Bob Casale's Keyboards and Synthesizers

A Roland S-50 can been seen on the bottom of Bob's keyboard rack in this image. Bob used this S-50 from 1988 (the year this photo was taken) to 1991 (whenever DEVO broke up). This S-50 also shows up in the "Disco Dancer" music video.

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Pictured: Bob 2 playing his Roland D-50 in 2004.

This D-50 was used from 1988 to 2006. From 1988-1991 it was paired up with a Roland S-50, which was on the lower tier of Bob 2's keyboard stand.

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Bob Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh would share this Prophet-5 throughout shows from 1978-1982.

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Bob used this Jupiter-8 as his main synth during the 1981 and 1982 tours. It was also used by Mark for the sounds in "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7-KDboeWCE), which was a job done by a Minimoog during previous years.

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In a user-uploaded photo from around 1981, Bob Casale is seen holding a Moog Liberation synthesizer.

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In the official video for DEVO's song "The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surprize," in shots where the band is playing, Bob Casale is using the Mego Muson Synthesizer propped up on a custom stand to pantomime one of the lead synthesizer lines.

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In the video for "Time Out For Fun" by DEVO, Bob Casale can be seen pantomiming synth lines on a Roland SH-101 with the keytar grip attachment. He also uses the SH-101 in the videos for "That's Good", and "Peek-A-Boo" as well as using the SH-101 in pantomimed performances during the Oh No era in TV appearances such as Season 1, Episode 9 of the 1982 sitcom Square Pegs, "Muffy's Bat Mitzvah, where he appears with the band to perform "That's Good"

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Album Credits

  • Devo 2.0

    Devo 2.0

    Devo 2.0 · 2006

    Mixing Engineer Recording Engineer
  • Feelings

    Feelings

    David Byrne · 1997

    Engineer

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