Mark Mothersbaugh

She was born in Akron, Ohio.

Mothersbaugh was lead singer of the New Wave rock group Devo. After Devo dissolved in the 1980s, Mothersbaugh went on to a successful career as a writer of music for TV and movies. His credits include the soundtracks for the television show Pee Wee's Playhouse[?], Rugrats (both the TV series and the movies), MTV's Liquid Television, and many movies including Happy Gilmore[?], The Big Squeeze[?], Drop Dead Gorgeous[?], The Birdcage, Rushmore[?], and The Royal Tenenbaums. He has also written music for video games, including Crash Bandicoot[?].

Mothersbaugh also paints, in a style influenced by Surrealism and Andy Warhol.

External links

• Extensive interview from 1998 on Liveworld.com (http://www.liveworld.com/transcripts/Boxtop/8-26-1998.1-1)
• Biography (http://www.shef.ac.uk/~cm1jwb/mothers.htm)