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2 unusual facts about Devo's Greatest Misses


Devo's Greatest Misses

It has a Parental Advisory label because of the song "Penetration in the Centerfold".

# "Clockout" – 2:48 (from Duty Now for the Future) (Gerald Casale)


Army Girls Gone Wild

Other members of Devo are involved in JJ&TED, but it differs in that Gerald Casale is the frontman instead of Mark Mothersbaugh.

Army Girls Gone Wild is a three-song album by Devo spinoff project Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers, fronted by Gerald Casale.

Backbiter

They jammed with drummer Bob Lee (one of the Devo Bob drummers) and the power trio came together, playing local clubs such as the notable post-punk hangout, Raji's.

Booji Boy

His only album appearances are the song "Puppet Boy" from Shout, Devo's cover of "Bread and Butter" by The Newbeats and a re-recorded vocal track to the early demo "U Got Me Bugged," which appears on the soundtrack to Adventures of the Smart Patrol (performed by Pat Tierney instead of Mark Mothersbaugh).

Beyond Devo's works, Booji appeared in the Zabagabee home video by Barnes and Barnes demonstrating how to wax a carrot, and in the music video for "You Ain't Fresh" by Rap duo Boogie Boys.

Bullwhip

In the latter half of the 20th century, attempts to preserve traditional crafts, along with a resurgence of interest in Western performance arts and the release of films such as Devo's "Whip It" video and the motion picture Raiders of the Lost Ark (in which the hero, Indiana Jones, uses a bullwhip as both a tool and a weapon), led to an increased interest in whip cracking as a hobby and performance art, as well as a competitive sport.

Conditions of My Parole

Contributing musicians for the album include the aforementioned Keenan, Mitchell, and Eustis as well as Carina Round, Juliette Commagere, Matt McJunkins, Jeff Friedl, Gil Sharone and Rani Sharone, Jonny Polonsky, Tim Alexander, Devo Keenan, Alessandro Cortini, Tanya O'Callaghan, Sarah Jones, and Jon Theodore.

Dee Anthony

From the 1980s until his retirement in the mid-1990s, Anthony would represent acts such as Peter Allen, Basia and Devo.

DEV-O Live

Devo were given consistent radio support by Sydney-based noncommercial rock station 2JJ, one of the first rock stations outside America to play their recordings.

Devo 2.0

Devo 2.0 band member Nathan Norman states they do play their own instruments with mild help from sequencers.

Devo Springsteen

Not only has Devo Springsteen written and produced for major label artists, but he has also done music for companies such as MTV, Dr Pepper, and MTV2.

Duty Now for the Future

Duty Now for the Future was the second album by United States New Wave band Devo, released in 1979.

E-Z Listening Disc

The album is a compilation of all but one of the tracks from Devo's two E-Z Listening Muzak Cassettes, which had been available only through Club Devo in 1981 and 1984, respectively, consisting of instrumental versions of classic Devo songs performed in the style of easy listening Muzak or New Age music.

Eddie Elguera

Elguera also performed in the music video for the new wave band "Devo".

Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom is a 2005 book by Sean B. Carroll.

Eric Mottram

During this period, Mottram was twice a guest lecturer at Kent State University, where, along with Black Mountain poet Ed Dorn, he was an early supporter of the musical group Devo, and its founders Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis, whose poetry Mottram published when he was editor of the Poetry Review.

General Boy

He is usually seen portrayed by the father of both Devo's lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh and lead guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh, Robert Mothersbaugh, Sr.

Gleaming Spires

After completing demos with neophyte producer Stephen Hague, principal members Leslie Bohem and David Kendrick (later of Devo) recruited fellow Sparks members Jim Goodwin and Bob Haag to form Gleaming Spires with the blessing of the Mael brothers.

Greg Hetson

Other notable past and recurring members have included Bob Mothersbaugh of Devo, Stan Lee of The Dickies and Mike Watt of Minutemen, Iggy and the Stooges.

Hardcore Devo

Hardcore Devo: Volume Two, the second volume (1991) of a pair of albums by Devo

Hardcore Devo: Volume One, the first volume (1990) of a pair of albums by Devo

Hardcore Devo: Volume One

Some tracks are earlier versions of some of Devo's best known tracks that would later be re-recorded and used on subsequent Devo records (e.g. "Jocko Homo," "Mongoloid"), but a majority of the tracks were never re-used and remained unreleased until the Hardcore Devo compilations.

