Talk:Bob Lewis (musician)

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In Lewis's essay, usually titled "Devo: The First Postmodern Band," he refers to The Guess Who's American Woman album, and he also refers to an "esoteric" "Jocko Homo" pamphlet that circulated in Kent. Any casual Devo fan is familiar with the hit song, "Jocko Homo." But what is the significance of Jocko, a character from the last song on side A of American Woman, to devolution?

Does anyone have this pamphlet or know where I could get it? Perhaps the Kent State library?

The Wiki article says Bob is reclusive, so it seems I have hardly any chance of getting ahold of Bob. But if anyone knows how to find him, I eagerly would like to ask him just a couple questions.

Ideas?

-Daniel Doyle, danieldoyle@arkansasrecords.net

[Three minutes later, no kidding]: I find this. A little google goes a long way.

So "Jocko Homo Heavenbound" was a rightwing satirical pamphlet by F.W. Alden in reaction to Darwin, establishing the devolution theory that Lewis, Casale and co. would one day take seriously with their own twist.

Here is where we need a subscription to the OED website. Because Alden site says Jocko Homo was a slang term, and if one googles "Jocko," he finds all sorts of recurrences.

Here's what I think happened. I think they'd found the Jocko Homo pamphlet in an anthropology class, and I think by coincidence they had also listened to the Guess Who and heard the name Jocko, and they thought the coincidence was funny. But I could be completely wrong and it could be way more than coincidence to Lewis. That's why I wish Lewis would speak up. Hey dude, what's up?


 * Bob Lewis' email address is bobdevo@aol.com. He's usually likely to answer.

DEVO timeline
The discovery of both the Jocko Homo pamphlet and Oscar Kiss Maerth's In The Beginning Was The End both occurred long after DEVO and the theory of de-evolution had been postulated. Gerald Casale and I were vaguely aware in 1970 of Maerth's book due to a review in Time Magazine, but it was not until years later that Gerry discovered a copy in a book store in New York City.

As for Jocko, Ian SHort, an art professor at Kent State who knew me and Casale found the pamphlet and gave it to Mark MOthersbaugh, who was in one ofhis classes, to bring to our attention..

In one sense, the Jocko Homo pamphlet is anti-Devo, as it reflects an anti-evolution/anti-science bent that is at odds with the underpinnings of DEVO, which is based upon the scientific method and a belief in rationality above superstition.

Bob Lewis

Lewis as paralegal
Why does someone keep removing the fact that Lewis works as a paralegal? Please keep this information in the article. It is verified information, and it is certainly as relevant to who Bob Lewis is, as much as the fact that he wrote an article for a magazine 20-odd years ago (which remains in the article). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.76.83.64 (talk) 01:40, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Why is the page so vague about why/how he sued Devo? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.202.150.152 (talk) 03:43, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

DEVO'S ENTIRE Catalogue Attached To Bob Lewis??
I mean, seriously , isn't that like attaching Stuart Sutcliffe to every post 1962 Beatles release?

Bob's contributions to DEVO - as credited - appear to be:

(As writer): "The Rope Song" (with Gerald Casale )& "Be Stiff" (with Gerald Casale). Both appearing on the release "DEVO Hardcore Vol.2"

(As performer):"The Rope Song" (additional guitar) & "All Of Us" (additional guitar)- Both appearing on the release "DEVO Hardcore Vol.2"

No writing or performing credits post 1974.

"Be Stiff" has been released as a single, and on a few compilations ,( He IS credited as a writer on said releases.) .. but does that warrant attaching the entire DEVO catalogue to him?

Credit where credit is due! Harvey J Satan (talk) 00:14, 16 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Devo's entire catalogue should not be attached to Robert Lewis. Nor should this page's infobox attach to Lewis every musical style Devo

subsequently used. Should the musical genre "new wave" be removed? The Devo music Lewis recorded and performed doesn't include new wave, does it?

Gerald says Robert Lewis was "folk-oriented" ref http://www.realclearlife.com/music/gerald-casale-takes-devo-seriously/. Could folk/protest music be listed as a personal preference, apart from his contribution to Devo music? 204.38.4.80 (talk) 20:57, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

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