Devo gained some fame in 1976 when the short film The Truth About De-Evolution by Chuck Statler won a prize at the Ann Arbor Film Festival.

On October 14, 1978, Devo gained national exposure with an appearance on Saturday Night Live, a week after the Rolling Stones, performing " Satisfaction " and " Jocko Homo.

As Devo gained fame, Stiff Records in the UK agreed to release the single on their label.

This album brought a new look for Devo, who wore self-described " Utopian Boy Scout uniforms " topped with a plastic " New Traditionalist Pomp ," a plastic half-wig modeled on the hairstyle of John F. Kennedy.

In 1987, Devo reformed with new drummer David Kendrick, formerly of Sparks.

In 1995, Devo reappeared with a new recording of " Girl U Want " on the soundtrack to the movie Tank Girl.

In 2005 Devo recorded a new version of " Whip It " to be used in Swiffer television commercials, a decision they have said they regretted.

It features mostly new material, plus re-recordings of four very obscure Devo songs: " I Need A Chick " and " I Been Refused " ( from Hardcore Devo: Volume Two ), " Find Out " ( which appeared on the single and EP of " Peek-A-Boo " in 1982 ), and " Beehive " ( which was recorded by the band in 1974, at which point it was apparently abandoned with the exception of one appearance at a special show in 2001 ).

Devo continued to tour actively in 2005 and 2006, unveiling a new stage show at shows in October 2006, and an appearance of the Jihad Jerry character performing " Beautiful World " as an encore.

A quote from the Akron Beacon Journal elucidates, "... Devo recently finished a new project in cahoots with Disney called Devo 2. 0, which features the band playing old songs and two new ones with vocals provided by children.

Mothersbaugh doesn't rule out the idea of the band gathering in the studio, eventually, to record a new Devo album.

Casale also stated that there may be some new Devo material as well, but whether this is related to the release of a movie or not is unclear.

In December 2007, Devo released their first new single since 1990, " Watch Us Work It ," which was featured in a commercial for Dell.

In a December 5, 2007 article on Mutato Muzika, LA Weekly reported that " After touring sporadically over the past decade but not releasing any new material, Devo are spending December at Mutato trying to create an album ’ s worth of new material and contemplating a method of dispersal in the post-record-company world.

However, in a radio interview on April 17, 2008, Jerry stated that Mark had " killed the project " and that there would be no new Devo album.

In an October 2008 interview, Devo confirmed that they would be completing their new album.

The Studio Notes section of the November 27 issue of Rolling Stone stated that " Devo are working on their first album of new material since 1990's Smooth Noodle Maps.

At these shows, Devo performed a new stage show utilizing synchronized video, similar to the 1982 tour, new costumes, and three new songs: " Don't Shoot, I'm a Man!

On February 14, 2012, the Devo Facebook page posted a status update that clubdevo. com would soon be launching a brand new " post-Warner Brothers " website that would feature new merchandise.

Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo said that disco was " like a beautiful woman with a great body and no brains ", and a product of political apathy of that era.

Devo was also a pioneer of the music video, creating many memorable clips for the Laser Disc format, with " Whip It " getting heavy airplay in the early days of MTV.

Devo returned to perform in the Student Governance Center ( featured prominently in the film ) at the 1974 Creative Arts Festival with a line-up including the Casale brothers, Bob Lewis, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Jim Mothersbaugh on drums.

A recording of an early Devo performance from 1975 with the quartet lineup appears on DEVO Live: The Mongoloid Years, ending with the promoters unplugging Devo's equipment.

Devo caught the attention of David Bowie and Iggy Pop, who championed the band and enabled Devo to secure a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records.

Devo also contributed two songs, " Theme from Doctor Detroit " and " Luv-Luv " to the 1983 Dan Aykroyd film Doctor Detroit, and produced a music video for " Theme from Doctor Detroit " featuring clips from the film with live action segments.

Devo had previously collaborated with Basil on her 1982 album Word of Mouth.

Devo followed this up with a world tour, and released the live album Now It Can Be Told: DEVO at the Palace.

Also in 1996, Devo also released a multimedia CD-ROM adventure game, The Adventures of the Smart Patrol with Inscape.

Due to rights issues with their back catalog, Devo often would use re-recorded songs for films and ads.

Also in 2006, Devo worked on a project with Disney known as Devo 2. 0.

In 1981, Devo contributed a cover of " Workin ' in the Coal Mine ," recording during the Freedom of Choice sessions, to the film Heavy Metal.

* " Cold War ", a song by Devo, in the album Freedom of Choice

# " Freedom of Choice " ( Devo cover )

Energy dome refers to the red terraced headgear first worn by Devo during their Freedom of Choice years.

* " Turnaround ", a song by Devo, from the album Freedom of Choice, covered by Nirvana

The first form of Devo was the " Sextet Devo " which performed at the 1973 Kent State performing arts festival.

In 1976 Devo released their first single Mongoloid b / w Jocko Homo, the B-side of which came from the soundtrack to The Truth About De-Evolution, on their independent label " Booji Boy ", followed in 1977 by the re-working of the Rolling Stones ' "( I Can't Get No ) Satisfaction ".

In concert, Devo sometimes performed as their own opening act, pretending to be a Christian soft-rock group called " Dove ( the Band of Love )", which is an anagram for " Devo ".

In 2003, some of the members from Devo were alleged to have partaken in a side project called The Network, which featured Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool and Jason White of Green Day.

Also in 2008 the band remixed the Attery Squash song ' Devo Was Right About Everything ' which was released on the B-side to the Watch Us Work It vinyl 12 " single.

In March 2010, Devo appeared as the musical guest for an episode of the children's program Yo Gabba Gabba !, in which they performed an altered version of " Watch Us Work It "

New Wave became a catch-all term, encompassing disparate styles such as 2 Tone ska, the mod revival inspired by The Jam, the sophisticated pop-rock of Elvis Costello and XTC, the New Romantic phenomenon typified by Ultravox, synthpop groups like Tubeway Army ( which had started out as a straight-ahead punk band ) and Human League, and the sui generis subversions of Devo, who had gone " beyond punk before punk even properly existed ".

American alternative punk rock group Devo created many self-produced music videos, which were included in the pioneering compilation " The Truth About Devolution ", directed by Chuck Statler.

Gerald Casale of Devo created a video for Berlin which was scheduled to debut at a late November 2011 performance.

Devo co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh has said, ' We did the red energy dome, which was useful — besides being an icon -- it was a useful icon.

* The three cover songs, " Turnaround " ( Devo ), " Molly's Lips " and " Son of a Gun " ( The Vaselines ) were released on the Hormoaning EP in 1992, which was only released in Japan and Australia.

" ( The church is a parody of The Church of the SubGenius ( which is the religion of Devo, The Network's main influence ), and the name is a parody of the controversial Church of Scientology ).