Ho-Ag

Known for melding the creaky musical worlds of 50s and 60s sci-fi films, Waitsian dissonant underworld, and fast-paced math-punk, Ho-Ag has adapted through several line-up changes, guest collaborations, experimental one-off shows, and infrequent Devo cover sets to evolve into a consistently unpredictable band that has earned them comparisons to acts like Six Finger Satellite, The Dismemberment Plan, Brainiac and The Melvins.

Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo

Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo is a compilation of songs by American new wave band Devo, released in 1993.

Interstate '82

The vehicle models have been updated to reflect the change in era, and overall, the game has a New Wave feel, with several hitherto-unreleased Devo songs being on the soundtrack, as opposed to the first game's funk-inspired style.

Jeff Friedl

Ashes Divide took some time off after their first series of touring, so Friedl immediately kept busy by joining the band Devo in the studio to record and rehearse new songs that they had been writing for their album Something for Everybody, their first album since Smooth Noodle Maps, which was released in 1990.

Friedl has recorded, performed, and toured with musical acts such as Ashes Divide, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Devo, Filter and Carina Round.

Kelefa Sanneh

Sanneh played bass in the Harvard bands Hypertrophie Shitstraw, MOPAR, Fear of Reprisal and TacTic, as well as a Devo cover band that included members of Fat Day, Gerty Farish, Bishop Allen and Lavender Diamond.

Know by Now

It was originally performed by American band Devo, written by Gerald V. Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh.

M'bwebwe

A number of musical projects, most notably by Quinlan, Brill, Little and Bloch, took the funk idea back to its roots as a musical style (see George Clinton, James Brown and Robert Wyatt) that was blended with elements of Devo and Pere Ubu that had also come out of northern Ohio.

Mitt Romney dog incident

In August 2012, the band Devo released a single called "Don't Roof Rack Me, Bro (Seamus Unleashed)", to keep the incident in the news as the presidential campaign moved to a conclusion.

Moog Liberation

Other bands include: Didier Marouani of Space, Tom Coster of Santana, Tommy Cyborg of Chrome, Devo, Damon Edge of Chrome, Roy Goudie, Herbie Hancock, Joy Electric, Mark Jenkins, Bryce Kushnier of The Fancy Few, Ascites, Abuse Tactics, Light of the World, John Malloy, The Moog Cookbook, Danny Peyronel of British band UFO, Saga, Tom Schuman, Six Finger Satellite, Stereolab, Spiral-Shaped Mind, Page McConnell of Phish, Jakobínarína, Saga

Recombo DNA

Unlike the Hardcore Devo compilations, which contained several demos from Devo's pre-record deal days, this collection spans throughout much of their career with Warner Bros. Records and Enigma Records.

Sean B. Carroll

He is also the author of Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom (ISBN 0-393-06016-0), one of the first popular summary narratives of the field.

Starwood Club

Some of the acts from outside of California who played at the Starwood include; The Damned, Dokken, Devo, The Jam, Cheap Trick, The Ramones, Dead Boys, The Stranglers, AC/DC, Slade, Vince Vance & the Valiants, Rush, and The Fleshtones.

Super Scope

Called the "Devo gun", it is seen being used by King Koopa (Dennis Hopper) in the film's climax.

The Dog Problem

The film features a score by Mark Mothersbaugh, and the music used during the title sequence is based on the Devo song "Gut Feeling".

The Story of the Clash, Volume 1

Many other musicians are mentioned in the liners, including experiences with Bo Diddley, Devo, and Roxy Music.

The Truth About De-Evolution

A series of rapid-fire cuts of the letters in "DEVO" appears (with the music of "Mechanical Man" found on Hardcore Devo: Volume One), and then we cut to Mark Mothersbaugh in a Kent State classroom (actually the Governance Chambers), delivering a lecture.

Tin Huey

Tin Huey was part of the influx of bands emerging from the Akron/Cleveland music scene, others including Devo, Pere Ubu, Chi-Pig, the Electric Eels, the Bizarros and the Rubber City Rebels.


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