DEVO studio was in MDR industry park off Washington Blvd on Redwood.. behind MP I worked at MoPro… remember hearing the Spudboy rehearsing.. Jerry is a very nice guy.. We’re All DEVO⚛️🥔
That's how I discovered Devo.They were connected to Brian Eno and in 1979,in the advent of the VHS player,Secret Agent Man and Jocko Homo was on an underground music show.Blew my nine year old mind.Still watch it once or more a week when I'm near a PC,Nerdy Punks,but very fine at it.Love the guys,so original.
Often imitated, never duplicated. I'm sure they watched all the same movies as me when they were kids, "Forbidden planet", "This Island Earth", "Planet of the Vampires", "Attack of the flying saucers" etc.There were some great bands in the 80s like Missing Persons, and the Talking Heads. But the most thought provoking combination of music and entertainment is from DEVO. Even the interviews are entertaining. (and educational)
Amazing that a tragedy like Kent State inspired them to create art that still influences us today. Mark’s recording studio in West Hollywood is filled with vintage synthesizers.
I like Jerry's Bob Dobbs Slack Pin from the Church of the Subgenius. DEVO is the nicest, coolest, and aware Group of guys on the planet. They were the original conspiracy "theorists." My favorite band ever!!!
As much as I love Devo this was about the time their music and reputation started going downhill. Some people say it ended with New Traditionalists but I disagree. Anyone who can't dig "Oh No It's Devo!" is plain not alive. "Shout" on the other hand is eh...
I'm from Cleveland ( near Akron). Very subtle but the dude in the yellow shirt has a Cleveland (regional) accent. Gotta be from the area to realize probably. But, I'm howling. Devo is my local hometown act. Ha.
Everytime I read the comments on a Devo interview, people always mention their accent. I'm from Cleveland as well and was wondering what the Cleveland accent is. I know it's very midwestern because my nonmidwestern friend makes fun of me for saying pop instead of soda, but I always wanted to know what else is indicative of it.
I never appreciated how much hard work and creativity went into their stage shows. I know that by 1984, they were no longer relevant on the charts or on MTV, but by then they must have had millions of fans from the '78 to '81 era and I bet the shows around '84 etc. were great
they didnt tour for shout but they toured for the next album after that and there are loads of videos of it, and i say as a devo fan that it wasn't good at all
The shows I saw in support of NT and ONID in the early 80s were amazing experiences. What was wild for me was that especially the first time, Atlanta's counterculture - which I had simply never had firsthand exposure to - turned out in droves. And it was real counterculture, not just what got repackaged and picked up on (the second time around, it was more like the repackaged).
I love these guys but they remind me that I've led a pretty boring life. These guys had a vision and made it happen with very little compromise. Jerry's new stuff is awesome invisible man.
Fairlight was back in the days when Australian technology was Australian, until they sold out for the mighty dollar and Japanese synths just copied the technology like the Chinese do now.I suppose this made synth technology affordable but unfortunately also generic.
The only people who could afford Fairlights were rock stars. There is nothing more inherently generic about playing a song on a sampler than there is about playing a song on a guitar. Any problem with generic sounds is a problem with human creativity, not on human access to technology.
Back in the day when video cameras were expensive and you could only afford to rent one it was common to put the camera on the interviewee, do the interview, then go back and put the camera on the interviewer to record the questions -- which were often revised from what was asked to better suit the answer.
@@SuperScottCrawford That does appear what is going on here as this is edited video. However it is not uncommon for raw (unedited) footage to be found in an archive and uploaded to youtube.
Chippy Choppy. That is the beauty of Devo, they were always 4-6 years ahead of time, even with the album they made in 2010 the band was about a 4-5 years ahead of where they needed to be with the songs off that album, it was not till 2015 that Rock songs started having that same sound, and the oddity that went on a few years later with Remix's of the songs by Techno Artists and using parts of those songs for techno songs. You can tell by the computer though it is before the 1990's as by 1990 most newer type computers have a screen that even computer users today would recognize. My parents had a used Macintosh 30 until 1995, but my dad upgraded the computer in 1990 when he got it with more memory. The clothes though look like something from the late 1980's to 1990 however, the Glasses that Mark wears are unique and most of the pairs he wore did not get copied into main stream fashion as those big plastic glasses were all the rage until 1995 or so. I should know, My mom had two pairs of those Glasses with the big frames and when she was done with them in 1995-1996 she gave the frames to her mother for her newer glasses she wore until 2000. Then when those came back in style she pulled out the frames as she needed a new prescription again.
