Devo - Gates of Steel (Live on Fridays 1980) [HQ]

[@nin114]

THE DRUMS.

[@blakewhittington4336]

The way he keeps the kick going is insane

[@therespectedlex9794]

And the rest mate.

[@charlesgordon6969]

Alan Meyers was known as the Human Metronome. His beat was unsurpassed. RIP.

[@MB-vk8cv]

I thought it was a drum machine at first.

[@tyson9419]

Didn’t even made it to 60

[@litercola3146]

This never fails to give me goosebumps. My favorite devo song.

[@redpillqueer8303]

there really is something epic about Gates of Steel

[@chaosband]

Just discovered this is what was missing in life

[@The_OneManCrowd]

@@chaosband Welcome spud!

[@billmcginley]

I was around 13 years old when these guys were collaborating with Brian Eno. It took me another 40 years to appreciate the genius of this group by listening to Henry Rollins' radio show on KCRW- thanks Henry!

[@The_OneManCrowd]

@@billmcginley Duty now for the future spud.

[@larbet]

One of the most underrated and innovative bands. Devo does not get the credit they deserve.

[@spikeycoda]

not so fast. When they were on the first LaLaPaLooza bill, I was taken back and not sure why they were in there with so many innovative 90's acts they seemed passed at the time. That was 30 years ago and they still are popular. I believe 90% because of those shows. What kind of guitar is that blue one?

[@marceloacosta1742]

​@@spikeycodaEs una Ibanez Iceman Paul Stanley también la usa pero de color negro y otra personalizada que imita un espejo roto.

[@paulewhite]

@@marceloacosta1742 yes, he had a black and a "broken glass" signature models, way more expensive than the standard commercial model

[@johna8973]

​@@paulewhite Whoa , dude that is 💯 Hip ❗

[@Sensor-g7z]

Underrated according to which ratings system? What is their current rating and what do you think it should be? How much credit have they received so far and how much more should they get? Another 9.9%? 12%? It must be hard to enjoy your favorite bands when forever worried about their supposed lack of recognition. You people pop up in every music performance video bitching and moaning that your beloved band is not beloved by all 8.2 billion humans. It reeks of insecurity. Why can't you people just enjoy the fucking-music without complaining??? Who gives-a-fuck about what others think of your music choices and any other choices?? Get over it and yourselves.

[@vendingdudes]

In this day, as we creep closer to transhumanism, the plea "A man is real, not made of steel!" is so prophetic

[@TheGibby3340]

Wow...What a performance, nobody drops a note or a beat the entire time... Super tight.

[@ronkells]

Actually at around 0:21 Alan doesn’t hit the snare

[@KipBurbank1]

Saw them live once, big screens and conveyor belts. It was a crazy awesome show.

[@musiclover856]

They are as tight as any band I ever heard.....including the Ramones.... nobody was as tight as Johnny and Tommy

[@younahmsayin]

bass wrong note at 2:30 as well. Doesn't matter I love it

[@RyanWalter-wb6jo]

Absolutely! Now I see where The Addicts stole their sound!

[@TulaneAve]

One of the greatest vocal phrases in music, when Mark sings, "The beginning was the end.....of everything now!"

[@billmcginley]

and so prophetic too.

[@Karl_Drogo55]

2:10 right? he went IN!

[@Karl_Drogo55]

you can see the guitarist behind him laughing about it too lol

[@twentyarms]

"The ape regards his tail. He's stuck in it" is one of the most profound lyrics in any song, ever. So simple, yet alluding to so much.

[@JayCope-wz3sp]

These guys were just a$$ kicking machines musically speaking

[@SirHatchporch]

An outstanding performance that I've returned to many times through the years, although this is the best quality I've ever seen it in. The thing that astounds me the most is how Alan Myers keeps constant 8th notes going on the bass drum the entire time. The guy was a beast.

[@peterodell2842]

So under-rated as musicians. Head lined with Simple Minds once and killed them.

