Released August 1990 Release date August 1990 | Length 42:20 | |
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Recorded April 1974–December 1977 Hardcore Devo Volume One(1990) Hardcore Devo Volume Two(1991) Genres Post-punk, Proto-punk, Art punk Similar Hardcore Devo: Volume T, Hardcore Devo Live!, Duty Now for the Future, Total Devo, Smooth Noodle Maps | ||
Mechanical man devo
Hardcore Devo: Volume One is the first of two collections of demos by the American new wave band Devo. It was originally released in August 1990, on the label Rykodisc. It was out of print for over twenty years; however, it was re-issued on Superior Viaduct in 2013 both as a vinyl release (May 2013) and a CD containing both volumes and bonus tracks (July 2013).
Contents
Background
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," "Mongoloid"), but a majority of the tracks were never re-used and remained unreleased until the Hardcore Devo compilations.
Track listing
Personnel
Songs
1Mechanical Man4:24
2Auto Modown2:01
3Space Girl Blues1:52