This aged well, in there 60’s, world pandemic, these nerds always know more than they let on...
*have always known
It's astonishing how far ahead in time these geniuses were / are , absolutely one of the Greatist Bands of all time......
J.d from Youngstown ohio.
DEVO studio was in MDR industry park off Washington Blvd on Redwood.. behind MP
I worked at MoPro… remember hearing the Spudboy rehearsing.. Jerry is a very nice guy.. We’re All DEVO⚛️🥔
Wow! Look at Mark's hair! Beautiful
I know right.dude's off the hook.
That's how I discovered Devo.They were connected to Brian Eno and in 1979,in the advent of the VHS player,Secret Agent Man and Jocko Homo was on an underground music show.Blew my nine year old mind.Still watch it once or more a week when I'm near a PC,Nerdy Punks,but very fine at it.Love the guys,so original.
17:15
Crazy eyes and then... "uh,oh... I thinks it's my mother" ! x)
Hendrix was not just a guitar player he was an amazing songwriter ….people often forget this
0:35
Devo predicts the bug.
"Mutants affected by some yet unamed environmental disease".
lol, "...if we can even talk"
Brilliant
The way Jerry silently points to Mark when asked about the Fairlight says so much about the album's shortcomings
First the drummer was replaced by lm1 , then the whole band was pushed out by
Mark and his low bandwidth chipmunk sampler
Now it can be told: DEVO was the most influent post-punk band EVER
These guys are overdue for a biopic I would totally totally totally watch it!
We nearly had one. There was a documentary all filmed aand edited, but currently remains unreleased.
@@404TVfr Mark is holding up the release.
Often imitated, never duplicated. I'm sure they watched all the same movies as me when they were kids, "Forbidden planet", "This Island Earth", "Planet of the Vampires", "Attack of the flying saucers" etc.There were some great bands in the 80s like Missing Persons, and the Talking Heads. But the most thought provoking combination of music and entertainment is from DEVO. Even the interviews are entertaining. (and educational)
Ohhh the irony of Gerale wearing a Best Buy Suit!!!
Amazing that a tragedy like Kent State inspired them to create art that still influences us today. Mark’s recording studio in West Hollywood is filled with vintage synthesizers.
Freakin genius’
I like Jerry's Bob Dobbs Slack Pin from the Church of the Subgenius. DEVO is the nicest, coolest, and aware Group of guys on the planet. They were the original conspiracy "theorists." My favorite band ever!!!
prominent conspiracy theories, including the conspiracy theories that led to the Nazi Holocaust, date back hundreds of years before Devo
Glad to see supported professional film students by doing video interviews with them so they can hone their skills.
Both these guys were art students at kent state so I'm not surprised they would do interviews with students
Awesome such great quality.
I actually started with a PAiA kit, patching everything. Then I was able to move on to an ARP 2600. Finally, when I got my own, it was polyphonic.
Amazing video quality!!!
MM: "Good clean re-education images..."
As much as I love Devo this was about the time their music and reputation started going downhill.
Some people say it ended with New Traditionalists but I disagree. Anyone who can't dig "Oh No It's Devo!" is plain not alive.
"Shout" on the other hand is eh...
Shout isn’t as bad as people make out.
God, Mark's Hair looks like he'd been sleeping on it for 12 hours then took a walk through a turbine wind tunnel. Love it
Lol lol lol 😂😂😂
I'm from Cleveland ( near Akron). Very subtle but the dude in the yellow shirt has a Cleveland (regional) accent. Gotta be from the area to realize probably. But, I'm howling. Devo is my local hometown act. Ha.
Everytime I read the comments on a Devo interview, people always mention their accent. I'm from Cleveland as well and was wondering what the Cleveland accent is. I know it's very midwestern because my nonmidwestern friend makes fun of me for saying pop instead of soda, but I always wanted to know what else is indicative of it.
He sounds kinda PA to me.
I 😍 devo,I have their CD.
which one?
@@johng618 freedom of choice album,whip it is my favorite one,
That's such a great, earnest, explanation, Gerry!
