1974

January

 * 1st: The Beginning Was the End is published in the USA & UK.

Early

 * Jim Mothersbaugh joins DEVO

April

 * DEVO record a demo tape containing 'I'm a Potato', 'Ono' & 'All of Us'.
 * DEVO record a demo tape containing ' The Rope Song ', & 'Be Stiff '
 * 23rd: DEVO make their debut at The Kent State 1974 Creative Arts Festival. This show features with Gerald V. Casale, Bob Lewis, Bob Casale as well as Mark, Bob, & Jim Mothersbaugh.
 * Sometime after this Bob Lewis retires from performing duties, and becomes the band's manager.
 * Bob Casale leaves DEVO.

May - August

 * Unreleased demos, 'Everything's Gonna Be OK', 'Total Luv' & 'Pigs Waddle', are recorded.


 * DEVO perform at the Kent State University Governance Chambers.
 * DEVO record a demo for 'I Need A Chick '

October

 * DEVO perform at Shelly's Book Bar in Kent, Ohio.

Late

 * DEVO perform at The Kove, in Kent, Ohio
 * DEVO perform at J.B's benefit for Shelly's Book Bar.
 * DEVO perform in Akron, Ohio. This is one of the first bootlegged DEVO concerts.
 * DEVO record a demo tape containing 'Jocko Homo', 'Buttered Beauties', 'Can U Take It?', 'A Plan for U', 'I Been Refused', 'Man From the Past' & 'Doghouse Doghouse'
 * Unreleased demos for 'Lost at Home', 'Smart Patrol', 'Auto Modown' 'Race of Doom', & 'Falling In Love Again' are recorded.