Talk:Devo
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This article needs lots. It's woefully inadequate for a band this influential.
I added a discography template to all the albums; the Total Devo page needs severe working on, and there's no Smooth Noodle Maps page at all! Stev0 04:18, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
"After the release of Smooth Noodle Maps in 1990, the band stopped recording and full scale touring, although it has been revived on several occasions for one-off performances and short tours in 1996, 2000 and 2004."
I've left this in for the moment but it doesn't appear to be true. They are on tour in 2005 as well. We should probably check if they were on tour in some of the other years or make it less specific. Secretlondon 23:13, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
"Devo might have remained a cult attraction but for the advent of American cable TV music station MTV. They scored a major success in 1980 with their third album Freedom of Choice and the single 'Whip It', which became a big hit thanks to regular MTV screenings of its unique music video."
I'm disputing that and removing it. Whip It was released in mid 1980 and became a radio hit single almost immediately. MTV didn't exist until August 1981, and it remained relatively obscure for some time; many people heard of MTV and knew what it was, but few had actual access to it. For the first year or two of its existence, MTV was not carried by all major cable television providers, which is why there was the ubiquitious "I Want My MTV" campaign that ran throughout 1982 and 1983. While to some degree MTV might have kept the song in the public consciousness for a while longer than otherwise would have been the case, it played no part in the song becoming a hit. Aside from that, I recall an interview with Jerry Casale where he mentioned that the video was made after the song was already a hit, and that it was influenced by certain misconceptions radio DJs and the public at large had about the meaning of the song. Druff 21:10, 26 Aug 2005 (UTC)
Something else this page needs: a list of members. I came to this page looking to find out when Josh Freese joined. I still haven't found it.