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NEW YORK (AP) — You know the band Devo, right? The guys with the funny red plastic hats and jumpsuits? The New Wave musicians behind the silly “Whip It” video? They had that odd, spiky '80s vibe? Well ...

There were only three chords to a song, and certainly no keyboards or synths. What Devo did was decapitate the evolution of music. Their sound was not the next genesis of what had come before them.

NEW YORK — You know the band Devo, right? The guys with the funny red plastic hats and jumpsuits? The New Wave musicians behind the silly “Whip It” video? They had that odd, spiky ’80s vibe? Well, it ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- You know the band Devo, right? The guys with the funny red plastic hats and jumpsuits? The New Wave musicians behind the silly "Whip It" video? They had that odd, spiky '80s vibe?

NEW YORK (AP) — You know the band Devo, right? The guys with the funny red plastic hats and jumpsuits? The New Wave musicians behind the silly “Whip It” video? They had that odd, spiky ’80s vibe? Well ...

Are we not men? We are DEVO! But was DEVO meant to be DEVO? Were they supposed to forge a rock and roll legacy under their red energy domes and yellow jumpsuits, with a groundbreaking deconstructed ...