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Jungle Jim was a character performed by Jim Mothersbaugh

Jungle Jim appeared with three other DEVO personas in at least three confirmed shows in 1975.

The name "Jungle Jim" is a homophone of "jungle gym" (ie. monkey bars), with Jim being a heterograph of "gym"

References[]

  1. "DEVO (The De-evolution Band) 'How LOW can you go!' featuring Boogie Boy, China Man, Jungle Jim, & The Clown" Page 9 Advertisements. Daily Kent Stater. (1975, April 4). KSU library online archive. http://dks.library.kent.edu/cgi-bin/kentstate?a=d&d=dks19750404-01.2.37.1&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22Boogie+Boy%2c+China+Man%2c+Jungle+Jim%2c+%26+The+Clown%22------ (From archive.org).
  2. George Gimarc. Punk Diary, 1970-1979: The Ultimate Complete Day-By-Day Reference Guide to Punk. St. Martin's Press. (1994). They come out in their costumes as (Boogie) Boy, The Clown, Jungle Jim and The Chinaman. In the liner notes to the 1992 Ryko CD release "The Mongoloid Years," Mark remembers, "using homemade electronic drums, and a mini-moog, a clavinet, a customized lobotomized Hagstrom guitar, and bass, we proceed to torture stoned urban hippies with 'performance art' way before that label even existed..."
  3. Devo Live Guide 1973 to 1977. huboon.com/1973_77.html (From archive.org).


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