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DEVO

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Founded: 1974

Headquarters: Akron, OH

Website Link(s): Club DEVO

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DEVO was founded in the early 1970s as an art project; they were originally put together for the short film The Truth About De-Evolution, although prior to the film, various lineups had played under different names. Their first EPs and singles were self-released, although they soon got picked up by both Warner Brothers (in the US and Canada) and Virgin (everywhere else), through a very costly mistake. The head of Virgin took DEVO to Jamaica and tried to convince them to have Johnny Rotten as the lead vocalist. They declined. Their first album had some hits, but it was the third, Freedom Of Choice that had some of their most popular songs, "Girl U Want" and "Whip It". They briefly broke up in 1985, but reformed for 1986, for three more records. Since then, they've been performing together occasionally (both for soundtracks and tours) and scoring films together as part of Mutato Muzika.

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