Hardcore Volume 2

Devo is a new-wave group popular throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s, formed by a group of art students at Kent State University, principally Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale. Their music and visual presentation (including stage shows and costumes) mingle kitsch science fiction themes, deadpan surrealist humour and mordantly satirical social commentary. The band’s namesake, the tongue-in-cheek social theory of “de-evolution”, was an integral concept in their early work, which was marked by experimental and dissonant art punk that merged rock music with electronics. Their output in the 1980s embraced synth-pop and a more mainstream, less conceptual style, though the band’s satirical and quirky humor remained intact. Their music has proven influential on subsequent movements, particularly on new wave, industrial, and alternative rock artists. Devo (most enthusiastically Gerald Casale) was also a pioneer of the music video format.

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This is a 2013 reissue of their 1990 release featuring 4-track recordings made in Akron, Ohio between April 1974 and December 1977.

A1, C5, D1, D3: Recorded in 1977
A2, A4, A5, B1, B2, B4, C6, D4, D5: Recorded in 1974
A3, B3, B5 to C1, C3, D6, D7: Recorded in 1975
A6, C2, C4, D2: Recorded in 1976

D4 to D7 are previously unreleased. Includes a 4-page lyrics/photos insert.

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