3-DEVO Live!! Best sound ever! 

I don't think most of us would know who DEVO is without Alan. I'd even put him the same category as Bonham and Peart, in that he was the absolute perfect drummer for the band that he was in. It's easy to forget the load he carries.

This is just unbelievable... almost 40 years ago I was sitting right there in that concert hall while I was attending college in BU!!!! One of the best concerts I have ever been!!! Probably unbeknownst to the members of the band, DEVO was HUGE success in Venezuela at that time. I used to be a DJ in Caracas back then, and literally ALL songs from that concert were top hits in that country!!! Definitely way ahead of their time, these guys were big innovators and leaders of a trend in music that still sounds fresh and contagious...

Devo is culturally underrated .. by regressing they moved art and music forward to a time we have yet to fully understand.. epic qp

The band most ahead of its time and always underrated.

This is by far the most intense performance ive seen yet by Devo. I cant imagine seeing them live!!!

My favorite DEVO album. Unbelievable ideas, songs, and sound design. A pinnacle of new wave.

Great job on the video syncing.... DEVO had a complete nightmare getting the live show in sync with the visuals in the background. MIDI technology was basically brand new....SMPTE synching the video was a technical super feat... You hardly see any bands doing this even today, much less in 3D....geniuses

I remember the first time I heard Devo was in the 1986 movie called Thrashin'. The song was 'That's Good', and I remember commenting to one of my uncles what a cool song it was. He responded by saying that my other uncle had the album. I was like WHAT!? My cousin got some money for his birthday, I said lets join our cash and buy Oh No! Its Devo. We were only twelve at the time, and my mom thought we were crazy to like that kind of sound. Being only vinyl, we played it until the record was unplayable, but thankfully we made tapes. This all happened in apartheid South Africa, when we had a massive boycott against us from the entire world Almost twenty years later, I'm in a CD store and I comes across Devo, and there it is, Oh No! Its Devo, along with Freedom of Choice, all in one package. I couldn't believe it! I felt like I was that kid back in the 80's. The rest is history... But I could go on...... Thanks for the great video quality! Gates of Steel and Uncontrollable Urge are so awesome live.

There will never be another band like DEVO!!!! TIMELESS.

Class of 1985 here. I discovered devo when the Oh No It's DEVO album came out and then bought all the albums I could find. This sure does take me back 😊. Thank you for posting this 👏👍😁!

00:00 - Time Out For Fun 04:28 - Patterns 07:27 - Speed Racer 10:09 - Peek A Boo 14:43 - Out Of Sync 18:17 - That's Good 22:50 - Freedom Of Choice Theme 25:30 - Whip It 28:08 - Girl U Want (EZ Version) 33:01 - Planet Earth 35:32 - Deep Sleep 38:58 - Gates Of Steel 42:11 - Smart Patrol/Mr.DNA 49:18 - Gut Feeling 53:47 - Beautiful World "Big Mess", "Explosions" and "Jocko Homo" are missing for obvious audio/video sync troubles ("Big Mess" had sync problems during the live performance, "Explosions" was performed only once during the 3-D show so there's no "HD" recording of the live version and "Jocko" was extended with a little Mark sketch only performed for the TV capture).

I saw this tour in Cleveland. Re-watching now is making me cry like a baby. IT'S SO GOOD!

So incredible. Imagine a small festival with the Talking Heads, Devo, Bauhaus, and the early Tubes. All theatric and pushing boundaries.

Love it! I was fortunate to get to see Devo's "New Traditionalists" Tour in about 1982ish in Oklahoma City, and have been through being cool every since.

This was the 2nd concert I ever saw. FOX THEATER ATLANTA 1982. I remember getting a red devo hat, that I still have.They had a incredible mech booth. Only bad thing was they only performed for 70 minutes. I still remember it 40 years later.

More than 30 years listening to these musics almost everyday and i can't stop doing....lol Thanks DEVO!!!!!

Greatest live band ever ...Thank you guys for all the years of amazement ...Still takes me back many years

Attended their concerts in ‘81& ‘82. Music is even better today. Wish I would have appreciated what I was witness to more than I did at the time.

Saw them in the 80s we all wore the yellow jump suits was a. Outrageous concert and good time itll never get old in my book!!!!

I saw DEVO in Sydney in the early 80's, they were way ahead of their time musically and in performance. They were using treadmills on stage way before Madonna claimed them as her BIG thing in the late 90's during her Girlie tour.

My fave Devo concert. Saw them as the spuds in California. You can't beat a french fry penetrating a donut.😅😅

Dec. 82, I saw this show in OK C, my brother Ryan and our buddy John went to this awesome show!!!!! Saw them in 2015 ish. Still awesome !!!

