"This lone video artifact offers indisputable evidence that in 1980 Devo had reached a turning point. We were no longer just art monsters, we were mainstream performers too. " - Gerald V. Casale (from ...

During their late-’70s and early ’80s heyday, Devo managed to be both extreme and mainstream: The Akron, Ohio quintet’s 1978 debut LP Q: Are We Not Men? We Are Devo remains one of the most lyrically ...

Budding punks who grew up in Middle American suburbs in the pre-MTV era had to rely on The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll and its ilk to explain the impact of bands like New York Dolls and ...