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=== 2007β2013: ''Something for Everybody'' === In December 2007, Devo released their first new single since 1990, "[[Watch Us Work It]]", which was featured in a commercial for [[Dell]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.modulatethis.com/2007/08/synth-pioneers--1.html |title=Synth Pioneers DEVO New Song "Watch Us Work It" in Dell Commercial |date=August 4, 2007 |website=ModulateThis.com |access-date=August 13, 2015}}</ref> The song features a sampled drum track from the ''New Traditionalists'' song "The Super Thing". Casale said that the song was chosen from a batch that the band was working on, and that it was the closest the band had been to releasing a new album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=August 2010 |title=The secret history of Devo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bCBYl1V2xAC&dq=watch+us+work+it+devo+Casale&pg=PA78 |magazine=[[Spin Magazine]] |page=78 |access-date=23 July 2022}}</ref> [[File:Devo two.jpg|thumb|right|Devo performing live at [[Festival Hall (Melbourne)|Festival Hall]], in [[Melbourne]], Australia, 2008: Casale and Mothersbaugh.]] Devo performed at the [[South by Southwest]] (SXSW) festival in March 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/devo-sxsw |title=Devo at SXSW |date=January 17, 2009 |website=Gratefulweb.com |access-date=August 13, 2015}}</ref> unveiling a new stage show with synchronized video backdrops (similar to the 1982 tour), new costumes, and three new songs: "Don't Shoot, I'm a Man!", "What We Do", and "Fresh". On September 16, Warner Bros. and Devo announced rereleases of ''Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!'' and ''Freedom of Choice'', as well as a subsequent tour, where they would perform both albums in their entirety.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-devo/devo-inks-new-record-deal-suits-up-for-tour-idUSTRE58G0U120090917 |title=Devo inks new record deal, suits up for tour |date=September 17, 2009 |first=Gary |last=Graff |website=Reuters |access-date=August 13, 2015}}</ref> A new album, ''[[Something for Everybody (Devo album)|Something for Everybody]]'', was eventually released on June 15, 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-for-everybody-mw0001996359 |title=Devo - Something for Everybody Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> preceded by a 12-inch single of "Fresh"/"What We Do" on June 10.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fresh-what-we-do-mw0002282797/releases |title=Fresh/What We Do - Devo |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> Devo was awarded the first [[Robert Moog|Moog]] Innovator Award on October 29, during [[Moogfest]] 2010 in [[Asheville, North Carolina]]. The Moog Innovator Award has been said to celebrate "pioneering artists whose genre-defying work exemplifies the bold, innovative spirit of Bob Moog".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moogfest.com/2010/news/moogfest-2010-announces-devo-as-recipient-of-moog-innovation-award |title=MoogFest 2010 Announces Devo as Recipient of Moog Innovation Award |website=Moogfest.com |date=September 8, 2010 |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112154806/http://moogfest.com/2010/news/moogfest-2010-announces-devo-as-recipient-of-moog-innovation-award |archive-date=November 12, 2011}}</ref> Devo was scheduled to perform at Moogfest, but Bob Mothersbaugh severely injured his hand three days prior, and the band was forced to cancel. Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale collaborated with [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]-based band [[the Octopus Project]] to perform "Girl U Want" and "Beautiful World" at the event instead.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/arts/music/02moog.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 |title=Honoring the Moment When Music Met Moog |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 1, 2010 |access-date=August 19, 2011}}</ref> The band split from Warner Bros in 2012 and launched a new "post-Warner Brothers" website that would offer "new protective gear" and "unreleased material from the archives in vinyl disc format".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clubdevo.com/tmppage/general_boy.html |title=From the Desk of General Boy |date=March 1, 2012 |website=ClubDevo.com |access-date=March 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304032156/http://clubdevo.com/tmppage/general_boy.html |archive-date=March 4, 2012}}</ref> In August of that year, the band released a single called "Don't Roof Rack Me, Bro (Seamus Unleashed)", dedicated to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]]'s former pet dog Seamus. The title refers to the [[Mitt Romney dog incident]] of 1983, when Romney travelled twelve hours with the dog in a crate on his car's roof rack.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bruce|first=Mary|date=August 16, 2012|title=Devo Backs Seamus: 'Don't Roof Rack Me, Bro!'|website=ABC News|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/devo-backs-seamus-dont-roof-rack-me-bro/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624073112/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/devo-backs-seamus-dont-roof-rack-me-bro/|archive-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref> On June 24, 2013, the group's former drummer Alan Myers died of [[stomach cancer]]<ref name="Myers"/><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Alan Myers Dies Of Stomach Cancer |first=Andy |last=Doerschuk |date=June 26, 2013 |url=http://www.drummagazine.com/news/post/alan-myers-dies-of-brain-cancer/ |magazine=Drum Magazine |access-date=July 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723033701/http://www.drummagazine.com/news/post/alan-myers-dies-of-brain-cancer/ |archive-date=July 23, 2013 }}</ref> in Los Angeles, California. He was 58. News reports at the time of his death incorrectly cited [[Brain tumor|brain cancer]] as the cause.<ref name="Myers" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Randall |title=Alan Myers, longtime Devo drummer, has died |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-long-time-devo-drummer-alan-myers-has-died-20130626,0,238028.story |date=June 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627002716/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-long-time-devo-drummer-alan-myers-has-died-20130626%2C0%2C238028.story |archive-date=June 27, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Devo drummer Alan Myers dies of brain cancer |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/devo-drummer-alan-myers-dies-brain-cancer |website=Associated Press |date=June 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630003417/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/devo-drummer-alan-myers-dies-brain-cancer |archive-date=June 30, 2013 }}</ref> One month later, Devo released their ''[[Something Else for Everybody]]'' album, which collected "Unreleased Demos and Focus Group Rejects" from 2006β2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DEVO Music |website=Clubdevo.com|url=http://www.clubdevo.com/devo-music/|access-date=October 27, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> Gerald Casale had earlier teased the album in a 2012 interview with ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Flanary|first=Patrick|date=August 23, 2012|title=Devo Parts With Warner Bros., Bites Romney in New Song|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/480289/devo-parts-with-warner-bros-bites-romney-in-new-song|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 22, 2013}}</ref>
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