Jun 30, 2018 – Jul 1, 2018
Mosswood Park
Broadway and W MacArthur Blvd
Oakland, CA
Fred Armisen brought his vintage Club DEVO kit to DEVO rehearsals, which he purchased as a kid back in the early 1980s. Note his drum-damaged fingers with tape on ’em! Hard workin’ spud. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 27th, 2018.
The 2nd day of DEVO rehearsals at SIR Studios in Los Angeles was a full dress rehearsal. Mark and I got up early that morning to search around Mutato for a few props. Along the way we discovered part of his personal DEVO vinyl collection. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
Mark shows me some rejected DEVO art presented to the band by Warner Bros Records in the 1980s. Found in storage at Mutato Muzika. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
Mark also found a batch of old Booji Boy masks in storage at Mutato. Melted and dried out/stiff. They felt like hard plastic sculptures. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
Road-worn DEVO Moog at Mutato. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
Mark Mothersbaugh and I arrived at SIR Studios by 11am for the full dress rehearsal. First thing we did was to have Booji Boy try on his new penguin costume. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
Experience the dark underworld of a DEVO dress rehearsal. Booji Boy goes on the attack after trying on his penguin costume for the first time on June 28, 2018. See Devo-Obsesso get punched in the stomach! See Fred Armisen get karate-chopped in the chest!
Booji Boy, “THINK FAST!”
Fred: “Owwwww!!!”
Video by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
Booji Boy started throwing blows upon suiting up in his new penguin costume. He sometimes gets quite mischievous and violent.
Oh, that Booji.
Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
If you were a bird flying over Mark in a penguin costume as he laid on a couch, this is what it would look like. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
DEVO at dress rehearsal. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
DEVO runs through “Girl U Want” at dress rehearsal. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
DEVO plays “Girl U Want” at dress rehearsal. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
DEVO onstage at dress rehearsal. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
Fred Armisen onstage with DEVO at dress rehearsal. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
Video of Uncontrollable Urge at dress rehearsal. This is what it’s like to be the only one in the audience at a DEVO performance. Video by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
Josh Hager onstage with DEVO at dress rehearsal. Photo by Michael Pilmer/Devo-Obsesso. June 28th, 2018.
