Bob Mothersbaugh, Jr. (born
Robert Leroy Mothersbaugh, Jr., August 11, 1952,
AkronAkron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. In 2008, its population was estimated to be 207,510. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south, approximately 60 miles west of...
,
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), or "
Bob 1", is the lead
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player and occasional vocalist for
DevoDevo , often spelled DEVO or DEV-O, is an American New Wave band formed in Akron, Ohio in 1973. They are best known for their 1980 hit "Whip It", which made it to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart...
and younger brother of lead vocalist
Mark MothersbaughMark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American musician, composer, singer and painter. He was a member of the new wave band Devo for many years. His other musical projects include work for television series, films, and video games.- Career :...
. He went on to be part of the music production company
Mutato MuzikaMutato Muzika is a music production company established in 1989 by Devo co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh.While all Devo members from Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald V...
.
Following Devo's breakup in 1991, Mothersbaugh started his own band called The Bob I Band, recording an unreleased
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with the
drummerA drummer is a person who plays drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays classical or Latin percussion. Most bands for Rock, Pop, Jazz, R&B etc...
, David Kendrick.
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Bob Mothersbaugh, Jr. (born
Robert Leroy Mothersbaugh, Jr., August 11, 1952,
AkronAkron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. In 2008, its population was estimated to be 207,510. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south, approximately 60 miles west of...
,
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
), or "
Bob 1", is the lead
guitarThe guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
player and occasional vocalist for
DevoDevo , often spelled DEVO or DEV-O, is an American New Wave band formed in Akron, Ohio in 1973. They are best known for their 1980 hit "Whip It", which made it to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart...
and younger brother of lead vocalist
Mark MothersbaughMark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American musician, composer, singer and painter. He was a member of the new wave band Devo for many years. His other musical projects include work for television series, films, and video games.- Career :...
. He went on to be part of the music production company
Mutato MuzikaMutato Muzika is a music production company established in 1989 by Devo co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh.While all Devo members from Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald V...
.
Other work
Following Devo's breakup in 1991, Mothersbaugh started his own band called The Bob I Band, recording an unreleased
albumAn album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites.-...
with the
drummerA drummer is a person who plays drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays classical or Latin percussion. Most bands for Rock, Pop, Jazz, R&B etc...
, David Kendrick. The tapes were lost, though a bootleg of the band is circulating.
Mothersbaugh produces
soundtrackA soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized...
s for
filmFilm encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects....
and
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
, such as the animated television series
RugratsRugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series premiered on Sunday August 11, 1991 and aired its last episode on Tuesday June 8, 2004....
as part of the aforementioned company Mutato Muzika.