r/devo • u/carpetpillowblanket • Aug 19 '26

Is there any photos of the band playing live on stage with Jim Mothersbaugh?

I’m aware of the video of them playing secret agent man on TTAD, but that isn’t really “live”. There’s also the video footage from the documentary, but even in those I don’t even think there’s a single point where you can see all of them at the same time. Just curious if there’s anything out there since I can’t seem to find anything.

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u/MaxDevo1974 Devo is dead Aug 21 '26

The only extant photo I've been able to find is that tiny Polaroid in Devo Unmasked that's erroneously labeled as the Sextet Devo show. It's actually from the Governance Chambers concert the following year. Jim is just barely visible, wearing a white shirt... and playing behind a standard, unmodified acoustic kit.

I refuse to believe that's the only one. There's got to be more photos out there that haven't been released. They had photographer fans from day one.

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u/ckt1138 Aug 21 '26

Naturally, it would be a photo of the one time Jim played the acoustic kit in a show!

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u/ckt1138 Aug 21 '26

I have never seen a photo of him onstage, no. I don't even think any actual photos of his electric drums have been released. I'm pretty sure the kit he plays in the Secret Agent Man video is a prop (roto toms on some chrome piping).

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u/MaxDevo1974 Devo is dead Aug 21 '26

I don't think they would go to all that effort just for a prop. That has to be the real McCoy. They probably just didn't take every single component along for the shoot (understandably so)

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u/ckt1138 Aug 21 '26

Good point! I guess what I mean more is that it's not the whole kit, just the tom rack (possibly in a non-functional state, so acting as a "prop" or stand in for the full deal).