When Devo's debut album arrived in late August 1978, nothing else sounded quite like it. Even by the standards of the late '70s – the era of punk rock, new wave and futuristic-sounding electronic ...

Before their hit song “Whip It” cemented them as new wave’s coolest one-hit wonders, Devo were a group of four Ohians—two pairs of brothers—just trying to make their name as a punk rock band. And ...