Rhianna Malas is a creative writer and essayist currently living in Melbourne, Australia. An RMIT alum, she has self produced a comic zine, and has written short stories and creative non-fiction ...

The post The Story Behind Devo’s Seminal Synth-Rock Single “Whip It” appeared first on Consequence. Released as the second single off Devo’s Freedom of Choice, “Whip It” remains instantly recognizable ...

Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” became one of the most famous classic rock songs of the 1960s. Subsequently, it inspired Devo’s “Whip It,” one of the most famous new wave songs from the 1980s. In ...

While Devo’s song “Whip It” was in a near constant rotation on MTV in 1981, the following year, the network refused to play the video for their song “That’s Good,” despite it being seemingly less ...

NEW YORK — You know the band Devo, right? The guys with the funny red plastic hats and jumpsuits? The New Wave musicians behind the silly “Whip It” video? They had that odd, spiky ’80s vibe? Well, it ...