DEV-O LIVE is a live EP (and later live album) by the New Wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 band Devo

Devo

Devo is an American band formed in 1973 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio. The classic line-up of the band includes two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales . The band had a #14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", and has maintained a cult...

. It was recorded during the Freedom of Choice

Freedom of Choice

Freedom of Choice is the third album by New Wave musicians Devo, released on May 16, 1980. It saw the band moving in more of an overt synthpop direction, even though guitars still played a prominent role....

 tour of 1980, at The Fox Warfield Theatre

The Warfield

The Warfield, also known as The Warfield Theater, is a 2,300 seat music venue located at 982 Market Street, San Francisco, California. It was built as a vaudeville theater, and opened as the Loews Warfield on May 13, 1922.-History:...

. Initially only six songs from the show were released on an EP in 1981, intended for airplay use (largely for the King Biscuit Flower Hour

King Biscuit Flower Hour

The King Biscuit Flower Hour was a syndicated radio show presented by the D.I.R. Radio Network that featured concert performances by various rock artists.-History:...

). It featured the otherwise-unreleased "Freedom of Choice Theme Song" and a reworked version of "Be Stiff".

Devo were given consistent radio support by Sydney

Sydney

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-based noncommercial rock station 2JJ

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

, one of the first rock stations outside America to play their recordings. This paid off, as in August 1981, they found commercial success in Australia when the EP spent 3 weeks at the top of the Australian charts. Later in the year, they came out to Australia and appeared on TV show Countdown

Countdown (TV series)

Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 8 November 1974 until 19 July 1987. It was created by Executive Producer Michael Shrimpton, producer/director Robbie Weekes and record producer and music journalist...

In 1999, Rhino Handmade re-released DEV-O LIVE on a full album including the entire Warfield show, with the exception of "Pink Pussycat" (played after "Secret Agent Man"), "Satisfaction" (played after "Blockhead"), "Freedom of Choice" and "Jocko Homo" (both played after "Gates of Steel"), all of them appearing on audience recordings of the show. The Rhino edition was released in a plastic sleeve with a cover insert. It has subsequently also become available on the iTunes Store

ITunes Store

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 and Amazon.com

Amazon.com

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, and in the Japanese box set This is the Devo Box

This is the Devo Box

This is the Devo Box is a seven disc Box set, released only in Japan, featuring digitally remastered versions of the first six studio albums by Devo. It also contains an expanded and remastered version of DEV-O Live, identical to the Rhino Handmade release. The albums are packaged in miniature LP...

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EP

1. "Freedom of Choice Theme Song" (Gerald V. Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh) – 2:46
2. "Whip It
   Whip It
   "Whip It" is the title of a 1980 single by the American New Wave band Devo. It appears on the album Freedom of Choice. There were two 7" single releases of "Whip It", one backed with a remix of the track "Snowball" and one backed with "Turn Around"...
   
   " (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:41
3. "Girl U Want
   Girl U Want
   "Girl U Want" is a 1980 single by the American New Wave band Devo. It was the first single released from the album Freedom of Choice. In 1995, Devo rerecorded the song for the soundtrack to Tank Girl.-Song Information:...
   
   " (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:56
4. "Gates of Steel"(Casale, Mothersbaugh, Sue Schmidt, Debbie Smith) – 3:17
5. "Be Stiff" (Casale, Robert Lewis) – 2:50
6. "Planet Earth" (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:32

Album version

1. "Freedom of Choice Theme Song" (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:46
2. "Whip It" (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:41
3. "Girl U Want" (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:56
4. "Gates of Steel" (Casale, Mothersbaugh, Schmidt, Smith) – 3:17
5. "Be Stiff" (Casale, Lewis) – 2:50
6. "Planet Earth" (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:32
7. "Freedom of Choice Theme Song" (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:46
8. "Whip It" (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:41
9. "Snowball" (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:42
10. "It's Not Right" (Mothersbaugh) – 2:20
11. "Girl U Want" (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:56
12. "Planet Earth" (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 2:32
13. "S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain)" (Devo, Mothersbaugh) – 4:06
14. "Secret Agent Man" (Steve Barri, Sloan) – 3:17
15. "Blockhead" (Mothersbaugh, Bob Mothersbaugh) – 3:25
16. "Uncontrollable Urge" (Mothersbaugh) – 3:08
17. "Mongoloid" (Casale) – 2:50
18. "Be Stiff" (Casale, Lewis) – 2:50
19. "Gates of Steel" (Casale, Mothersbaugh, Schmidt, Smith) – 3:17
20. "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 4:08
21. "Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)" (Casale, Mothersbaugh, Mothersbaugh) – 4:12
22. "Come Back Jonee" (Casale, Mothersbaugh) – 3:19

• Note: The first six tracks of the CD are simply the contents of the original EP. These tracks are repeated later in the disc.

Personnel

• Mark Mothersbaugh
  Mark Mothersbaugh
  Mark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American musician, composer, singer and painter. He is the co-founder of the new wave band Devo and has been its lead singer since 1972. His other musical projects include work for television series, films, and video games....
  
   – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Gerald V. Casale – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Bob Casale – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Bob Mothersbaugh
  Bob Mothersbaugh
  Robert Leroy "Bob" Mothersbaugh, Jr.,, or "Bob 1", is the lead guitar player and occasional vocalist for Devo and younger brother of lead vocalist Mark Mothersbaugh...
  
   – guitar, vocals
• Alan Myers – drums

External links

• Devo Live Guide - Comprehensive guide to Devo's live performances.