And they did unorthodox things like back up Jermaine Jackson on a song called tickle your fancy. These guy got incredible range and style and can play any kind of music!
Controlled chaos. The day Iggy Pop made sense. Suited up and the Rat in Kenmore Square became an irresistible urge.. Dead keedys and the like also took notice..
Take Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band and early Roxy Music, blend it with a dash of retro-futurist ‘60s garage and surf music, add a vigorous discussion of how our society is devolving at an alarming pace, then a smattering or rigorous self-discipline and onstage athleticism and you’re nowhere close. DEVO FOREVER.
While looking at the Devo live ep from this era when I was young it struck me that their outfits were a lot like the outfit Gary Numan wore for his Teletour. The red bands in particular. The lighting also reminded me of Numan's, though not to the same scale. In a recent interview Gerald Casale stated that they were indeed influenced visually by seeing Numan's live shows.