Mark Mothersbaugh was a student at Kent State University when the infamous shootings took place. That event had a profound effect on Mark, his brother and the Casale brothers when they formed Devo. The band patented a brand of herky-jerky post-Beefheart rock, leavened with a great hook making ability, and then embraced synthesizers and played pop songs that often added social commentary and bits of subversiveness. The nerdy looking Mothersbaugh was a great frontman for the band, and is a surprisingly underrated vocalist, with an elastic and rangy voice (and he also plays Booji Boy!). He still sounds great whenever Devo reconvenes, and when they don’t, he composes award winning scores for Wes Anderson movies and various television shows. Let’s pay tribute to Mark by grabbing your iPod or MP3 player, hitting shuffle, and sharing the first 10 songs that come up.
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