Booji Boy

Booji Boy is a character created around 1975 by New Wave band Devo. He resembles a simian child, typically in an orange nuclear protection suit, is portrayed by Devo lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh in a mask, and is the son of the fictitious General Boy. The intent of the figure is to satirize infantile regression in Western culture, a quality Devo enjoyed elucidating. This character was introduced in the movie The Complete Truth About De-Evolution.

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The name is pronounced "Boogie Boy"?the strange spelling resulted when the band was using letraset to produce captions for a film, and ran out of the letter G.

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Booji Boy continued to feature in the band's visual imagery throughout their career, for example he plays a prominent role in the video of their 1981 single Beautiful World, and appeared on stage in a live Devo concert as recently as 2004.

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'Booji Boy' was also the name of the independent label DEVO used to record their earliest songs. The following vinyl releases were sold under the 'Booji Boy' banner:

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• Mongoloid Jocko Homo B-Side
• (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') B-Side
• Be Stiff EP (Contains previous two Booji Boy releases and Stiff Records 'Be Stiff' single)
• Mechanical Man
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New Wave: The term "New Wave" has been used to describe several movements in art. These include:...

Devo: Devo (The De-Evolution Band) is a proto-industrial New Wave/Rock band originating from Akron, Ohio, whose first performance was in 1972. Co-founders Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Bob Casale, were students at Kent State University at the time the National Guard shot and killed students at a p...

Mark Mothersbaugh: Mark Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950, in Akron, Ohio) is an American musician, composer, singer, and painter....




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