DeVO is one band I would use a time machine to travel back to see during their prime, namely the New Traditionalists tour. I did get to see them in 2011 which was a make-up date for Fun Fun Fest a few months earlier. Even in their Fifties, the spud boys continued to prove they could still rock.
However, I was growing up in the myopic Midwest and was under 16, ergo, DeVO was weird. Only freaks like them! The cure was more Ozzy, Van Halen and AC/DC.
I’m grateful we saw Bob in the lineup. DeVO will never be the same without both sets of Mothersbaugh and Casale brothers.