Devo (pronounced either DEE-vo or de-VO, sometimes spelled Dev-O and often "DEVO") is an American rock music music group formed in Akron, Ohio in 1972.
Their style has been variously classified as punk, industrial and rock, but are most often considered to be the 70s/early 80s New Wave band that ushered in the synth pop of the 1980s, along with other acts such as Gary Numan, Oingo Boingo, and The B-52's.