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January 18, 2006

Devo Evolve in California

New Wave stalwarts take aim at Bush in club show
February 19, 2004

Devo Man Sails With Popeye

Mothersbaugh takes new tack on cartoon theme
November 1, 2003

447) Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

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November 30, 2001

Devo Man Talks "Tenenbaum"

Mark Mothersbaugh brings "The Royal Tenenbaums" soundtrack to life

Pioneers Who Got Scalped

Devo didn't really fit into New Wave -- or anywhere else. Their whole point was how weird they were. Their ludicrous costumes and ultrastiff delivery were barbed jokes about profound alienation, and they used synthesizers to make their point because those were the most inhuman-sounding instruments a...

2000 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

New Traditionalists [Bonus Tracks]

1997

Total Devo

1988

Oh, No! It's Devo

1982

Freedom Of Choice

1980

Duty Now for the Future

1979

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Sporting an original tongue-in-cheek world view proclaiming man to be in a state of genetic and cultural "de-evolution," Devo made the unlikely step from novelty act to real contender - an ironic new wave version of Kiss, whose marketing was as important as its music. The group exploited film and video from the beginning of its career, yet was never sufficiently pop-oriented to earn much play on M...

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