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Devo released its first single in 1977. The A-side was "Mongoloid" and the B-side was "Jocko Homo." Today I learned the song was inspired by a 1924 anti-evolution pamphlet called Jocko-Homo ...

During their late-’70s and early ’80s heyday, Devo managed to be both extreme and mainstream: The Akron, Ohio quintet’s 1978 debut LP Q: Are We Not Men? We Are Devo remains one of the most lyrically ...