Devo songs coming to Rock Band (no, we're not sure about 'Whip It')

by Christopher Grant { May 23rd 2008 at 4:54PM }

Keyboard peripheral be damned! Seminal synth pop superstars Devo are coming to Rock Band, frontman Mark Mothersbaugh tells X-Play, and they've even re-recorded one synth-heavy song to do it. "They wanted 'Through Being Cool' for some reason," he says, "Which is kind of odd because it's all synth solos, so we re-recorded ... all my synth solos, synth leads, as guitar leads."

Mothersbaugh says there are two other songs coming in addition to "Through Being Cool" leading us to believe we'll see them all collected as a three-song track pack. In accordance with the "Devo Obligatory Whip It Mentioning Law of 1980" we'll note here that one of those songs is statistically likely to, in fact, be "Whip It." Check out the video clip after the break and see if you can't catch Mothersbaugh subconsciously mouthing out the names of other two songs ... or perhaps, unknowingly making furtive whip-cracking gestures.

Tags: Devo, Rock-Band

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Eric @ May 23rd 2008 4:56PM

FUCKING A! WE ARE DEVO!

Magitek85 @ May 26th 2008 2:38PM

Definetly Uncontrollable Urge. Freedom of Choice. Jocko Homo. So many good choices.

Sir Fidlious Wong (Justin T. McElroy Memorial Burn of the Day Award) @ May 23rd 2008 5:05PM

SWEET. It's official, Rock Band wins! Rock Band Wins!

Devolutionaries Unite!

Sir Fidlious Wong (Justin T. McElroy Memorial Burn of the Day Award) @ May 23rd 2008 5:30PM

Mr. B's Ballroom
The Girl You Want
Soft Things
Freedom of Choice
Gates of Steel
Patterns

All I would love to see.

Mikey @ May 23rd 2008 6:39PM

YES! This is official win! I would like to request
Girl U Want
Uncontrollable Urge
Red Eye Express
Be Stiff

I'd love Race of Doom if they gave us a toy synth.

Residentevil72501 @ May 23rd 2008 5:06PM

And Whip it good! Whip Guitar Heroes ass that is!

KOBES-ACCUSER @ May 23rd 2008 5:06PM

POOOOOOOOOOOO!

doctor mike @ May 23rd 2008 5:08PM

Please let one of them be "Uncontrollable Urge"!

why not the LS2LS7? @ May 23rd 2008 5:09PM

Freedom of Choice, Girl U Want and Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth please. Gates of Steel wouldn't kill me either.

Squirtforce @ May 23rd 2008 5:26PM

Good call on Gates of Steel! That's my #1, Whip It is kind of played out at this point...

KOBES-ACCUSER @ May 23rd 2008 5:10PM

Why won't my stupid Avatar update....Such a NOOB!

whistlepig @ May 24th 2008 2:00AM

i know right , i been tryin for 5 months

Shmil @ May 23rd 2008 5:21PM

If it was Gut Feeling then I think I'd finally break down and buy Rock Band.

why not the LS2LS7? @ May 23rd 2008 7:56PM

Oh crap, I forgot Gut Feeling. Not really enough guitars for Rock Band though. Same problem as Jocko Homo.

why not the LS2LS7? @ May 23rd 2008 8:43PM

Hmm. Listening again, maybe the awesome guitar intro is enough to make Gut Feeling worth it. It'd be kinda boring playing it over and over through the song, but it might still just be worth it for the intro. It sure would be fun to sing.

TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) @ May 23rd 2008 5:39PM

If 'Whip It' is in Donkey Konga...I bet it'll be sold for Rock Band.

Vince UK @ May 23rd 2008 5:39PM

Any song off 'Duty Now For The Future' is preferable to Whip It. ugh!

PeterBeck @ May 23rd 2008 5:39PM

Mongoloid, please.

And maybe Jocko Homo, while not a very Rock Band friendly song, the vocals would be funand I'd love to play the "God made man" bridge.

Time Out For Fun would be weird fun too.

Undead Priest @ May 23rd 2008 5:52PM

I'm not a Devo fan, but I will say that Mark Mothersbaugh is one of the greatest musicians alive.

I just wish he'd pick better projects to score.

Levi @ May 26th 2008 8:41AM

You got a problem with Wes Anderson, eh?

Derek Rudolph @ May 23rd 2008 6:19PM

this is great news.

I'm just a spud boy looking for a real tomato.

Elsnerma @ May 23rd 2008 7:51PM

I would love some Devo.

"Whip it" and "Watch Us Work It" pleassssse.

Yeah, it's from that computer commercial, but it's badass and catchy as hell.

Kyera @ May 23rd 2008 7:55PM

Hell yes!

ericdrum @ May 23rd 2008 8:16PM

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! album would suffice.

Brian @ May 23rd 2008 8:35PM

Prolly (I can't get no) Satisfaction as well. it was already a leaked song, we just didn't know it was DEVO

Ryan @ May 23rd 2008 8:42PM

I don't think so. It's likely the Stones song. Brown Sugar was on that list too. Plus, that was months ago. This has just been announced.

why not the LS2LS7? @ May 23rd 2008 9:32PM

Okay, I never heard Uncontrollable Urge before now. That's a fantastic song. I demand that song be in Rock Band so I can play it.

ill trooper @ May 23rd 2008 11:20PM

'girl u want, 'freedom of choice,' and 'gates of steel' would be great, but so would 'gut feeling/slap your mammy.' Maybe 'beautiful world' or 'that's good,' since they seem to be redoing songs to work... Ah, hell, I'll buy anything Devo, they're one of my favorites.