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Kent State Shootings Led to Founding of Devo, Says Band’s Co-founder

The groundbreaking rock band Devo would never have been formed if it weren’t for the May 4, 1970, shootings by National Guardsmen at Kent State University. Gerald “Jerry” Casale, co-founder of Devo and a Ravenna native, was a KSU student at the time and was among the thousands of students protesting the Vietnam War that…