A band who have seemingly been around forever, but are currently on a farewell tour that is marking their 50th anniversary. There was a show in Edinburgh a couple of months back, but I gave it a miss on account of the ticket prices being too high and that the venue, the O2 Academy (formerly the Corn Exchange) is one of the worst there is.
Although Devo came together in 1973, it took until 1977 before they released any recorded material with the debut album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, appearing in August 1978, on Warner Brothers in America and Virgin Records in the UK.
It was recorded at Conny Plank‘s studio in Cologne, and Brian Eno was in the producer’s chair.
This was their fourth single,
mp3: Devo – Come Back Jonee
Its release was tied-in to the release of the album. The single only got to #60, but the album went to #12, which is the perfect indication that while Devo got a fair amount of positive media coverage, their songs weren’t played much across radio stations.
Here’s the b-side:-
mp3 : Devo – Social Fools
A nice reminder of new wave music from the era. Surprisingly left off the debut album.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
Great single in a run of great singles. I blogged last month about their amazing cover of Satisfaction which followed the Booji Boy Stiff import debut Jock Homo/Mongoloid. I too declined the steep price for the farewell at the Corn Exchange but listening again to Jonee, a small part of me regrets it…
Never heard this b-side. Fantastic!