[lee martell]

I think the group DEVO was meant as a parody version of Kraftwerk. There was room for both back then.
Who can forget one of their biggest hits “Whip It!”

[Dr. Sivana]

I think the group DEVO was meant as a parody version of Kraftwerk.

No, Devo was a New Wave band with roots in punk. While Kraftwerk was trying to be Andy Warhol and Marshall McLuhan in its futurism (and taking it seriously), Devo was parodying bourgeois pop culture in a different manner, and were pretty much on the edge of being a novelty band. Their early backers were Brian Eno and Iggy Pop. Different branch of the electronica tree.

"Whip It!" doesn't quite catch the zeitgeist of the group. That would come more from "Jocko Homo", "Mongoloid" and "Freedom of Choice". Their music videos were often quite creative, my favorite being "Love Without Anger" which features Barbie happily throwing things at Ken in stop-action before tearing Ken's head off.