Hardcore Devo Live! Explained

Hardcore Devo Live!
Type:	Live
Longtype:	(CD, LP, DVD, Blu-ray)
Artist:	Devo
Border:	yes
Released:	February 24, 2015
Recorded:	June 28, 2014
Venue:	Fox Theatre, Oakland, California
Genre:	Experimental rock
Length:	74:59 (CD/LP) 84:42 (DVD)
Label:	MVD Audio (CD/LP) MVD Visual (DVD)
Director:	Keirda Bahruth (DVD)
Producer:	Devo
Prev Title:	Something Else for Everybody
Prev Year:	2013
Next Title:	50 Years of De-Evolution 1973–2023
Next Year:	2023

Hardcore Devo Live! is a concert film and live album, showcasing Devo's June 28, 2014, performance at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, California on the 2014 Hardcore Devo Live tour.^[1] The tour commemorates the 40th anniversary of the band and pays tribute to former band member Bob Casale, who died February 17, 2014.^[2] The set list exclusively focuses on songs written between 1974 and 1977, before Devo had a recording contract. Many of the songs had not been performed by the band since 1977.^[1] While the music is largely performed as a quartet, the band is augmented offstage by Brian Applegate on additional keyboards and bass guitar.

The show is performed in two-halves; the first, focusing on earlier material, is presented with the band seated, in street clothes, with minimal lighting, as if the audience were watching them rehearsing in a basement. After "Midget", the band puts on blue coveralls, as worn in early live shows, adding songs that would later appear on Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978) and Duty Now for the Future (1979). The band is joined on the final song of the night, "Clockout", by Bob Casale's son Alex on bass.

Interviews with the surviving band members, as well as V. Vale and Toni Basil, are interspersed into the performance.^[3] A "Concert-Only" option is available on the DVD and Blu-ray releases.

Track listing

Adapted from the album's liner notes.

Note

• The uncredited audio playback "Booji Boy's Funeral" precedes Booji Boy's live performance of "U Got Me Bugged".

DVD extras

• Concert only version
• Alternate opening
• Building Satisfaction guitar

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes:^[4]

Devo

• Mark Mothersbaugh – lead vocals, synthesizers, keyboards, EFX guitar
• Bob Mothersbaugh – vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar
• Gerald Casale – lead vocals, bass guitar, percussion
• Josh Freese – drums

Additional musicians

• Brian Applegate – keyboards on "Bamboo Bimbo" and "Social Fools", bass guitar on "Midget"
• Alex Casale – bass guitar on "Clockout"

Technical

• Devo – producer
• Paul David Hager – record mix engineer
• Ray Amico – sound recordist
• Isaac Betesh – vinyl mastering
• Mark Moskin – packaging photos
• Mike Altishin – packaging photos
• Michael Pilmer – packaging photos
• Raymond Ahner – packaging photos
• Daniel Noble – packaging photos
• Sabrina Koerber – packaging design

Credits adapted from DVD liner notes:^[5]

Technical

• Keirda Bahruth – director, producer
• Richard Ballard – editor, producer
• Ed Seaman – producer
• Gerald Casale – producer
• Scott Pourroy – producer
• Bruce Dickson – director of photography
• Sabrina Koerber – packaging design
• Devo – concert audio producer
• Ray Amico – concert audio recordist
• Paul David Hager – concert audio mixing

External links

• MVD's page on Hardcore Devo Live!'
• Club Devo – Official website
• Devo Live Guide – Comprehensive guide to Devo's live performances.

Notes and References

1. Web site: HARDCORE DEVO LIVE! DVD / Blu-Ray / LP / CD via PledgeMusic! . clubdevo.com . August 5, 2014. February 15, 2021.
2. Web site: Devo to Play 'Experimental' Music on Upcoming 'Hardcore Devo' Tour . Rolling Stone. Greene . Andy . March 27, 2014. February 15, 2021.
3. Web site: Hardcore DEVO Live! . . Jones . J.R. . February 15, 2021.
4. Hardcore Devo Live! . . 2015 . CD liner notes . . MVD6526A.
5. Hardcore Devo Live! . . 2015 . DVD liner notes . . MVD6523D.