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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 ...

The quirky punk rock band DEVO became famous in the 1980s after recording a song called "Whip It." This year's presidential election has put the Northeast Ohio natives back on the cruelty beat with a ...

Post-punk, new wave rockers Devo had their first hit song “Whip It” in 1980, but years before that the group was playing, and recording, more obscure, low-fi tunes like “Jocko Homo,” “Mongoloid,” and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Akron's New Wave heroes Devo formed at Kent State University in the early 1970s, and made a national splash in 1977 with a bouncy, frenetic cover of The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get ...

Before their hit song “Whip It” cemented them as new wave’s coolest one-hit wonders, Devo were a group of four Ohians—two pairs of brothers—just trying to make their name as a punk rock band. And ...