Some more information has surfaced about the previously announced kid-friendly version of Devo.

The project is described as:

A strange, Corporate-Feudal experiment that attempts to bring the original DEVO music sensibility to children in the 5 to 8 year old demographic range. […] The band is composed of 5 talented kids ranging in age from 10 to 12 years old. They are able to play and sing. DEVO produced the music for them and Gerald Casale directed all of the videos for the DVD which was funded by Buena Vista Records, a division of the Disney Company.

The album, set for a March 17th release via Disney Sound, is said to include many of their "hits", including the classic "Whip It", as well as two new originals, entitled "Cyclops" and "The Winner". The album will be accompanied by a DVD of live and animated videos directed by bassist and co-founder Gerry Casale. A promotional page can be found here.

Some lyrical changes will also appear:

In "Through Being Cool", for instance, the line "eliminate the ninnies and the twits" is changed to "eliminate the time you waste in cliques", and the innuendo-filled "Girl U Want" is completely re-written and sanitized as "Boy U Want" (although the video to "Girl U Want" appears on the official website). The song "Beautiful World" remains mostly unchanged until the end, where the line "it's a beautiful world … for you, but not for me" becomes "for you… I guess me too".

Since Devo became somewhat inactive after their last album, Smooth Noodle Maps in 1990, Casale has directed a number of music videos, most famously for Foo Fighters, while singer/keyboardist and co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh saw success writing and producing music for children's programs, most famously for Nikelodeon's Rugrats, and was the composer for the third season of Dawson's Creek.

A review of one of their early albums can be found here: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo.