DEVO - Peek-a-Boo

Title: DEVO - Peek-a-Boo!
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, New Wave, Synthpunk, Akron, Ohio 5/26
Matrix #: 29906-0 A
Condition: EX (VZ) | Members: Mark M (50' - Alive), Gerald C (48' - Alive), Bob M (52' - 14'), Bob C (52' - Alive), Alan M (54' - 13')
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: DEVO’s worldview was shaped by the 1970 Kent State shootings, where Gerald C knew victims and saw state violence turn campus life into trauma.
2. Media Narrative: “Peek-a-Boo!” arrived as MTV was turning image into currency, giving DEVO’s masks, costumes, and satire a sharper visual platform.
3. Political Science: DEVO’s “de-evolution” idea treated American progress as a joke with teeth, turning pop presentation into a critique of conformity and decline.