The New Wave band Devo released "Uncontrollable Urge" in 1978. Today, the single makes founding member Mark Mothersbaugh around $1 million each year.

When Devo opened their 1978 album Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! with “Uncontrollable Urge”, few listeners could have foreseen how much money it would generate decades down the line – especially ...

New wave legends Devo have been a force since 1973. Several original members are still performing with the group today. A Netflix documentary about the band is now streaming. In the early 1970s, Devo ...

NEW YORK (AP) — You know the band Devo, right? The guys with the funny red plastic hats and jumpsuits? The New Wave musicians behind the silly “Whip It” video? They had that odd, spiky ’80s vibe? Well ...

The film traces the band's music, its videos, its roots in the embers of the counterculture, its freak success, and its big message, which remains prophetic and often misunderstood. To the millions of ...

Devo‘s got an uncontrollable urge to tour. The new wave icons have announced the first round of dates for their 2026 Mutate, Don’t Stagnate Tour, including two appearances at next year’s Coachella ...

Devo is headed to Sundance, not just for the festival premiere of the Chris Smith-directed documentary film that share’s the band’s name, but a Jan. 21 performance by the group at the just-opened ...

Devo, best-known for the 1980 hit "Whip It," is back on the road with their "50 years of De-Evolution … Continued!" tour and their trademark brand of sci-fi surrealism. A major influence on the new ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The passing of Devo’s 61-year-old guitarist, Bob Casale “Bob 2” and the band’s drummer Alan Myers the previous year gives reason to look back on just how ...

Devo founding guitarist Bob Casale died Monday after medical complications unexpectedly led to heart failure, his brother Gerald said. Bob Casale was 61. Bob had recently been hospitalized due to ...