Searcy Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 http://www.tmz.com/2014/02/18/devo-guitarist-bob-casale-dead-whip-it/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauloon Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Sad to hear that....used to play a few Devo songs back in time...ARE WE NOT MEN!! R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 RIP, Spudboy. Saw them right after their first appearance on SNL at Wingate College (Jesse Helms graduated from there) in '78, I believe. Don't remember who opened for them (they were not the headliner), but after the opening band finished, the auditorium all but emptied. They threw wads of dollar bills out into the audience, and they were clearly pissed, but they put on a great show for the hundred or so who stayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 Truly a loss... A band that is still ahead of their time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms79633njIg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqSta1K6B24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqSta1K6B24 That one I remember really well. I had an L6 then, it was exciting to see one on the tewb. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 That is truly sad. I'd put the Whip It lick near the top of all time guitar licks. Really out there. Yes, they were way ahead of their time. The Tubes were also another band like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyMoon Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Always liked them..just a part of my youth..sad indeed..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jadvt7CbH1o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 That is truly sad. I'd put the Whip It lick near the top of all time guitar licks. Really out there. Yes, they were way ahead of their time. The Tubes were also another band like that. Ah! The tubes... we don't talk about the tube enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Back in the mid to late '90s I remember Gerald Casale telling me that his borther had health problems way back then. It was interesting to see the band at Lalapalooza because all of the metal heads and thrashers who were on the bill with them would all gather stage left or right and watch the band perform. It was something seeing the guys from Metalica just off stage rocking out to Devo. I still remember that day like it was yesterday, because I met Gerald and Mark Mothersbaugh and interviewed them both. 61 is too young. This is by far my most favorite Devo song. This is the actual concert footage from the Irvine Meadows show I was at. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uK-50VmYYQ&list=PLh5GUqYYPXO0y5MazNQgXgdHFY2Bb12T7 I'm not sure when this was filmed, but it's freaking crazy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBfX52Cccvw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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