Devo’s Gerald Casale on his scathing new ‘finger-snapping ditty for fascist America’: ‘I raise the middle finger’
Devo — aptly described by cofounder Gerald Casale in their recent Grammy-nominated Netflix documentary as “most misunderstood band in the world” — were always political, with their own unique form...
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Flashback: Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh on how Pee-wee Herman ‘totally changed the trajectory’ of his career
Mark Mothersbaugh is one of film and television’s most respected and in-demand composers, writing music for hit children’s fare like Rugrats and The Lego Movie and the Wes Anderson features Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Life...
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Devo on how their message resonates today: ‘It wasn’t supposed to be that way. We were hoping that things would right themselves.’
In 1981, Devo’s “Whip It” music video — a deliberately offensive and over-the-top send-up of Reagan-esque cowboy machismo, featuring singer Mark Mothersbaugh sadomasochistically whipping a stuntwoman on a rowdy dude...
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