Nov 22, 2022
With a new RSD release, Gerald V Casale of DEVO discusses the early days of the band, Booji Boy records, forming alter-egos, the impact of Saturday Night Live and his continuation of the creative spirit to explore make music.
Topics include:
- Recent collaborations are exciting for Gerald
- DEVO on Saturday Night Live
- The impact of the SNL show
- The difficulties of being DEVO in mid 70s
- The aesthetics and themes of DEVO
- DEVO made people pick a side
- History and experimentation of Alter-Egos
- How the yellow jumpsuit came to be
- DEVO and vinyl – early pressings on Booji Boy Records
- Stiff Records was the 1st to show interest
- The Mechanical Man record – Bootleg or not?
- Are We Not Men? Involvement from Robert Fripp
- Was the album always to be called “Are We Not Men?”
- Was the band happy with “Are We Not Men?”
- Creating the cover of “Satisfaction”
- Playing “Satisfaction” for Mick Jagger
- The video for “The Invisible Man”
- Gerald’s unique gift for making videos
- Leaning into the peculiarities
- The current state of DEVO
- “Are We Not Men?” Documentary
- Gerald’s RSD record: “The Invisible Man”
- Working with TOMO77 on album art
- The challenge of “Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers”
- Gerald’s frustration with the flaws in human nature
- “The Invisible Man” & interview wrap up
Gerald V Casale records, video, website
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