I never appreciated how much hard work and creativity went into their stage shows. I know that by 1984, they were no longer relevant on the charts or on MTV, but by then they must have had millions of fans from the '78 to '81 era and I bet the shows around '84 etc. were great
TommyTwobats fans don't disappear. Just less exposure.
They didn't do any shows between '84 and '88.
they didnt tour for shout but they toured for the next album after that and there are loads of videos of it, and i say as a devo fan that it wasn't good at all
They still r
The shows I saw in support of NT and ONID in the early 80s were amazing experiences. What was wild for me was that especially the first time, Atlanta's counterculture - which I had simply never had firsthand exposure to - turned out in droves. And it was real counterculture, not just what got repackaged and picked up on (the second time around, it was more like the repackaged).
I'm gonna be frank here...Gerald Casale is rockin' a rather Space Cowboy Beebop outfit here if you ask me! Another prediction perhaps?!
I love these guys but they remind me that I've led a pretty boring life. These guys had a vision and made it happen with very little compromise. Jerry's new stuff is awesome invisible man.
fairlight, a fav of kate bush
Cover of Morning dew on smooth noodle is great as well
Now that is a PC(in background)or perhaps Fairlight?
Saw Herbie Hancock play one on Sesame Street on time. You can find the clip on UA-cam
Devo always ahead of there time, wow so relevant rn, in this covid 19 time! Bernie 2020 the only honest truth teller!
Dewlap..
0:31 wow. 😳. 2020.
Behind them, the Fairlight CMI that ruined Shout, causing their career tailspin.
I like Shout
i like the fairlight cmi
Fairlight was back in the days when Australian technology was Australian, until they sold out for the mighty dollar and Japanese synths just copied the technology like the Chinese do now.I suppose this made synth technology affordable but unfortunately also generic.
The only people who could afford Fairlights were rock stars. There is nothing more inherently generic about playing a song on a sampler than there is about playing a song on a guitar. Any problem with generic sounds is a problem with human creativity, not on human access to technology.
Holy crap is that an AS400 computer?! 😂
You're up to 3 Hard Disks a day! LOL! That was probably like 800K....
why the hell would you interview someone and make the interviewers questions difficult to hear?
lol - gerry calls him "off camera man"
You still see that in a lot of band interviews today! So annoying!
Back in the day when video cameras were expensive and you could only afford to rent one it was common to put the camera on the interviewee, do the interview, then go back and put the camera on the interviewer to record the questions -- which were often revised from what was asked to better suit the answer.
@@rockets4kids apparently, they forgot that second, indeed crucial, step.
@@SuperScottCrawford That does appear what is going on here as this is edited video. However it is not uncommon for raw (unedited) footage to be found in an archive and uploaded to youtube.
Look like the Devo duo were on a media blitz - here's another interview - same outfits - ua-cam.com/video/a8AXBr4xTFA/v-deo.html
Love their colorful suits!
"uh oh, it's my mother"
THIS LOOKS LIKE 1990?
Chippy Choppy. That is the beauty of Devo, they were always 4-6 years ahead of time, even with the album they made in 2010 the band was about a 4-5 years ahead of where they needed to be with the songs off that album, it was not till 2015 that Rock songs started having that same sound, and the oddity that went on a few years later with Remix's of the songs by Techno Artists and using parts of those songs for techno songs. You can tell by the computer though it is before the 1990's as by 1990 most newer type computers have a screen that even computer users today would recognize. My parents had a used Macintosh 30 until 1995, but my dad upgraded the computer in 1990 when he got it with more memory. The clothes though look like something from the late 1980's to 1990 however, the Glasses that Mark wears are unique and most of the pairs he wore did not get copied into main stream fashion as those big plastic glasses were all the rage until 1995 or so. I should know, My mom had two pairs of those Glasses with the big frames and when she was done with them in 1995-1996 she gave the frames to her mother for her newer glasses she wore until 2000. Then when those came back in style she pulled out the frames as she needed a new prescription again.
I know that,s what makes them so special until this day,they,re stuck back in time,which is unique.
@CHIPPY CHOPPY exactly dude.
Look at the old computer back there, running DOS
The Brian Eno/Dune soundtrack mention is a big clue that it was 1984.
just axe me :D
35yrs later, no mutations
You sure about that?
They r making it difficult for my guys devo. That's not kool.