Devo played their first European tour since 1990 in the summer of 2007, including a performance at Festival Internacional de Benicàssim.

In concert, Devo would often perform in the guise of theatrical characters, such as Booji Boy, and The Chinaman.

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 January 1996, Devo performed a reunion concert at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

On October 17, 2008, Devo performed a special concert at the Akron Civic Theater, their first in Akron since 1978, to promote Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

On October 17, 2008, The Black Keys was an opening act for fellow Akron-area band Devo at a special benefit concert at The Akron Civic Theater for presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Silver chrome Domes were worn by Devo in concert in 2002, made by covering a regular Energy Dome in silver tape.

The film featured live performances of mainstream artists ( The Police, The Go-Gos, Pere Ubu, XTC, Devo ) as well as more obscure bands ( The Alley Cats, Invisible Sex, Athletico Spizz ' 80, Chelsea ) using concert footage from around the world.

" In recent years, Booji Boy's concert appearances have seen him dressed in modern " hip hop " attire ( including a sideways ball cap and sporting " bling "), with Devo member Jerry Casale introducing him as " Boogie Boyyyyyy.

1979 also brought Devo to Japan for the first time, and a live show from this tour was partially recorded.

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

The game was not a success, but the Lollapalooza tour was received well enough to allow Devo to return in 1997 as a headliner.

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.

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!

" ( Coincidentally, this is also supposedly the real name of the dancer known as " Spazz Attack " who appeared in Devo's music videos for "( I Can't Get No ) Satisfaction " and " Peek-A-Boo !," and who played Booji Boy on a Devo tour.

However, Total Devo was not a commercial success, and received poor critical reviews.

This event would be cited multiple times as the impetus for forming the band Devo.

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

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.

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.

Devo announced in early 2009 that they would be performing at SXSW on March 20th, with a warmup show in Dallas on March 18th.

Devo also confirmed that they would be performing at All Tomorrow's Parties on May 6 and 8, with the May 6th performance featuring the band performing their first album, Q: Are We Not Men?

In an interview on March 3, 2011, Gerald Casale noted that he is " working on a script for a musical, a Devo musical " that would be aimed towards a live Broadway production.

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.

The band is speculated to be a collaboration of members from the punk rock bands Green Day and Devo.

* A sample of Kecak chanting can be heard in the Devo song Jocko Homo.

Punk rock had attracted devotees from the art and collegiate world and soon bands sporting a more literate, arty approach, such as Talking Heads, and Devo began to infiltrate the punk scene ; in some quarters the description " New Wave " began to be used to differentiate these less overtly punk bands.

In 1985, he worked with Weird Al Yankovic on Yankovic's homage to Devo, Dare to be Stupid.

" Mongoloid " would later be re-recorded by Devo and appeared on the album Q: Are We Not Men?

He has mentioned watching the bands The Clash and Devo perform on television, and wanting to be a performer since he was a child.

The title itself, " Disease is Punishment ," could be a very obscure reference to the band Devo, who the Network is heavily influenced by.

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.

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.

Posthumously, two albums of demo recordings from 1974 to 1977 — Hardcore Devo: Volume One ( 1990 ) and Hardcore Devo: Volume Two ( 1991 )— were released on Rykodisc, as well as an album of early live recordings, DEVO Live: The Mongoloid Years.

* Devo used a Minimoog heavily on their first three albums and early singles, notably on the songs " Mongoloid " and " Jocko Homo ".

In the early 1970s, as a visiting poet at Kent State University, Dorn, along with British poet and editor Eric Mottram, was a mentor and supporter of the musical group Devo, and its founders Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis.

During this period, Mottram was twice a guest lecturer at Kent State University, where, along with Black Mountain poet Ed Dorn, he was an early supporter of the musical group Devo, and its founders Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis, whose poetry Mottram published when he was editor of the Poetry Review.

Neon Hunk sited diverse influences including Black Sabbath, Melvins, Ruins, Rush, Blue Cheer, early Devo, and Kraftwerk, as well as musical contemporaries such as many of their Load Records peers and many other artists within the underground noise and punk community.

Italo disco's influences include Italian producer Giorgio Moroder, French musician Didier Marouani, a couple of hits by the French drummer Cerrone, electropop ( Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Telex, Devo and Gary Numan ), and the early Hi-NRG albums of San Francisco producer Patrick Cowley with such singers as Sylvester and Paul Parker.

Since its inception, thousands of influential filmmakers and artists have showcased early work at the AAFF, including luminaries such as Kenneth Anger, Agnes Varda, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, Gus Van Sant, Barbara Hammer, Lawrence Kasdan, Devo and George Lucas.

The first performance included a synthesizer solo taken from the early Devo song " Chango.

" It helped break in New York and nationally early records by Elvis Costello, the Police, Nick Lowe, the Clash, the Cars, Squeeze, Devo, the Kings, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, the Buzzcocks, Cheap Trick, Talking Heads, David Johansen, Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd, to name just a few.

Booji Boy () is a character created in the early 1970s by American New Wave band Devo.

Booij Boy primarily performs live, but his voice was used on several early Devo recordings, such as " Lost At Home ( Tater Tot )" and an early version of " Smart Patrol.

* Radio Schitzophrenio interview with Gerald Casale of Devo in early 2008