Devo Creates The Wipeouters

03/08/2001 12:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Darren Davis

(3/8/01, 12 p.m. ET) - Mark Mothersbaugh has reunited with the members of Devo to create the Wipeouters, a fictional band in the spirit of Spinal Tap, which supposedly went on to form Devo. The Wipeouters' album P'Twaang! is slated to hit stores April 24. The band's album is filled with songs such as "Wedgie Wipeout," "Nubie Boardsmen," "Ravin' Surf," "Shut Up Little Man," and the title track.

The Wipeouters claim to be founders of "north coast" surf music. The album may have a video component, but nothing has been confirmed. P'Twaang! was recorded at Mark Mothersbaugh's Mutado Musica studio in West Hollywood, California.

Original drummer Jim Mothersbaugh is replaced by Josh Mancell, but the rest of the Devo lineup is intact for the Wipeouters.

-- Darren Davis, New York

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