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REVIEW: LEGENDARY ROCK ACT KICKS OFF 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR IN GRAND STYLE

DEVO ALSO PERFORMS NOV. 5 AND 14 AT GOLDEN GATE THEATRE

Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh during their concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News
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By Jim Harrington | jharrington@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: November 3, 2023 at 9:27 a.m. | UPDATED: November 3, 2023 at 1:37
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The music kept right on building, growing more intense and fierce with each
passing second, as the players onstage pushed both themselves and their
instruments. Then, right as the music was hitting an absurdly towering peak,
Mark Mothersbaugh tore into the words of “Gut Feeling”:

“Something about the way you taste, makes me wanna clear my throat,” the Devo
vocalist belted out as the crowd pulsed sharply in rhythm with the music.
“There’s a message to your movements that really gets my goat.”

Um, wow. Really? This is what 50 looks like for Devo? Because the band — which
got its start in 1973 and is currently celebrating a half-century of making
music — showed on Thursday night at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium that it can
still rock with the best of them.

It was opening night of the North American leg of the Devo’s 50 Years of
De-Evolution tour, which also includes dates on Sunday (Nov. 5) and Nov. 14 at
the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco. The band is supporting the newly
released career retrospective “50 Years of De-Evolution,” which is available at
Rhino.com.

Devo members, from left, Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, and Bob Mothersbaugh,
in concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in Santa Cruz, Calif., on
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

It’s a tour that precisely underscores why Devo so justly deserves to be
enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, serving up a career-spanning
selection of innovative and influential songs that have weathered the decades
incredibly well.

The band kicked off the show in (relatively) recent fashion, drawing from their
last full-length studio album — 2010’s Something for Everybody” — for a solid
version of “Don’t Shoot (I’m a Man).” From there, things would only get better
as the band continued through 16 more tunes in a neat, tidy and joyous set that
clocked in at just under 90 minutes.

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The group — which currently consists of Mothersbaugh,
vocalist-guitarist-keyboardist Gerald Casale, guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh,
drummer Josh Freese and guitarist-keyboardist Josh Hager — kept right on
fashioning punk, synth-pop, art-rock and new wave into that signature Devo sound
as it touched upon such winners as “Going Under” (from 1981’s “New
Traditionalists”) and “That’s Good” (from 1982’s “Oh, No! It’s Devo”).

Devo’s Bob Mothersbaugh during their concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News
Group)

Of course, the cell phones came out to capture the band’s performance of its
most-famous song, “Whip It,” the Side 1 standout from 1980’s “Freedom of Choice”
album that resulted in Devo’s sole gold-certified hit single.

“Whip It” sounded great, yet it hardly stood out from the pack as Devo just kept
right on illustrating the depth, breadth and quality of its songbook. The
concert got even better as the band moved on from its synth-oriented material
(such as “Whip It”) and charged right into the more guitar-focused rockin’ cuts
like the band’s terrific covers of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No)
Satisfaction” and the Johnny Rivers favorite “Secret Agent Man.”

The group closed the main set with a triumphant take on “Gates of Steel” and
then returned for an encore highlighted by an incredibly high-octane version of
“Gut Feeling.”

“After all that noisy, aggressive, assaultive stuff, I think it’s time for Devo
to do something beautiful,” said Casale, who splits his time between Santa
Monica and Napa.

Devo’s Gerald Casale during their concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in
Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

Naturally, that led into the encore-closing “Beautiful World” — which was sung
by the mysterious masked Devo-character known as “Booji Boy.” (Not sure who was
under that mask, but it’s probably worth pointing out — and I’m sure it’s just a
coincidence — that Mark Mothersbaugh was nowhere to be seen while Booji Boy was
onstage.)

Booji would get the last word of the evening, as he looked forward — way, way
forward — to a time when the band and crowd might celebrate another milestone
occasion.

“I want to see you all here in 2073 for the Devo 100 year anniversary,” he said
as the encore segment drew to a close.

Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh is dressed as Booji Boy, a character created by the
band in the 1970s, during their concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in
Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

Setlist:

1. “Don’t Shoot (I’m a Man)”

2. “Peek-A-Boo!”

3. “Going Under”

4. “That’s Good”

5. “Girl U Want”

6. “Whip It”

7. “Planet Earth”

8. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”

9. “Secret Agent Man”

10. “Uncontrollable Urge”

11. “Mongoloid”

12. “Jocko Homo”

13. “Smart Patrol”/”Mr. DNA”

14. “Gates of Steel”

Encore:

15. “Freedom of Choice”

16. “Gut Feeling (Slap Your Mammy)”

17. “Beautiful World”

Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh during their concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News
Group) Angel Kowatsch, and her son Pete Sanchez, both of Prunedale, watch Devo
during their concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in Santa Cruz, Calif.,
on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Devo members, from
left, Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Bob Mothersbaugh in concert at the
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.
(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Devo members, from left, Gerald Casale, Mark
Mothersbaugh, and Bob Mothersbaugh in concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News
Group) Devo fans Dane Andrew, of Sunnyvale, and Beckham Gill 13, of Bonny Doon,
watch the concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in Santa Cruz, Calif., on
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Devo members, from
left, Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Bob Mothersbaugh in concert at the
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.
(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh gets close to the
crowd during their concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in Santa Cruz,
Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) Devo’s Bob
Mothersbaugh during their concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in Santa
Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh during their concert at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News
Group)

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