[@itwasflavor-aid]

@@jimmyginus reminds me of Steven morris from New order,or Reni from the Stone Roses.

[@devinthierault]

@@itwasflavor-aid he moves like Morris a lot. Just in the zone.

[@ChrisDragotta]

It's his right hand on the floor tom.

[@TimFinnerty]

@@ChrisDragotta I hope so otherwise it would make me feel very inadequate

[@randyv.4206]

I was 13 years old in 1980. DEVO was my favorite band. I had t-shirts. My school folders and book covers all had DEVO written all over them. Man did I have to take a lot of shit over that. But just watch this video and tell me if I didn’t know my shit back then. Fucking incredible performance. Today’s music doesn’t even come close. Thanks for posting it.

[@skipanther]

There is good music out there but you have to go to a grungy dive bar to hear it.The stuff on the radio is at its worst!

[@bhdctn]

I was in the 6th grade when I saw the Freedom of Choice video! It compleatly blew me away! I was excited about Punk too but the punky New Wave of early Devo and B-52s I thought was over the top amazing!! So ya the Clash ruled as well! But DEVO is just incredible!!

[@bhdctn]

1979 and 80. What a time for music!

[@jojo-wo3ns]

I was 15 in 1980 and went to see Devo live, first ever concert for me, just like The Beav, seems like i knew my shit also, nearly 40 years later and still listerning to the music

[@bigsweaty8088]

If I were you Id feel the same way.

[@davesmalley1648]

I bought the house I grew up in after my Mom passed and to this day in the corner of garage on the wall it says Are we not men ? We are Devo. I think my younger brother scribbled that back in 1980 when he was 8 .

[@smbake]

I would've been 10 then and had DEVO scribbled somewhere in our house. I think your brother and I are best friends and don't even know it...

[@darrensiegel6651]

8 years old? Smart kid!

[@WAITINGFORTHEANGELS]

17 years and dancing to this at the Rocksy in Houston...along with Talking Heads,Ramones, Blondie, the Vapors, Romeo Void...incredible time to be young and free...saw Devo in 1980 and last time around 2011...brillant musicians

[@randiddly]

The drums are incredible. RIP

[@billmcginley]

Human metronome.

[@musiclover856]

Only Bun E Carlos of Cheap Trick is better....maybe

[@ooofuryooo296]

@@musiclover856 Clem Burke of Blondie enters the chat

[@vanillagorilla2230]

When josh freese took over for a while that was also great!

[@gewglesux]

@@ooofuryooo296 Hey that's not fair..... sucha good drummer.

[@Joseph-z7s3b]

All these years later and still ahead of their time. Boogie Boi until the end. Thanks DEVO! You made all the difference.

[@joylindadichamounix]

40 years later & they are still years ahead of their time!

[@wighatsuperreggie]

This is such a deep song on so many levels. When they were creating this, I believe the allowed themselves such freedom that they began channeling some kind of deep inner human wisdom from a higher place.

[@Verfolger_77]

my favourite skate song

[@tylerkasuboski3366]

Absolutely mind-blowing...DEVO were really, really special. The music was so good, but often got overshadowed by the image and visual aspects. This band epitomizes everything awesome about the 70's punk/new wave underground.

[@Jacksmusicshack]

Devo is life..

[@killingheros3554]

They reach far beyond the 70's and 80's though with what they are and are all about.

[@richardmartinez5032]

Devo stands outside those genres. There's something timeless that defies any one casual description. This song rocks and drives with a spellbinding energy 🎼🎶🎵🎸🥁🎤🎹

[@Macdaddy418]

Devo at their absolute apex. I think this was right before "Whip It " took off. This song and Girl U Want were the 2 songs off the "Freedom of Choice" album the record company was pushing. I think this is when this performance took place. 6 months later Whip It was the #1 song in America and then they returned a second time to Live on Fridays and played " Whip it. "

[@tyson9419]

GD right!!

