

ĭevo was awarded the first Moog Innovator Award on October 29, 2010, during Moogfest 2010 in Asheville, North Carolina. Mothersbaugh doesn't rule out the idea of the band gathering in the studio, eventually, to record a new Devo album." The album, Something for Everybody was eventually released in June 2010, preceded by a 12" single of "Fresh"/"What We Do". The lyrics of some of the songs were changed for family-friendly airplay, which has been claimed by the band to be a play on irony of the messages of their classic hits. Their debut album, a two disc CD/DVD combo entitled DEV2.0, was released on March 14, 2006. The Akron Beacon Journal wrote, "Devo recently finished a new project in cahoots with Disney called Devo 2.0, which features the band playing old songs and two new ones with vocals provided by children. In 2006, Devo worked with Disney on the Devo 2.0 project: a band of child performers was assembled to re-record Devo songs. In 1989, Mark Mothersbaugh established Mutato Muzika, a commercial music production studio, hiring Ryan Moore and Bob Casale Bob Mothersbaugh was also involved. Around this time, members of Devo appeared in the film The Spirit of '76, except for Bob Mothersbaugh. Their first project was a soundtrack for the flop horror film Slaughterhouse Rock, starring Toni Basil and they released the albums Total Devo (1988) and Smooth Noodle Maps (1990), on Enigma.ĭevo had a falling-out and played two shows in 1991 before breaking up. In 1987, Devo reformed with new drummer David Kendrick, formerly of Sparks, to replace Myers. Shortly after, claiming to feel creatively unfulfilled, drummer Alan Myers left the band, causing the remaining band members to abandon the plans for a Shout video LP, as well as a tour. He has married twice and is the father of two adopted children.ĭevo performing live at Festival Hall, in Melbourne, Australia, 2008: Gerald Casale and Mothersbaughįollowing the commercial failure of their sixth studio album Shout, Warner Bros. His lifelong interest in creating multimedia art pieces has resulted in gallery exhibitions of items such as his "Beautiful Mutants" photograph series, postcard diaries, art rugs, sculptures and musical instruments created from salvaged organ pipes and bird vocalizations. In 2008, Mothersbaugh received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Kent State University, his alma mater.
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In 2004, he received the Richard Kirk award at the BMI Film and TV Awards for his contributions to film and television music. As a solo musician, Mothersbaugh has released four studio albums: Muzik for Insomniaks, Muzik for the Gallery, Joyeux Mutato and The Most Powerful Healing Muzik in the Entire World.
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He composed the music for the 13-year run of the animated series Rugrats and its three related theatrical films. In addition to his work with Devo, Mothersbaugh has made music for television series, films and video games via his production company, Mutato Muzika. Mothersbaugh is one of the main composers of Devo's music. 14, and which has since maintained a cult following.

He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, lead singer and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, whose " Whip It" was a Top 20 single in the US in 1980, peaking at No. Mark Allen Mothersbaugh ( / ˈ m ʌ ð ər z b ɔː/ born May 18, 1950) is an American composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist.
