Mark Mothersbaugh
The Guide to Getting Into Devo
More than a quirky band with funny red hats, Devo were synth-weilding art punk pioneers who shaped everyone from Neil Young to Radiohead, and 'The Simpsons' to Martin Scorsese. Here's where to start.
The Truth About Devo, America's Most Misunderstood Band
Over 40 years ago, David Bowie called Devo "the band of the future." What he didn't realize is just how bleak that future would be—and how right Devo would be about it.
The Musicians Who Knew We'll Be Cyborgs Soon
How late-70s and early-80s electronic pop from Kraftwerk, Devo, and Young Marble Giants warned us of our post-human future.
DEVO’s Mark Mothersbaugh Shows His Brilliant Visual Art at NYU
A solo exhibition at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery explores Mark Mothersbaugh’s lesser known creative practice as a visual artist.
Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh Still Loves Fucking with People
Everyone pigeonholes Mark Mothersbaugh for being a punk pioneer, but he's also been making fine-art for decades. I talked with him at his first major exhibition, Myopia, which features a huge ruby carved in the shape of poop.
Coming Soon: A Wes Anderson Theme Park?
Wes Anderson has announced possible plans to build a theme park with longtime collaborator Mark Mothersbaugh.
The Year in Interviews: Art!
_Motherboard spent much of 2011 talking to the smartest, coolest, and craziest people in tech, culture, and the web. It made for a mountain of interviews filled with knowledge direct from the source, the best of which we've collected here in the first...
An Interview with Mark Mothersbaugh, the Devo Co-Founder, on Why the Devolution Might Not Be Streamed
Last year, before all of the amazing tumult of this year, I conducted an interview with Mark Mothersbaugh. whose surrealism extends from the circuit-bent synthesizers that helped make Devo famous to the ideas that helped make them important. He is...