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Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh Makes $1M per Year Thanks to MTV’s ‘Ridiculousness’ Theme

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Devo opened their 1978 album Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! with “Uncontrollable Urge”, few listeners could have foreseen ...
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The New Devo Documentary On Netflix Reminded Me Just How Cool The Very Early Days Of MTV Were

There is a fantastic new documentary about the chronically underrated band Devo, which you can watch with a Netflix subscription. I’ve been a huge fan of Devo for years, and I think the documentary ...
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Devo’s ‘Whip It’ Dominated MTV, But Their Next Video Was Quickly Banned

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Devo’s song “Whip It” was in a near constant rotation on MTV in 1981, the following year, the network refused to play the ...
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The ‘Most-Played Song On MTV’ Earns The Guy Who Wrote It So Much Money Every Year

A cover of “Uncontrollable Urge” is the theme song for the Rob Dyrdek-hosted MTV series, which is pretty much all MTV plays. Tomorrow alone, the channel will air 20 episodes of Ridiculousness, which ...
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Devo’s ‘Whip It’ Dominated MTV, But Their Next Video Was Quickly Banned

While Devo’s song “Whip It” was in a near constant rotation on MTV in 1981, the following year, the network refused to play the video for their song “That’s Good,” despite it being seemingly less ...