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Devo

American rock band
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Devo

Summary

Devo is a musical group[1]. Devo ranks in the top 0.71% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,137 views/month, #146 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Devo's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Devo's genre is art rock[4].
  • Devo's genre is new wave[5].
  • Devo's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[6].
  • Devo's discography is recorded as Devo discography[7].
  • Devo's Commons category is recorded as Devo[8].
  • Devo's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Devo comprises Mark Mothersbaugh[10].
  • Devo comprises Gerald Casale[11].
  • Devo comprises Bob Mothersbaugh[12].
  • Devo comprises Jim Mothersbaugh[13].
  • Devo comprises Bob Casale[14].
  • Devo comprises Bob Lewis[15].
  • Devo comprises Rod Reisman[16].
  • Devo comprises Fred Weber[17].
  • Devo comprises Alan Myers[18].
  • Devo comprises David Kendrick[19].
  • Devo comprises Josh Freese[20].
  • Devo comprises Josh Hager[21].
  • Devo comprises Jeff Friedl[22].
  • Devo comprises Fred Armisen[23].
  • 1972 marks the founding of Devo[24].
  • Devo's location of formation is recorded as Kent[25].
  • Devo's official website is recorded as http://www.clubdevo.com/[26].
  • Devo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Devo[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1972[30]

  • Genre(s): art punk, electronic, experimental rock, geek rock, new wave, post-punk, punk, rock, synth-pop, zolo[31]

  • Community tags: american, art punk, electronic, experimental rock, geek rock, new wave, post-punk, punk, rock, synth-pop, synth-punk, synthpop, weird america, zolo[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d2db1078-c170-4e22-b261-14f3ad60a690[33]

Body

Founding

1972 marks the founding of Devo[24]. Devo's location of formation is recorded as Kent[25].

Why It Matters

Devo ranks in the top 0.71% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,137 views/month, #146 of 20,490).[2] Devo has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Devo is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Devo has been cited as an influence by Sum 41[36], a musical group[37], founded in 1996[38] and Ego Plum[39], a composer[40], b. 1975[41], of United States[42].

FAQs

Who did Devo influence?

Devo has been cited as an influence by Sum 41[36] and Ego Plum[39].

Related Entities

Fred Armisen Sum 41 United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Warner Bros. Records
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+120619'}, {'amount': '+121564'}, {'amount': '+119398'} +1
    Topic's main category → Category:Devo
    Country of origin → United States
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6927]]: devo, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214806625|devo (#214806625)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #mix'n'match"
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