DEVO - The Men Who Make The Music (Pre-WB Version)

[@The_OneManCrowd]

They do it all for you, spuds.

[@lukamaki]

Holy Shit. This is mind blowing... I always thot the WB vid was interesting, but that it was a fully realized concept takes it to a whole 'nother level... I'd express my eternal gratitude for posting this, but The Words Get Stuck In My Throat.

[@hankjenningsbigbuzzard]

Interesting. "Huboon Stomp" and "Words get stuck in my throat" really add to the '77 feeling.

[@infindebula]

What a shame that nobody invented digital media that doesn't degrade until well after people generally stopped doing interesting things.

[@markorendas1423]

ANYONE NAMED MARK IS USUALLY A GREAT OUTLOOK. SPUDZ UNITE !

[@Kohntarkosz]

What I'd like to see is the thing that MTV aired back in the early 80's, it was sort of a compendium of the band's career up to that point, with videos, live clips, and more of General Boy's monologues. If I remember correctly it was actually put together for an early home video release, I think actually for one of the first home video disk systems, and MTV aired it after the fact.

[@MiscellaneousDebris]

You're probably thinking of The Men Who Make The Music. It fits that description perfectly and could easily have been aired on early MTV.

[@diskochimp]

Wow, I definitely haven't seen most of this footage before, & I've been a Devo-tee since 1980... :)

[@mqs]

Where did this come from? I'd never even heard of it, much less seen it, and I thought I'd seen every Devo-related thing there is to see! It's great to see this stuff unearthed!

[@newdna5026]

Mark's ex-girlfriend Marina Yakubic produced devo.fandom.com/wiki/The_Men_Who_Make_The_Music

[@mutatenow]

Are we having a flashback or do the colours on this visual seem to be melting ? In any case a great joy to watch.

[@robotlarry7]

Rev, I also need to add yet another thank you for putting this up! -Larry7

[@LFrench]

I wonder where the live stuff was filmed, the basement? Or maybe a venue

[@ensenada5757]

not sure if I'm a little late to this but it was supossedly shot at The Crypt.

[@gadgetman2000]

Shame this has taken so long to reach the surface - Wonderful!!

[@bondovwvw]

Thanks for putting this up!

[@richards3192]

Christ, was this shot in superbad 4 mm or something?

[@shoestring8029]

I've always been curious about this pre-WB "Men Who Make The Music" ever since getting a copy several years ago. If I ever get to meet Devo again I would like to ask them, esp. where the 'live' footage was filmed (doesn't look like the Crypt, could it be someone's basement?)

[@grokness]

“Punks, pelvises, rebellion are too corny!”

[@craigbutler9200]

Attractive synthesis - brilliant

[@doctorhalprinstein]

4:35 HUBOON STOMP!

[@brenthenshaw3585]

At the end of the video it said 1977.

[@streetwithoutjoy]

If I am correct, this is taken from a rare Japanese laserdisc release of live footage from Nippon Budokan hall in 1979 with the same title as a later release in the US

[@chaimobrien4090]

No, this was never officially released and only began to circulate in the late 90s (to my knowledge).

[@syqko]

Lots of Bob Casale!!!

[@yannilaurel3781]

Solid