Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The Beginning Was the End: Devo in Ohio” is a book from Jade Dellinger and David Giffels. Now that Devo has embarked on a ...

State Rep. Veronica Sims of Akron is co-sponsoring a measure to recognize the new-wave pioneers.

DEVO began their farewell tour in 2023 and they’re still waving goodbye from the road. They’ve got festival appearances at Kilby Block Party, Cruel World, and Mosswood Meltdown on their 2025 schedule, ...

In 1990, Devo released Hardcore Devo, a collection of raucous basement tapes recorded in Akron between 1974 and 1977. On the road last summer, the band brought the concept back, forgoing hits like ...

Thanks to the picture-distorting power of its biggest successes — Blondie, Duran Duran, the Cars, the Go-Go’s, and so on — it’s easy to think of the New Wave era as one of coolness and style. But more ...

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Using new interviews and old footage, director Chris Smith creates a potent mix of Devo’s music and its philosophy “Part of our message, a lot of people never got it,” says lead vocalist Mark ...