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#TBMTV: Devo On MTV In 1981

'We weren't potato farmers. We were potato observers.'

DEVO 1981 (Photo by Chris Walter/WireImage)

By Jessica Hopper

May 18, 2016 / 2:54 PM

Happy birthday to Devo cofounder Mark Mothersbaugh, born today in 1950. Here's Devo's very first appearance on "The Week in Rock," which aired August 4, 1981, the fourth day of MTV's existence.

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