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Ohio eccentrics Devo may have been considered a comedy band or novelty act at first, with their energy-dome hats, plastic wigs, kooky characters, and bonkers early music videos. But as they celebrate ...

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The title track from the band's third album wasn't quite the hit that 'Whip It' surprisingly became, but both songs were ...

History is written by the winners, as the quote goes, but what happens when the losers out to be right? The music world will find out when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announces its Class of 2022, and ...

Mark Mothersbaugh has made a life of art and conflict. The Ohio native protested the Vietnam War as a student at Kent State University in the early 1970s, and his glimpses of humanity’s destructive ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Akron's New Wave heroes Devo formed at Kent State University in the early 1970s, and made a national splash in 1977 with a bouncy, frenetic cover of The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Devo has joined the long and varied list of artists and bands who have stopped at NPR headquarters in Washington D.C. and performed at the “Tiny Desk” of former “All Songs ...

David Byrne and Devo have unearthed their decades-old collaboration “Empire” for a new compilation of unreleased songs to benefit abortion access. “Years ago, I did a record called Feelings in which I ...