Their style has been variously classified as punk, industrial and rock, but they are most often remembered for their late 1970s and early 1980s New Wave music which, along with others (such as Gary Numan, Oingo Boingo, and The B-52's) ushered in the synth pop sound of the 1980s.
Devo's music and stage show mingle kitsch science fiction themes, deadpan surrealist humor, and mordantly satirical social commentary via sometimes-discordant pop songs that often feature unusual synthetic instrumentation and time signatures.
Their
work
has
proved
hugely
influential
on
subsequent
popular
music,
particularly
New
Wave,
alternative
and
grunge
music,
and
they
created
many
memorable
music
videos
popular
in
the
early
days
of
MTV
attempts to reunite,
the
band
quietly
disbanded
in
1986
