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Doodle created by New Wave Rock Band Devo co-founder and lead singer, Mark Mothersbaugh
- Item Number
- 102
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 220 USD to Mtnsguy
- Number of Bids
- 10 - Bid History
Item Description
One of the most recognizable new wave songs of the 70's, and perhaps of all time, is Devo's "Whip It." And now you can own this original doodle from the co-founder and lead singer of the band, Mark Mothersbaugh. Mark has included that famous lyric "When a problem comes along, you must Whip It" on this special one-of-a-kind rock history doodle. View the original "Whip It" music video at YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbt30UnzRWw (cut and paste to your browser)
Mark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American musican, composer, singer and painter. He is the co-founder of the new wave rock band Devo and has been its lead singer since 1972. His other musical projects include work for television series, films, and video games.
History: Mothersbaugh attended Kent State as an art student, where he met Devo co-founders Jerry Casale and Bob Lewis. In early 1970, Lewis and Casale formed the idea of the "devolution" of the human race; Mothersbaugh, intrigued by the concept, joined them, building upon it with elements of early poststructuralist ideas and oddball arcana, most notably unearthing the infamous Jocko-Homo Heavenbound pamphlet (the basis for the song Jock-Homo). This culminated in 1973, when the trio started to play music as Devo.
Since Devo, Mothersbaugh has developed a successful career writing musical scores for film and television. In film, he has worked frequently with filmmaker Wes Anderson, and scored most of his feature films (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou).
His music has been a staple of the children's television shows Rugrats, Beakman's World, Santo Bugito and Clifford the Big Red Dog. He also wrote the new theme song for the original Felix the Cat show when it was sold to Broadway Video, some music for Pee-Wee's Playhouse in 1990 and the theme song for the Super Mario World TV series for DiC Entertainment in 1991.
Item Special Note
Doodle size is 8.5" x 11" on Premium 67 lb. Vellum Bristol Paper.
Item will ship along with Certificate of Authenticity within five days after the close of the auction to the address you provide. Shipping and handling is additional $2.50. This cost is not included in the final bid and will be applied separately.
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