# Hardcore Devo: Volume One

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***Hardcore Devo: Volume One*** is the first of two collections of [demos](/source/Demo_(music)) by the American [new wave](/source/New_wave_music) band [Devo](/source/Devo), released on August 17, 1990, as a CD by [Rykodisc](/source/Rykodisc). The French label Fan Club also released the album on LP that same year.

## Background

The *Hardcore Devo* albums are collections of 4-track basement demos recorded by the band between April 1974 and December 1977.[2] The early recordings were made using a [TEAC](/source/TEAC_Corporation) 4-track recorder and incorporated guitars, [Minimoog](/source/Minimoog), bass guitar and homemade electronic drums, the latter built and performed by [Jim Mothersbaugh](/source/Jim_Mothersbaugh).[3]

Some tracks are early versions of songs that Devo would later rerecord for their studio albums, including a few that became some of their best known (e.g. "[Jocko Homo](/source/Jocko_Homo)", "[Mongoloid](/source/Mongoloid_(song))"). However, the majority of the tracks were never revisited and remained unreleased until the *Hardcore Devo* compilations.

*Hardcore Devo: Volume One* was out of print for years; however, it was re-issued by Superior Viaduct in 2013, both as a vinyl release (May 2013) and a CD containing both volumes and bonus tracks (July 2013).[4]

## Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes of Superior Viaduct 2013 reissue:[2]

**Devo**

- [Gerald Casale](/source/Gerald_Casale) – vocals (2–4, 9–12, 14–15), backing vocals (5, 6, 7), bass guitar
- [Mark Mothersbaugh](/source/Mark_Mothersbaugh) – vocals (1, 5–8, 13), backing vocals (9, 14), synthesizer
- [Bob Mothersbaugh](/source/Bob_Mothersbaugh) – backing vocals (4–7, 9–10, 15), guitar
- [Jim Mothersbaugh](/source/Jim_Mothersbaugh) – drums (1–4, 7–11, 14)

**Additional personnel**

- [Bob Casale](/source/Bob_Casale) – additional guitar (5–6, 11, 13–15)
- [Alan Myers](/source/Alan_Myers_(drummer)) – drums (5–6, 12–13, 15)

**Technical**

Credits adapted from liner notes of original Rykodisc 1991 issue:[5]

- [Devo](/source/Devo) – engineers, mixing
- Barbara Watson – photography
- Koepke Design Group – package design
- [Bernie Grundman](/source/Bernie_Grundman) – mastering

Credits adapted from *Devo: The Brand* (2018):[6]

- Devo – photo concept, art direction
- Moshe Brakha – photography

## See also

- [Hardcore Devo: Volume Two](/source/Hardcore_Devo:_Volume_Two)

## References

1. Wenzel, John (June 18, 2014). ["Devo’s "hardcore" return to Denver prompted by tragedy, irreverence"](https://www.denverpost.com/2014/06/18/devos-hardcore-return-to-denver-prompted-by-tragedy-irreverence/). *[The Denver Post](/source/The_Denver_Post)*. Retrieved July 10, 2025.

1. [Devo](/source/Devo) (2013). *Hardcore* (CD liner notes). [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco): Superior Viaduct. SV026.

1. DJ Pangburn (August 13, 2020). ["The Synths and Studio Techniques of Devo"](https://reverb.com/news/the-synths-of-devo). *[Reverb.com](/source/Reverb.com)*. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

1. Pilmer, Michael (June 19, 2013). ["Hardcore DEVO Re-Issued On Vinyl and CD!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061816/http://www.clubdevo.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=4405:hardcore-devo-re-issued-on-12-vinyl&Itemid=27). [clubdevo.com](/source/Clubdevo.com). Archived from [the original](http://www.clubdevo.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=4405:hardcore-devo-re-issued-on-12-vinyl&Itemid=27) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

1. [Devo](/source/Devo) (1990). *Hardcore Devo Vol. 1 1974–1977* (CD liner notes). [Salem](/source/Salem,_Massachusetts): [Rykodisc](/source/Rykodisc). RCD 10188.

1. *DEVO: The Brand*. [London](/source/London): Rocket 88 Books. 2018. pp. 24–25. ISBN 9781910978016.

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