1974

=== January ===
* 1st: The Beginning Was the End is published in the USA & UK.
=== Early ===
* Jim Mothersbaugh joins Devo
=== April ===
* Devo record a demo tape containing 'I'm a Potato', 'Ono' & 'All of Us'.
* Devo record a demo tape containing 'The Rope Song', & 'Be Stiff'
* 23rd: Devo make their debut at The Kent State 1974 Creative Arts Festival. This show features with Gerald Casale, Bob Lewis, Bob Casale as well as Mark, Bob, & Jim Mothersbaugh.
* Sometime after this Bob Lewis retires from performing duties, and becomes the band's manager.
*Bob Casale leaves Devo.
=== May - August ===
* Unreleased demos, 'Everything's Gonna Be OK', 'Total Luv' & 'Pigs Waddle', are recorded.
* Devo perform at the Kent State University Governance Chambers.
* Devo record a demo for 'I Need A Chick'
=== October ===
* Devo perform at Shelly's Book Bar in Kent, Ohio.
=== Late ===
* Devo perform at The Kove, in Kent, Ohio
* Devo perform at J.B's benefit for Shelly's Book Bar.
* Devo perform in Akron, Ohio. This is one of the first bootlegged Devo concerts.
* Devo record a demo tape containing 'Jocko Homo', 'Buttered Beauties', 'Can U Take It?', 'A Plan for U', 'I Been Refused', 'Man From the Past' & 'Doghouse Doghouse'
* Unreleased demos for 'Lost at Home', 'Smart Patrol', 'Auto Modown' 'Race of Doom', & 'Falling In Love Again' are recorded.
Category:Years
Category:Pre-Warner (1972 - 1977)