Mark Mothersbaugh的音乐生涯可以被载入教科书。他最初是划时代的原创摇滚组合DEVO的创始人之一,也是乐队主唱。30多年来,Mark Mothersbaugh一直是流行音乐文化中的常青树。自Mothersbaugh从流行乐坛教父级人物转型为作曲家以来,他已经为不少当今最经典的电影谱曲。其中包括:《Bottlerocket》、《Rushmore》、《The Royal Tennenbaums》。DEVO的经典音乐影响着整整一代年轻人,包括《Uncontrollable Urge》、《Girl U Want》、《Whip It》和《Freedom of Choice》等,而Mark为著名电视节目《Rug Rats》的配乐,更是萦绕在几代人的心中。当然,这只是Mark为众多节目创作的乐曲中的其中一部分。他的创作不胜枚举,节目包括《Pee Wee’s Playhouse》、《Big Love》和《Eureka》等。他还为电脑游戏《Sims 2》作曲。Mark 对TV 电视广告的制作也是情有独钟,拍摄数量逐年递增。目前Mothersbaugh和太太及两个女儿居住在好莱坞。
by Jason Ankeny
The mastermind behind Devos ironic and provocative electronic pop, Mark Mothersbaugh later enjoyed success composing for film and television. In keeping with Devos dehumanized, automaton image, Mothersbaugh obscured the details of his upbringing, although it is known he co-founded the group in 1972 with keyboardist Jerry Casale, a fellow art student at Kent State University. A pioneering force behind the marriage of music and video, Devos futuristic image and robotic pop sound underscored their stated (albeit tongue-in-cheek) belief in mankinds cultural de-evolution. With their deliberately soulless 1978 cover of the Rolling Stones Satisfaction, the group landed a contract with major label Warner Bros. The album Freedom of Choice went platinum on the strength of the bands million-selling pop hit Whip It, but after subsequent efforts appeared to diminishing critical and commercial returns, Devo disappeared for the better part of the mid-80s. Mothersbaugh then moved into composing commercial jingles and soundtracks, scoring the childrens television favorites Pee-Wees Playhouse and Rugrats in addition to feature films like Bottle Rocket, Happy Gilmore, and Rushmore. He resumed his Devo activities with 1988s Total Devo and occasionally re-formed the group over the decade to follow; Mothersbaugh additionally opened his own Los Angeles-based production company, Mutato Muzika.