28:08 the E-Z Listening arrangement of Girl U Want....but with lyrics !! Love it !! Thanks for the awesome vid btw, the synch is really good.

This band. This "Gates of Steel"...not enough credit has been given for the creativity and the serious chops this band had live. Thanks for this...the audio/video synch here is FUN and the audio is really freaking good!

I read and voted for devo to be in the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME theyve been accepted!!! It's about time!!!

Just love Devo can't understand why I never got into them when I was younger. I was 14 when whip it came out. Not much exposure in England in the 80s or any other time. Great musicians and obviously madness got there move from these guys. Much appreciated the guy who put this together.

Amazing songs , amazing sound , all in all these shows are the best ive seen - perfect

Saw this show in Portland Oregon 12-16-1982 (both shows) it was much more exciting than this would lead you to believe. You never got shorted at a DEVO concert.

Awesome!! They should release this on DVD with the original backing videos remastered as a bonus feature.

I saw them in Boston in 2008, and apparently they hadn't played here since this show! What a great show it was..... Tom-Tom Club opened up for them!

Mark Mothersbaugh led me to Slack and introduced me to The One True Slackmaster, J.R. “Bob” Dobbs. My life has never been the same.

This is so good. The live version of 'Patterns' is just amazing.

I'm on acid and this is FUCKING LIT right now. Thank you for the upload

Lovely reworking of many songs, like Girl U Want. Very satisfying!

I saw depot in Columbus in 1982. It was my very first concert ever and so amazing. Watching that makes me feel like I’m 16 again

40 ans que j'écoute Devo...et toujours un enchantement !!!!!! Merci pour le partage.

55 years old and enjoying the hell out of this concert just like i did when my mom took me to see devo in Merrillville,. Indiana on there time out for fun tour

Damn .. was always a fan ., they were sick .. 80s kid wish I would have seen em when they were on top

I really like this variation of Girl U Want. Good show!

Thanks for taking the time to put this together! Been very curious about the live shows and visuals, but so many have bad sound. This is a real pleasure.

I can't believe the audience is sitting down!

I got blown away by Devo when the 1st album arrived and I was around 19 or so. Then of course came the utterly brilliant and futuristic Duty Now album. The Freedom and New Trads albums were unreal too. What can be said about these legends of music that hasn't already been said? They have been so vitally important to this world to force mankind to have a real hard look at itself. One of the very greatest ever. Super rare.

imho , devo was one of the best, most interesting concept bands and artists we ever had . Mainly because i think they were creating, and commenting on, a multiplicity of "things" : Techno music, technology and life, increased mechanization(perhaps as expressed in the band members mechanical physical movement), satire, subtle social commentary/criticism, visual art and design, absurdism , great beats and rhythms for energetic dance , and of course they were a lot of fun whether they intended it or not . what Devo's neo absurdism and neo DaDa was about , i don't know . I do know that after ww1 absurdism and DaDa was a reaction and coping mechanism over tens of millions dying over a quarrel between a few kings and other elites who never went near the front line combat hence none of these pawn masters were maimed or killed ( perhaps Devo was a reaction/coping mechanism/criticism of US manufacturing & making stuff we need being taken overseas for cheap sweatshop labor . The result being the death of downtowns and main streets all over us of a. Devo was from Akron and they experienced the dying of that city due to rubber items manufacture, especially tires, that making stuff -- manufacturing -- being swiftly in the late 1970s and 80s transferred overseas sweatshops to insure more profits for the elite wealth addicts . And the economy became one of selling stuff we no longer made; one of selling a work and social environment of screwing the the other people we worked with and competed with, winner takes all "success"; making shopping for stuff we don't need into an obsession/compulsion of making shopping the major recreational activity; creation of legal illegal financial instruments and transactions, again for the wealth addicts at the top . Also an increase in trained technicians who had intrinsic and quantifiable value . They deserve their wages and salaries , but too often their work and knowledge is for the benefit of the wealth addicted few elites ) . Just read chapter 3 of " All Quiet on the Western Front" by ww1 veteran Erich Maria Remarque . It is so reasonable and truthful, most of us never think of it. That being that we everyday people , canon fodder for our masters, have so much more in common with the everyday soldier and peoples on the other side we are supposed to hate, than all of us from every side have in common with our leaders and elites . If we put this in practice war would become extinct .

Wow, glad I found this.

Peek--a-boo is a classic. This concert is one of tne most amazing remembers of my tender youth

Aquí hay un trabajo de edición hecho con el corazón. Que emoción escuchar este concierto con esta calidad de audio. Felicitaciones!!! Saludos desde Santiago de Chile :-)

Great sound indeed! Drums sound so right.

