Editing Devo (section)

=== 1996–2007: Reunion ===
In January 1996, Devo performed a reunion concert at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in [[Park City, Utah]]. The band performed on part of the 1996 [[Lollapalooza]] tour in the rotating Mystery Spot. On these tours and most subsequent tours, Devo performed a set-list mostly composed of material from between 1978 and 1982, ignoring their Enigma Records-era material. Also in 1996, Devo released a multimedia CD-ROM [[adventure game]], ''[[Adventures of the Smart Patrol]]'' with [[Inscape (publisher)|Inscape]]. The game was not a success, but the Lollapalooza tour was received well enough to allow Devo to return in 1997 as a headliner. Devo performed sporadically from 1997 onwards.

In 1999, the ''[[Oh, No! It's Devo]]'' era outtakes "Faster and Faster" and "One Dumb Thing", as well as the ''[[Shout (Devo album)|Shout]]'' era outtake "Modern Life", were restored, completed and used in the video game ''[[Interstate '82]]'', developed by [[Activision]] and released. Also that year, Mothersbaugh started the Devo side-project The Wipeouters, after their band in junior high,<ref>{{cite web |title=Devo Members Resurrect Junior-High Basement Band |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/9cxuck/devo-members-resurrect-junior-high-basement-band |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812015946/https://www.mtv.com/news/9cxuck/devo-members-resurrect-junior-high-basement-band |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |website=MTV |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=DEVO |url=https://juicemagazine.com/home/devo/ |access-date=12 August 2022 |work=Juice Magazine |date=1 September 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vaziri |first1=Aidin |title=POP QUIZ / Q & A with Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh |url=https://www.sfgate.com/music/popquiz/article/POP-QUIZ-Q-A-with-Devo-s-Mark-Mothersbaugh-2928777.php |access-date=12 August 2022 |work=[[SFGATE]] |date=22 April 2001}}</ref> featuring himself (keyboards, organ), Bob Mothersbaugh (guitar), Bob Casale (guitar), and [[Mutato Muzika]] composer [[Josh Mancell]] (drums). The Wipeouters performed the theme song to the [[Nickelodeon]] animated series ''[[Rocket Power]]'', and in 2001 they released an album of [[surf rock]] material, titled ''P'Twaaang!!!''.<ref name="Wipeouters ABC">{{cite web |last1=Gdula |first1=Steve |title=Devo Enters Time Warp With Wipeouters  |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=107199&page=1 |website=ABC News |access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Devo Members Reunite As Surf Band |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/devo-members-reunite-as-surf-band-80428/ |access-date=12 August 2022 |magazine=Billboard |date=7 March 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Blair |title=MARK MOTHERSBAUGH |url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/mark-mothersbaugh-365255 |access-date=12 August 2022 |work=Mixonline |date=1 August 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Devo Enters Time Warp With Wipeouters |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=107199 |website=ABC News |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=en |date=April 3, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kogon |first1=Bennett |title=Meet the Wipeouters: DEVO's surf-rock alter egos created for a children's show |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/meet_the_wipeouters |website=DangerousMinds |access-date=12 August 2022 |date=26 April 2017}}</ref>

By 2000, Devo's online fandom continued to grow, leading to 'DEVOtional', a Devo fan convention held annually in Cleveland, Ohio. The festival was most recently held in September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DEVOtional 2024 - Promo Page |url=https://devo-obsesso.com/html/news_pgs/devotional2024-promo.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 10, 2025 |website=devo-obsesso.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2005, Devo recorded a new version of "[[Whip It (Devo song)|Whip It]]" to be used in [[Swiffer]] television commercials, a decision they have said they regretted. During an interview with the ''[[Dallas Observer]]'', Gerald Casale said, "It's just aesthetically offensive. It's got everything a commercial that turns people off has."<ref>{{cite news |last=Dearmore |first=Kelly |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-08-17/music/jihad-jerry/ |title=Jihad Jerry |newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]] |date=August 17, 2006 |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-date=August 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811054936/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-08-17/music/jihad-jerry/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The song "[[Beautiful World (Devo song)|Beautiful World]]" was also used in a re-recorded form for an advertisement for [[Target Corporation|Target]] stores. Due to rights issues with their back catalog, Devo has re-recorded songs for films and advertisements.

In 2005, Gerald Casale announced his "solo" project, [[Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers]] (the Evildoers, including the other members of Devo), and released the first EP, ''[[Army Girls Gone Wild]]'' in 2006. A full-length album, ''[[Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers#Mine Is Not a Holy War (2006)|Mine Is Not a Holy War]]'', was released on September 12, 2006, after a several-month delay. It featured mostly new material, plus re-recordings of four obscure Devo songs: "I Need a Chick" and "I Been Refused" (from ''[[Hardcore Devo: Volume Two]]''), "Find Out" (which appeared on the single and EP of "[[Peek-a-Boo!]]" in 1982), and "Beehive" (which was recorded by the band in 1974, whereupon it was apparently abandoned, with the exception of one appearance at a special show in 2001). Devo continued to tour actively in 2005 and 2006,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.devo-obsesso.com/html/news_pgs/tour_05-1.html |title=Devo Live in 2005 |website=Devo-obsesso.com |access-date=August 13, 2015}}</ref> unveiling a new stage show at appearances in October 2006, with the Jihad Jerry character performing "Beautiful World" as an encore.

Also in 2006, Devo worked on a project with [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] known as [[Devo 2.0]]. A band of child performers was assembled and re-recorded Devo songs. A quote from the ''[[Akron Beacon Journal]]'' stated, "Devo recently finished a new project in cahoots with Disney called Devo 2.0, which features the band playing old songs and two new ones with vocals provided by children. Their debut album, a two disc CD/DVD combo entitled ''DEV2.0'', was released on March 14, 2006. The lyrics of some of the songs were changed for [[family-friendly]] airplay, which has been claimed by the band to be a play on irony of the messages of their classic hits."<ref>{{cite news |last=Abram |first=Malcolm X |url=http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/living/12412576.htm |title=Still DEVOlutionary |newspaper=[[Akron Beacon Journal]] |date=August 18, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026163419/http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/living/12412576.htm |archive-date=October 26, 2005}}</ref>

[[File:Devo.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Mark Mothersbaugh]] performing live with Devo at the [[Festival Internacional de Benicàssim]], 2007 (Gerald Casale [[Vacuum forming|vacuum forms]] [[thermoplastic]] using an Art Deco lamp as a mold, with a hat liner, to make the "energy" helmets)<ref>Gerald Casale, (1994-05-18) ''History of Rock and Roll'' Interview</ref>]]
In an April 2007 interview, Gerald Casale mentioned a tentative project for a [[biographical film]] about Devo's early days.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.getreadytorock.com/rock_stars/devo.htm |title=Interview: David Casale |website=Get Ready to Rock.com |access-date=August 13, 2015}}</ref> According to Casale, a script was supposedly in development, called ''The Beginning Was the End''. Devo played their first European tour since 1990 in the summer of 2007, including a performance at [[Festival Internacional de Benicàssim]].