Before the hats came the glasses and yellow suits. Devo was formed sometime around 1973 at Kent State as a punk rock/art rock combo. They DIYed a few singles on their Booji Boy label, then were signed to Warner Bros. in '76. Here are some videos from a live performance in France in 1978, the year they released their first album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo.
"Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy" from Are We Not Men:
"Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" from their second album, Duty for the Future (1979):
a devolved version of "Red Eye" also from Duty for the Future:
