Outfits
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[edit] SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THIS PAGE
Due to it having the potential to be an amazing mess, I'm going to turn this into a simple list of the various tour outfits after I relocate all outfit descriptions to pages describing certain tours.
[edit] 1979 (Duty Now For The Future)
White shirts emblazoned with the Duty Now For The Future insignia, white pants, and silver visors.
[edit] 1981 (New Traditionalists)
Blue short-sleeved polo shirts (black sleeves and collar) with DEVO on the left breast, beige slacks, and NuTra Pompadors. These were plastic hair pieces based on John F. Kennedy's hairline; the most famous version was black, but DEVO performed at least one concert in red pomps.
[edit] 1982 (Oh, No! It's DEVO)
Black t-shirt and pants, with spudrings. At this point, Mark Mothersbaugh often left his hair wild and unbrushed and sported a wild-eyed look, looking shockingly similar to Syd Barrett. At the start of the second set, the band sported energy domes and repaced the spudrings with white shirts. During Jocko Homo, these were removed to show the black t-shirts without rings. Booji Boy wore a smaller, inverted spudring (more similar to an anti-biting collar put on pets after surgery) and wore a long dress with a potato-head pattern.
[edit] 1984
There was no tour, although publicity photos do show white long-sleeved coats and pants with the oscilloscope icon on the left breast. Additionally, the laserdisc promo featured wigs, fake half-faces, and colored business suits.
[edit] 1988 (Total Devo)
Until Happy Guy, the band sported red (sometimes blue on the cover art) jackets and pants with the Total DEVO "Happy or Not" icon on the collar. Then the coats were removed, revealing t-shirts with a larger "Happy or Not" on the back. These entire uniforms often turned from red to yellow depending on the lighting system, which often changed mid-song. For the encore, energy domes returned (with the exception of Mark during Booji's Beautiful World; Booji Boy wore a long yellow gown with his name on it.) The t-shirts were yellow with a small smile-frown on front and a larger Happy or Not logo with the words "TOTAL DEVO" on the back, whereas the shirts were clearly red. Booji Boy wore a long gown with his name on it, plus sunglasses.
[edit] 1989
No noticable change.
[edit] 1990 (Smooth Noodle Maps)
The promotional photos and videos feature business suits of varying color (pink, red, orange, yellow, and black). In concert, the group wore white shorts and T-shirts made of a paper-like material.
[edit] 1996
Striped prisoners uniforms.
[edit] 1997 to 2001
(Lollapalooza 1997 shows) Yellow radiation suits from 1978, plus energy domes.
Black shorts & booji boy t's underneath.
[edit] 2002
Black jackets and t-shirts, black pants, and energy domes. By now, Mark has a grey moustache.
[edit] 2004 (Nike tour)
Blue shirts and pants with blue energy domes or pompadors. Nike specially manufactured blue energy domes and pomps for the tour. This was the latest tour to feature the squared 3D glasses. also manufactured by Nike.
[edit] 2005-Now
Energy domes and yellow radiation suits - very much like the 1978 outfits - some with "DEVO" on right breast, others on the left. (Exception; Jihad Jerry wore a grey business suit and a turban.) Before long, Mark Mothersbaugh starts ripping of pieces of his suit and those of the other band members. Eventually the remnants of the suits are removed (and, along with the Energy Domes, tossed into the audience), revealing the black shorts, socks, knee pads, and t-shirts (also emblazoned with "DEVO"). --Albuquerque show, 8/24/2006
[edit] Noteworthy Recurring Concepts
[edit] Memorable Accessories
- Square "3-D" style glasses (seen on Satisfaction video)
- Goggles worn by Mark
- Oh, no! It's DEVO novelty glasses