[@rachael_grey]

Pushing 60, and this song and "Girl U Want" still have me dancing like I'm 15.

[@patches6309]

Music was Never the same after these guys exploded upon the scene. Thank you all you beautifully talented nerds!

[@mike196212]

At 62 I am still a HUGE fan of this band and STILL know practically NO ONE ELSE who likes them as well. Long ago I gave up trying to figure out why this is. Their loss. I watched this performance. FRIDAYS was a good show. First saw The Jam on the show,another band I like a lot,one I always thought were overshadowed by The Clash. Like them too but think The Jam are better.

[@tommyfisher6006]

I’m 59. Had their stuff on 8-Track. Girl U Want my favorite

[@genesutton6383]

58 here, saw em as a kid in Austin, my stomping grounds. We had just seen Talking heads LOL Gateway drug for a Christian punk/ headbanger! The music in the 70s was the best you just can't beat it. I understand they're not technically a punk band that looked at as techno but they were the first ones to do it. they fell into the punk scene to begin with. Peace out!

[@Zengotim]

I'm 61 and love them. Let's hook up!

[@andrewpotok2661]

Wake up that audience. Best Devo song of all time. Saw em at The Tower in Philly in 81. I didnt appreciate the show like i should have. GOD BLESS. TY

[@glenheard7222]

This was the same year I saw them at Newcastle city hall, I met them in their hotel lobby , hung with them a while and got autographs, my mates and I followed them to the venue and sneaked into the sound check, later at the concert I was 2 rows from the front, the concert was the most awesome thing I had ever seen.Devo will always have a huge place in my heart...Be stiff DEVO.

[@mishelle1385]

This gets better every time...

[@JorgeReyes-mk9gd]

Such a kick-ass song. If they put this song out today. It would be a hit. Such an underrated band.

[@The_OneManCrowd]

Probably the best live band ever. You couldn't get a razor in there that's how tight these guys were live. No one did it like DEVO before, and no one has since. Duty now for the future.

[@s.e.wagger3888]

Back in the day, all the local bands did "covers" of the typical rock songs of the 70's. You know....... the tried and true kick-arse songs with the heavy guitar lead breaks. And then in 1983, our band turned up. We only had one guitar BUT we also had a Korg Bass Synth, a Juno-60, a Yamaha CS-01 and a "triggered" Oberheim DMX played by our drummer. We played seven Devo covers amongst our repertoire. AND we kicked arse!!!!! Pubs and clubs erupted when we did Gates of Steel, Girl You Want and Jerkin'. Great times and now great memories.

[@michaelmongelluzzo9206]

RIP Alan and bob2 you will always be remembered 😢

[@michaelstarr9812]

..in the dawn of my 58 the year I'm finally settling that GATES OF STEEL is my favorite Devo song. ..only took me over forty years to make up my mind!

[@rebeccaizzmeeFemm1]

its my wedding Song

[@JayCope-wz3sp]

@@michaelstarr9812 My God man choosing your favorite Devo song is no easy task. 40 years sounds about right.

[@MrCSRocker]

Is this decision final?

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

It is their REAL anthem as it turns out.

[@davidg.9932]

We miss Robert Edward "Bob" Casale, Jr. and Alan Myers. But three of the originals are still with us. And thankfully, still performing. I've seen them live twice. I am and born and will forever be a spud...

[@JohnHWelch63]

It's amazing that Devo got that techno-punk/New Wave sound using conventional instruments. Very cool. I didn't like them when they first came out because I was a young hard rock/metal fan, but as my musical tastes matured I learned to like and appreciate them.

[@stephenroldan5107]

Yeah. This is techno-punk for sure

[@bastianrojas4100]

The addicts inspiration

[@538frostrd]

God bless ya Devo for being so different than mainstream rock offerings.

[@glenstruwe4796]

55 now... Freedom of Choice was my first album...great memories

[@RebeccaLynnMusic]

This is almost brutal in its greatness. I have chills and they hurt. Oh my Lord I love them so much.

