Hardcore Devo: Volume One (1990) is the first of two collections of demos

Demo (music)

A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

 released by the post-punk/new wave band Devo

Devo

Devo is an American band formed in 1973 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio. The classic line-up of the band includes two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales . The band had a #14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", and has maintained a cult...

. It is currently out of print.

Overview

The Hardcore Devo albums are collections of 4-track basement demos recorded by the band between 1974-1977. Some tracks are earlier versions of some of Devo's best known tracks that would later be re-recorded and used on subsequent Devo records (e.g. "Jocko Homo

Jocko Homo

"Jocko Homo" is the B-side to Devo's first single, "Mongoloid," released as a single in 1977 on Devo's own label, Booji Boy Records and later released in the UK on Stiff Records. The song was re-recorded as the feature song for Devo's first album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! on Warner Bros....

," "Mongoloid

Mongoloid (song)

"Mongoloid" is the first single released by Devo in 1977, on the Booji Boy Records label. It was backed with the song "Jocko Homo." "Mongoloid" also had one of the first music videos made using collage. "Mongoloid" would later be re-recorded by Devo and appeared on the album Q: Are We Not Men? A:...

"), but a majority of the tracks were never re-used and remained unreleased until the Hardcore Devo compilations.

Track listing

1. "Mechanical Man" – 4:23 (Mark Mothersbaugh
   Mark Mothersbaugh
   Mark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American musician, composer, singer and painter. He is the co-founder of the new wave band Devo and has been its lead singer since 1972. His other musical projects include work for television series, films, and video games....
   
   ) (1974)
2. "Auto Modown" – 2:01 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
3. "Space Girl Blues" – 1:52 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
4. "Social Fools" – 3:41 (Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
5. "Soo Bawlz" – 2:43 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1977)
6. "Satisfaction" – 3:00 (Mick Jagger
   Mick Jagger
   Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
   
   /Keith Richards
   Keith Richards
   Keith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
   
   ) (1976)
7. "Jocko Homo" – 2:56 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1974)
8. "Golden Energy" – 2:32 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1976)
9. "Buttered Beauties" – 3:38 (Mark Mothersbaugh/Gerald V. Casale) (1977)
10. "Midget" – 2:41 (Bob Mothersbaugh
    Bob Mothersbaugh
    Robert Leroy "Bob" Mothersbaugh, Jr.,, or "Bob 1", is the lead guitar player and occasional vocalist for Devo and younger brother of lead vocalist Mark Mothersbaugh...
    
    /Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
11. "I'm a Potato" – 2:38 (Bob Casale/Gerald V. Casale) (1976)
12. "Uglatto" – 2:00 (Gerald V. Casale) (1977)
13. "Stop Look and Listen" – 2:33 (Mark Mothersbaugh) (1977)
14. "Ono" – 2:46 (Mark Mothersbaugh/Gerald V. Casale) (1974)
15. "Mongoloid" – 3:34 (Gerald V. Casale) (1975)

• There was also a limited vinyl issue in Europe.
• Some pressings, including the European vinyl version, combine "Auto Modown" and "Space Girl Blues" on the same track

Personnel

• Bob Casale - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
• Gerald V. Casale - Keyboards, Vocals
• Bob Mothersbaugh
  Bob Mothersbaugh
  Robert Leroy "Bob" Mothersbaugh, Jr.,, or "Bob 1", is the lead guitar player and occasional vocalist for Devo and younger brother of lead vocalist Mark Mothersbaugh...
  
   - Guitar, Vocals
• Mark Mothersbaugh
  Mark Mothersbaugh
  Mark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American musician, composer, singer and painter. He is the co-founder of the new wave band Devo and has been its lead singer since 1972. His other musical projects include work for television series, films, and video games....
  
   - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
• Jim Mothersbaugh
  Jim Mothersbaugh
  Jim Mothersbaugh was the second drummer for Devo, replacing Rod Reisman who only played for a single show. Jim joined Devo with his older brothers, Bob and Mark.Jim appears on several early Devo demos...
  
   - Drums
• Alan Myers - Drums

Quotes About the Album

"Disinfecting rock of its dirt, streamlining its all-too-human edges,
Devo created perhaps the most repellent rock in history".

-Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 12/15/90