Beautiful job on this, hell of a job putting it all together... My favorite time period from my favorite band, perfect!!!

This is the first time I have ever seen this show and I am surprised that Mark is rocking out like a regular rock star instead of his usual robotic marching around.

Thank you for posting! I appreciate the work you put into it!

This is really fantastic! I sure appreciate your efforts!

Thank you so much for this effort. Spudtastic!

Tenia 13 años de edad cuando disfrutaba mucho de la musica de DEVO ..fantastico

Thank you for posting this video! i cant get enough of Devo.

Saw in Cleveland this tour! Thanks for posting, they are such grounbreakers! Forever DEVO

This is so wonderful! Excellent job 👍🏻

Thanks for this Devo Show!!!!

...de los 80´s que no he parado de escuchar a Devo, maestros del synth-pop dance!!! influencia de muchas bandas actuales. saludos desde Villa Alemana CHILE.

Im so glad you are a devo fan..... the animations are perfect. Your edit is amazing. THANK YOU!!

Thanks for posting this! Great show! I saw them on this tour in Cleveland and loved it!

This is awesome. thank you. Love Devo. Love from the UK

Fantastic work . Thanks for the effort !

Well done! I have always loved this show and this remix-master is epic!

Thanks, great video bringing back my High School days in the '80s.

Gracias por subir este video. Desde Chile thank you

This is awesome! And ive never saw it before. Just great. Devo rocks.

Thank you so much for the upload and work with the synchronization! :-)

Thanks for cleaning this up and posting!

Amazing! Speechless! Enjoying!

Flawless and Fabolous job you did man in creating this 😎👌

Thanks for posting! Ever since this album came out i've been devolving. I even had the opportunity to meet Spaz Attack! & the Toni Basil connection, trailblazers all.

Amazing audio capture . Thanks so much for sharing this.

Great job with the synching! This is really excellent, thank you!

Sound and sync, FANTASTIC!

Thanks for putting this together!

I live in in the LM and was a volunteer at the Games. I never heard that these guys were playing Whistler or I would have gone. Their music was hit-and-miss with the critics, but Devo were doing performance art before it even had a name. Underrated and underappreciated as artists in their day for sure.

As a Spud from Texas i can say that this is just fantastic!!! Thank you.

Even today in 2022 these guys are far ahead!

Incredible work!

Amazing! I saw that show the night before in Toronto - Nov 10, 1982. No sync issues whatsoever. It was my first "real" concert - we drove 2+ hours from our small town to see what remains one of my favourite concerts EVER. It's so cool to see it re-worked like this with amazing sound. Thank you!!!!

Darn good job fellow Spud! TY so much.

This is awesome! You've done a great job, it's a good thing. Thanks very much Positive Mutations.

Definitely my new favorite live Devo performance! Been listening to it everyday on my way to my meetings 🤘🏻💩🤟🏼

Excelente trabajo,,,,MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!

IMMENSE GRATITUDE 4 all the work put in editing this together & 4 posting it! planned on watching a song or 2 and saving for later, but ended up watching the whole damn thing! that version of 'girl u want' @ 28 mins is amazing. definitely prefer it 2 the album version. such a different feel to the lyrics with the monotone delivery. loving that last concert footage the most i think, but damn those first 20 mins! (1st concert) hard to believe that isn't mimed, it's so tight & incredible sounding.

Saw these guys early 80s in New Jersey at the capital theater Dressed in the yellow jump suits best concert ever wish they still toured Ahhh love my 80s

Outta sight. DEVO for the Rock Hall

Thank you. This video is a musical treasure.

Speed Racer is definitely one of the best sounding ones here

If you are so lucky to see the amazing flight of the Humming Bird in flight, a very rare special gift of living life, this is DEVO

This is AWESOME !!!

YOU NAILED THIS! WOW!

These guys are great live, better than most performers Ive seen these days

Wow, that's a great live sound mix! Great job. I'm seen them a few times live, with one of them in Chicago being the best live band I've ever seen. They played the older, more punk oriented stuff and really rocked it out.

dude, planet earth here was amazing.

Weird and wonderful. Good stuff. Thanks, Positive Mutations!

amazing work! the most important band of my life for sure. how the RRHOF is so deaf and blind is just more of the irony. Wish there was footage of the New Traditionalist Tour. Only saw it live. thanks for this.

Devo est le groupe le plus original de cette époque. Il n'y en avait pas deux comme celui là. Cultissime

Wow! Synching better audio with this video - that's some labour of love! Thanks for sharing, Positive Mutations!

Thanks for making this!