 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakuvamba muna 1970, Bob Lewis naGerald Casale vakaumba pfungwa yekudzorerwa kworudzi rwomunhu pashure pokunge shamwari yaCasale Jeffrey Miller aurayiwa naOhio National Guardsmen vaipfura kuratidzira kwavadzidzi. Mothersbaugh akabatana naDevo muna 1974. Mushure mekunge boka racho raita shanduko shoma, Bob Mothersbaugh akava chikamu chevanhu vanozivikanwa zvikuru vashanu, vaisanganisira hama dzeCasale: Gerald naBob Bob 2 uye hama dzeMothersbaugh: Mark naBob Bob 1, pamwe chete nemudhiriri Alan Myers. Muna 1981, Mothersbaugh naDevo vakashanda sebhendi raToni Basil pa Shoko reMuromo, dambarefu rake rekutanga, iro raisanganisira shanduro dzenziyo nhatu dzeDevo, dzakanyorwa naBasil achiimba. 