Posted Jul 1st 2008 8:36AM by TMZ Staff
Devo -- yep, as in '80s Bar Mitzvah stalwart Devo -- is red hot over a McDonald's Happy Meal toy that they say co-opts their most famous get-up.
The New-Wave band is whippin' mad over "New Wave Nigel," (left) a lil' singer guy who clearly wears one of their concentric "Energy Dome" hats. On their website, the Devo boys call the toy an "unbelievable rip-off."
The fast food behemoth had no comment as yet.
UPDATE: Devo's lawyer tells TMZ that there isn't any lawsuit being filed -- and there won't be. The matter has been "amicably resolved on mutually agreeable terms." The lawyer did not indicate whether she too wore an Energy Dome during billable hours.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: American Idol, AmericanIdol, Devo, McDonalds
Posted Dec 23rd 2005 11:30AM by TMZ Staff
By ALEX VEIGA, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES -- In 1978, Devo frontman Gerald Casale spotted his band's debut LP in a record store bin for the first time. He was struck by an undeniable thought: the band had made it.
"It's what you've been busting your butt for and finally, it happens," Casale said.
Seeing the latest release by his new group hit a virtual bin as a digital file on Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store was less than exciting by comparison.
"This time it's like window shopping," said Casale. His new music is distributed by Cordless Recordings, a new breed of label that has dumped CDs and other traditional formats in favor of offering music only online.
The strategy is meant to cut the cost of catapulting a new artist to fortune and fame by tapping the medium where young fans are finding music -- online.
"When you look at the cost of a major label signing an artist, it costs about a half-million dollars," said Jac Holzman, who founded Elektra Records in 1950 and now oversees Cordless, a unit of Warner Music Group. He said Cordless does it for "significantly less," but wouldn't be more specific.
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Tags: devo
