The WMMS-FM Halloween Party

The WMMS-FM Halloween Party was a 1975 private concert hosted by the Ohio based commercial radio station WMMS. The headliner of the evening was experimental jazz musician Sun Ra, with DEVO opening for him. Eddie Barger, the group's soundman had made connections to the station and booked the gig as a practical joke. He informed the hosts that DEVO were a slick Bad Company cover band, which of course they were not. The group performed the most devolved of all their material that night, and debuted Jocko Homo in an extended version that Mark Mothersbaugh recalls as being 25 - 30 minutes long.

Audio from the concert was officially released on the 1992 Live compilation album 'The Mongoloid Years'. This is an edited version of the show. Mark recalled Subhuman Woman lasting seven minutes (As it did at the 1974 Creative Arts Festival), but on the disc, including the instrumental renditions of Baby Talkin Bitches and Chango, it only lasts five. It is suspected that the full unedited concert lasted fifty minutes before the group were unplugged by a raging audience. Four weeks later the group performed a show at The Kent Student Center Kiva at Kent State University. This was the final show to feature Jim Mothersbaugh.

Setlist

 * Subhuman Woman (Casale) (Seven Minutes)
 * Baby Talkin' Bitches / Chango (Casale/B./M.Mothersbaugh) (1:38)
 * Bamboo Bimbo (Casale/M.Mothersbaugh) (3:21)
 * Beulah (Casale) (3:12)
 * Jocko Homo (M.Mothersbaugh) (25-30 Minutes)
 * I Need A Chick (Casale/Gregg) (6:12)

Credits

 * Gerald Casale: Songwriter, Bass Guitar, Lead vocals on 'Subhuman Woman', 'Beulah' & 'I Need A Chick'. Backing Vocals on 'Bamboo Bimbo' & 'Jocko Homo'
 * Mark Mothersbaugh: Songwriter, Clavinet, MiniMoog, Lead vocals on 'Bamboo Bimbo' & 'Jocko Homo'. Backing Vocals on 'Subhuman Woman' & 'Beulah'
 * Bob Mothersbaugh: Co-Songwriter, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals on 'Jocko Homo'
 * Jim Mothersbaugh: Drums