L to R: Gerald Casale, Josh Hagar, Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Mothersbaugh of DEVO perform at Way Out West Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden on Aug. 10, 2023. Photo: Rune Hellestad, Corbis/Getty. SAN FRANCISCO — “It’s not a farewell tour, it’s a welfare tour,” DEVO frontman Mark Mothersbaugh explains while…

Devo performs at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco on Nov. 5, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — “Who here believes in devolution?” DEVO bassist Gerald Casale asked the crowd midway through the band’s set Sunday at the Golden Gate Theatre. “You don’t have to look far for…

In January of 1977 Devo’s guitarist, Bob Casale, came up with a riff. By the end of the afternoon the band had morphed it into their version of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” They weren’t covering the song, they were, in their words, “correcting it.” David…