Music Video, live

Movies:

1. Rust Never Sleeps
2. Human Highway (1983, starring, directed by Neil Young/Dean Stockwell)
3. Spirit Of '76 (1991, starring)

Bibliography:

DEVO: The Brand/DEVO: Unmasked (7/2018)

WWW Links:

http://www.swcp.com/lazlo-bin/discogs?devo

Various:

original name De-Evolution

Compilation Appearances:

"Girl U Want" on OST "Tank Girl" (3/95, Elektra)
"Huboon Stomp" on OST "Chef Aid: The South Park Album" (24.11.98, Columbia)
"Satisfaction" on compilation "Twentieth Anniversary" (3.2.04, Rykodisc)
"Whip It" on compilation "TBS Tunes: Fun Tracks Wisecracks" (10.1.06, Rhino)

appeared on the LP:

Toni Basil: Word Of Mouth (1981, Chrysalis)

Bootlegs:

1. Clockwork -- Live In San Francisco 1977 - ?, live
2. Live at Max's Kansas City, NY 1977 - ?, live
3. The Men Who Make The Music - ?, live, San Francisco 1978-79
4. How To Keep A Devotee Busy For Hours - ?, live San Francisco 1978
5. King Biscuit Flour Hour '80 at the Warfield, SF - ?, live
6. Wollman Rink, Central Park, New York City - ?, live, Wollman Rink, Central Park, NYC, 21 Jul 1980
7. Orpheum Theatre, Boston 11/5/81 - ?, live
8. Live On Site - ?, live
9. Sing If You're Glad To Be Devo - ?, live
10. Workforce To The World - ?, live
11. 1984...The Year After...1977 - ?, live
12. Tigerwax - ?, live
13. Unreleased Human Songs - ?
14. Can U Take It? - ?
15. BBC Rock Hour - ?
16. Devonia - ?
17. Jim Ladd's Innerview - ?

Awards:

2010 Mojo Honours List - Mojo Merit Award
2020 Grammy Hall Of Fame (LP "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!", 1978)

Mark Mothersbaugh:

j.h on the LP Hugh Cornwall & Robert Williams: Nosferatu (10/79, United Artists)

Robert Williams: Late One Night (1982, A&M)
Negativland: Escape From Noise (1987, SST)
Martini Ranch: Holy Cow (1988, Sire)

appeared on the SP:

Robert Williams: Buy My Record (1981, A&M)

Bob Mothersbaugh:

j.h on the LP Hugh Cornwall & Robert Williams: Nosferatu (10/79, United Artists)

Robert Williams: Late One Night (1982, A&M)

appeared on the SP:

Robert Williams: Buy My Record (1981, A&M)

Bob Casale:

produced by LP:

Martini Ranch: Holy Cow (1988, Sire)

Jerry Casale:

appeared on the LP:

Wipeouters: P'Twaang (24.4.01, Casual Tonalities)
Freeland: Cope (8.6.09, Marine Parade)

Jim Mothersbaugh:

appeared on the LP:

Wipeouters: P'Twaang (24.4.01, Casual Tonalities)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1978	2	14.01.1978	16	Singles	single review
1978	8	25.02.1978	1
1978	8	25.02.1978	10		interview
1978	14	08.04.1978	3
1978	14	08.04.1978	18	Singles	single review
1978	29	22.07.1978	4	News
1978	40	14.10.1978	3	News
1979	4	27.01.1979	43	Any Questions?
1979	18	12.05.1979	3	News
1979	20	26.05.1979	27	Singles	single review
1979	30	11.08.1979	18	Singles	single review
1980	17	14.06.1980	17	Caught In The Act	gig review
1981	35	29.08.1981	13	Albums	album review
1981	42	17.10.1981	12	Singles	single review
1981	50	12.12.1981	5	Fast Forward
1982	3	16.01.1982	19	Singles	single review
1982	47	20.11.1982	22	Albums	album review
1983	19	07.05.1983	23	Singles	single review
1983	27	02.07.1983	22	Singles	single review
1984	33	29.09.1984	5	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	37	27.10.1984	29	Albums	album review
1990	0	20.10.1990	42	Albums	album review
1990	0	03.11.1990	54	Control Zone
1993	9	27.02.1993	43	Info Freako
1995	39	30.09.1995	44	Info Freako
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1994	11	07.06.1994	7	Galerie
2001	11		98	Recenze - Novinky	album review