When Devo first stepped on stage in their boiler suits and strange plastic,
flowerpot hats, playing a primitive, eccentric, futuristic form of new wave,
synthesized punk with pop art style and oddball robotics, it looked like aliens
had landed in the sleepy, cultural wasteland of 1970s Ohio. Formed by art
students Gerrard Casale (vocals, bass) and Mark Mothersbaugh (synths, vocals,
guitar) after the shootings at Kent State University, the band drew derision
from the music press - they were even called fascists by Rolling Stone magazine
- but were championed by David Bowie and Fra...