[@shhh3185]

I feel you xo

[@biff022]

7:51 am... I wasn’t planning on weeping for joy this early today. Thanks Devo.

[@bumblebeemoi]

Love how Bob M. gives a cocky, smug smile when the camera does a close-up on him. Great guitar too

[@torybrown7730]

Never heard this Devo song before. I like it A LOT.

[@andrewpotok2661]

U gotta be kidding me. Even Dick Clark played this on American Bandstand in 81

[@skeeter4196]

I remember this watching when I was 11. Still have the record and is still my favorite song on it. And then of course Michael richards playing in the dirt. And drive through lady.

[@charlesgordon6969]

Bob 1, one of the greatest ROCK guitarists of all time.

[@djjustdave]

This is the song I want played at my funeral. Everything they say fits my world view and perspective perfectly. Saw them last month and Mark threw out energy domes just like in this video.

[@jawoody9745]

Just one of the powerful DEVO songs over the years. Bob Mothersbaugh is a sweet person.

[@xopherzenitram]

I remember watching this live on TV when I was a teenager. They also played "Girl U Want" on that night. LOVE this music!

[@jm-rf7kl]

The birth of American New Wave deserves a standing O!

[@cliffwebb1443]

They were always punk.

[@HillScottWayne]

Stage performance just as good as the cassette tape.

[@CrimsonHourglass]

Can I just say...... I love Bob 1's face.

[@thedivineedgar3029]

i always thought this a really beautiful song.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

I found this show on streaming, I watched it when it was on 1980-1983. Scrolling through the episodes, what pulled me in were their musical guests. It is so cool to see these music guests from the early 80s. I'm a total fan of Devo, I bought this CD (Freedom of Choice) over 20 years ago and ripped it. I don't even know where the CD is anymore but the MP3s live on. By the way, this show is where Michael Richards got his start. Yeah, I thought it was the movie UHF, too. Nope, this show right here.

[@setdrift]

Allen is killing it on this one....

[@saltyandthebeefcracker4863]

This band is very tight.

[@justinabush]

Been hooked on this track for a week straight now

[@craigwyss6035]

65 and still Loving Devo.

[@BanthaPooDoo64]

GATES OF STEEL is my favorite DEVO song

[@The_OneManCrowd]

I challenge any non-DEVO fan to say this is not an epically bad-ass song.

[@setdrift]

yep, because it is

[@timmeadows970]

One of the most kickass songs ever.

[@leokimvideo]

Paul Stanley guitar before Paul made it famous. But DEVO have take it to the next level as always.

[@zim1966]

Paul Played the Iceman in 78' when I saw them on love gun tour

[@Fastfritz63]

Rick Nielsen had that Blue Iceman built for him in early 1978, originally it was a Greco in Japan, but Ibanez started making them in 1978-79

[@mrknowalltellall572]

It was supposed to look like a potato

[@st3v3n41]

​@@mrknowalltellall572that's a different guitar. The blue cloud guitar they call it.

[@danscott3880]

Paul Stanley had the mirrored version on Love gun tour 77/78

[@caivsivlivs]

lol love when bob makes that face and shakes his head during the bridge guitar lick, like, yeah rightttttt hahaha

[@strace67]

Devo's best song... and a perfect performance!

[@juanelorriaga2840]

I remember being 7 yrs old when this aired my older brothers big Devo fans went nuts seeing this on TV and thrn I was blown away too

[@sgtlz]

I miss the 80s...great music and MTV actually played music.

[@bertbaloga463]

I always thought they used a drum machine …. Just had a great drummer !!! Great Band

[@patrickmanion9646]

Alan Myers WAS a human drum machine! When they started using actual drum machines Alan dropped out of the band.

[@daveweber3115]

WE ARE DEVO!

[@Mrsilenciobackgammon]

First time caller here, I love this ❤

[@aaronwelch5774]

Never really got it till now. Thanks for posting!

