“Uncontrollable Urge” is the theme song of the hit MTV show “Ridiculousness.” The song’s writer, Mark Mothersbaugh, a founding member of the ’80s group, Devo, makes $1 million per year in royalties ...

MTV launched on August 1, 1981. The Music Television Network gave a new dimension to songs as artists had the opportunity to pair videos with their music. Some of the videos wound up being the fabric ...

When Devo opened their 1978 album Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! with "Uncontrollable Urge", few listeners could have foreseen how much money it would generate decades down the line – especially ...

I got into Devo the way everyone should: Hearing “Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)” at a dive bar and feeling it in my bones. However, the legendary new wave band also have a banger called ...