This event is tomorrow in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Wish I could be there. In the late 70s, we used to drive from Detroit to A2, just for the film co-ops, which were projected in the UMich lecture halls after dark.

#DEVO
#Michigan

Photo of a printed page describing "50 Years of De-Evolution: The Restored Films of Devo (1974–1984)", an event tomorrow night at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Michigan featuring the two co-founders of the world's greatest failed art project, Devo.

**Punkrock History** @historyofpunkrock@sfba.social · Mar 25

Mar 25

Punkrock History @historyofpunkrock@sfba.social

44 years ago today
DEV-O Live is a live EP (and, later, live album) by American band Devo, recorded 1980 at the Fox Warfield Theatre in San Francisco and released on this day in 1981

#punk #punkrock #newwave

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**Ben Royce** @benroyce@mastodon.social · Mar 20 *

Mar 20 *

Ben Royce @benroyce@mastodon.social

@RnDanger @dogzilla

holy shit! i had no idea

today i learned:

#devo was not only at #kentstate during the #kentstatemassacre, but the massacre inspired the creation of devo:

https://www.kent.edu/art/news/remembering-may-4-interview-devos-jerry-casale

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Most Northeast Ohio residents have at least a passing familiarity with Devo, the visually-driven, post-punk brainchild of Kent State University School of Art alumni Jerry Casale, Bob Lewis and Mark Mothersbaugh. Perhaps less commonly known is the story of exactly how the band came to be. Devo’s creation was inspired and catalyzed by the trauma of the May 4, 1970, shooting of student protesters by the National Guard, for which both Casale and Mothersbaugh, (along with fellow former KSU art student/rock luminary Chrissie Hynde) were present. Two of the victims of the violence (Jeffrey Miller and Allison Krause) had been friends of Casale’s, who later said of the incident,

“I had always been making art and music but the events of May 4th and beyond galvanized my creativity, infusing it with an existential anger and urgency that would otherwise not have happened. In short Devo and the idea of De-evolution as a manifesto would not exist without that defining historic trauma I experienced.”
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**Maggot McFear** @tankgrrl@hachyderm.io · Mar 4 *

Mar 4 *

Maggot McFear @tankgrrl@hachyderm.io

Booji Boy with a J came about because Mothersbaugh ran out of Gs (and Es) on his Letraset rub-on sheet. #DEVO

https://youtu.be/lj1l_5eeNgc?t=167

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**Doktor Overcomma** @bobcromwell@dobbs.town · Feb 28

Feb 28

Doktor Overcomma @bobcromwell@dobbs.town

Put on "The Royal Tenenbaums" because #GeneHackman, finally noticed that Mark Mothersbaugh of #Devo did the music.

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**7sleepersmusic** @7sleepersmusic@mastodon.social · Feb 25

Feb 25

7sleepersmusic @7sleepersmusic@mastodon.social

@lislegaard I remember being a messed up adolescent and feeling like crap about myself then I'd put on some music from maybe #Devo or #GaryNuman and think "Hey there's weirdos out there who are kinda like me!" and I'd feel better. So part of my motivation is to make music that maybe makes a messed up kid feel better.

**FunHouse Radio** @funhouseradio@mastodon.world · Feb 24

Feb 24

FunHouse Radio @funhouseradio@mastodon.world

CURRENTLY IN ROTATION
► https://FunHouseRadio.com
#devo #newwave #weird #nerd #punk

**Jes Brinch** @JesBrinch@mastodon.social · Feb 13

Feb 13

Jes Brinch @JesBrinch@mastodon.social

Detail of painting
#macintosh #computerhistory #evolution #painting #jesbrinch #devo

**nojarama** @nojarama@mastodon.social · Feb 12

Feb 12

nojarama @nojarama@mastodon.social

Happy anniversary to DEVO’s debut single, “Mongoloid”. Released this week in 1977 (later re-recorded and appeared on the album ‘Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo!’. #DEVO #Mongoloid #JockoHomo #BeStiff #BoojiBoy

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