[@halcoleman2496]

When the nerds say..... Hold my beer! Never though the 80's would be the good old days while I was there.

[@felineth56]

They are genius! Awesome creativity!

[@StressJudoCoaching]

9/7/24: still genius. Still fresh. Still better than anything else out there.

[@leeolahepher9245]

So far ahead of its time. So much talent on that stage.

[@swedechef9628]

This song is a BANGER!

[@bwdrums1]

These guys used to tear it up live back in the day, great stuff....

[@Francisco2868]

I WAS 12 WHEN I HEARD THIS, AND I HAVE LOVED IT SINCE...

[@4nik8]

I don't break this word out too often but here's a chance---- PHENOMENAL

[@boozhwatrash]

Alan truly was untouchable.

[@nullvoid244]

They will forever be the biggest nerds in rock

[@janeschaffer6067]

This song!!! Absolutely brilliant

[@hankworden3850]

" I want my drumming to sound like a drum machine "- The drum machine from Devo.

[@HammyTechnoid]

I searched for DEVO live and it brought me here.... not disappointed... thanks for upload.

[@TheSlandis]

I've seen many of the great bands. My favorite concert is Devo in Norman OK. Second row, center. When the guitarist did a knee slide off the stage into me and turned around and ripped the shirt off of one of the girls in front of us, that was pretty epic. She and her friend were given backstage passes...we didn't :(

[@Ralphieboy]

I remember seing this when it aired. We were staying in a motel room in Wilcox, Arizona where my buddy's car had broken down during a camping trip. I recall that was the first time I saw their flower-pot hats on their heads.

[@smbake]

Energy Domes..

[@vman358]

Glad they are actually performing!!!

[@DanaTheInsane]

I watched this when it aired!

[@zg-mzga]

the intro is perfect for when you go back to the beginning and watch it again for the tenth time in a row

[@blindlemon9]

I remember watching this as a kid during the original broadcast on the show Fridays, way back in the day. It changed the way that I approached rock music.

[@jasonwilson9040]

2021 and still love this.

[@hab9609]

So unique and talented. Great new wave band.

[@jodylancaster8706]

Damn, I miss these guys. Saw them twice in Seattle early 80's. Time has moved us all on. Farewell my friends❤❤❤❤

[@EYEBALLband]

ROCKS!

[@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra]

Fridays was the best musically-focused TV show, EVER! 🤘🤘

[@lucid685]

Wow the go gos really liked this song. Vacation all I ever wanted!

[@travisclark401]

This is better than the version on record.

[@imyourgodmachine]

Outstanding songwriters! Everything they do on every instrument is to serve this song. So well done!

[@spikeycoda]

This is an obscure cover

[@goldenagenut]

Such a great song ( band), the drummer really keeps a great beat!

[@dcallaway1]

One of the most under-rated rock bands, ever!

[@foxmulder6272]

Absolutely Incredible!! Fantastic live performance!!

[@tylergray9904]

I dont even have words for how fing great this is.

[@tombrown5924]

God I miss those days, killer song.

[@Truckngirl]

You all realize that Mark Mothersbaugh was the legend of Nickelodeon Rugrats. Look it up!

[@johnbeekman1396]

Easy to forget how damn tight they were. Bob1 is a rock star.

[@leerog1]

Having the mic' chord like that is about as Devo as it gets. Just unique, awesome 👌😌

[@coreykmvy1980]

Ha I had to watch this twice, I spent too many years only enjoying covers of this band before diving in

[@h2ofield]

That blue Iceman is as rock and roll as it gets!

[@aisle_of_view]

Genius performance.

[@markschroeder5559]

A good time to have come from Akron, Ohio.

[@LFrench]

And it was a good time for Devo to get out of there

[@markschroeder5559]

@@LFrench kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpnYaXeNqM6lgNE

[@billmcginley]

@@markschroeder5559 Thanks for sharing the link. Easily the best song from the Learning to Crawl album and telling that comments have been disabled in 2021...