Gerald Casale

Gerald Vincent Pizzute was born on July 28, 1948, in Ravenna, Ohio. He was born with the last name Pizzute because his father, Bob, had legally changed his name (his birth name having been Robert Edward Casale) to that of his foster parents. Four years after Gerald's birth, his father changed his name back to his birth name. Gerald Casale grew up in Kent, Ohio and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1966.{{cite news|title=DEVO's Seminal 1975 Night on Kent State's Front Campus|last=Prufer|first=Jason|url=http://kent.patch.com/blog_posts/devos-seminal-1975-night-on-kent-states-front-campus|work=Kent Patch|publisher=Patch Media|date=August 7, 2011|access-date=March 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907234505/http://kent.patch.com/groups/jason-prufers-blog/p/bp--devos-seminal-1975-night-on-kent-states-front-campus|archive-date=September 7, 2013}}

Prior to Devo, Casale had played bass guitar with The Numbers Band. He caused friction in the band by suggesting that they should incorporate advertising jingles and other "low culture" elements into their music.{{Cite web |title=Devo's Gerald Casale |url=https://www.avclub.com/devos-gerald-casale-1798220723 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=The A.V. Club |date=June 30, 2010 |language=en-us}} After leaving the Numbers Band and graduation, Casale attended Kent State University, majoring in art (focusing on fine/performing arts and fashion-related studies). In the late 1960s, he was a self-described hippie until the May 4, 1970, shootings. Being involved with Freshman orientation at the KSU Honors College, he personally knew two of the victims, Jeffrey Miller and Allison Krause, and was near Krause when she was shot.{{cite news |last1=Sommer|first1=Tim | title= How the Kent State massacre helped give birth to punk rock |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-the-kent-state-massacre-changed-music/2018/05/03/b45ca462-4cb6-11e8-b725-92c89fe3ca4c_story.html |newspaper= Washington Post |access-date=May 3, 2018 |date=May 8, 2018}} Casale described that day in multiple interviews as being "the day I stopped being a hippie".{{cite web |last=Knight |first=Brian L. |year=2005 |title=Oh Yes, It's Devo: An Interview with Jerry Casale |work=The Vermont Review |access-date=April 14, 2015 |url=http://vermontreview.tripod.com/Interviews/devo.htm}} Together with Bob Lewis, Casale used the shooting as a catalyst to develop the concept of De-evolution, forming the band Devo in 1973.{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/mark-mothersbaugh-explains-how-tragedy-inspired-devo-in-animated-clip-20150306|publisher=RollingStone|title=Mark Mothersbaugh Explains How Tragedy Inspired Devo in Animated Clip|author=Kreps, Daniel|date=March 6, 2015|access-date=January 6, 2016}} Casale was the oldest member of the band. He has said that David Bowie's 1974 album Diamond Dogs and its subsequent tour inspired him to "raise the bar" for his work with Devo, stating, "I had seen what it takes to combine theater, concept and music in a three-stage rocket to mind-blowing effect."{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2022/12/5-albums-i-cant-live-without-gerald-v-casale-of-devo/ |last=Lentini |first=Liza |title=5 Albums I Can't Live Without: Gerald V. Casale of DEVO |website=Spin |date=December 16, 2022 |access-date=December 9, 2023}}

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Initially featuring Casale (bass), Mark Mothersbaugh (vocals), and Mark's brothers Bob (lead guitar) and Jim (electronic drums), the band eventually solidified around the lineup of Casale, his brother Bob (second guitarist), Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh, and drummer Alan Myers.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/devo-mn0000249973/biography |last=Huey |first=Steve |title=Devo Biography, Songs, & Albums |website=AllMusic |access-date=December 6, 2022}} On October 14, 1978, Devo appeared on American variety show Saturday Night Live to promote their debut album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978), which significantly increased their exposure.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/devo-snl-40th-anniversary-satisfaction-716108/ |last=Grow |first=Kory |title=Flashback: Watch Devo Bring 'Satisfaction' to 'SNL' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 28, 2018 |access-date=December 6, 2022}} After their second album, Duty Now for the Future (1979), was less well received,{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/devo-duty-now-for-the-future/ |last=Roberts |first=Phillipe |title=Devo: Duty Now for the Future Album Review |website=Pitchfork |date=August 28, 2022 |access-date=December 6, 2022}} their third album, Freedom of Choice (1980), produced the surprise hit single "Whip It", which reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/august-1980-devo-release-whip-it |title=August 1980: Devo Release WHIP IT |website=Rhino Entertainment |date=August 13, 2021 |access-date=December 6, 2022}} The album climbed to No. 22 on the Billboard 200, and its follow-up, New Traditionalists (1981), was nearly as successful, peaking at No. 23.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/devo/ |title=Devo |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 6, 2022}}

Oh, No! It's Devo (1982) saw the band moving more towards the mainstream and sported an increased use of synthesizers and electronic percussion,{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/oh-no%21-its-devo-mw0000173747 |last=Huey |first=Steve |title=Devo - Oh No! It's Devo Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=AllMusic |access-date=December 6, 2022}} but was less well received than its two predecessors. The band's sixth studio album, Shout (1984), continued in this vein and was received poorly, which caused Warner Bros. to buy out the remainder of Devo's contract.{{cite AV media |people=Jerry Casale |date=October 8, 2020 |title=No. 198:Jerry Casale/Devo- Part 2 |type=YouTube video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhwmvLaZmDE&t=3930s&ab_channel=DeanDelray |access-date=November 6, 2022 |time=72m 56s |publisher=Dean Delray}} Myers left the band soon after.{{cite magazine|title=Alan Myers Obituary |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/alan-myers-devo-drummer-on-whip-it-dies-20130626|magazine=Rolling Stone|date= June 26, 2013|access-date=July 19, 2013}}

In 1987, Devo reformed with new drummer David Kendrick, formerly of Sparks, to replace Myers. Their first project was a soundtrack for the horror film Slaughterhouse Rock (1988), starring Toni Basil, after which they released the albums Total Devo (1988) and Smooth Noodle Maps (1990), on Enigma.

In 1990, the members of Devo, bar Bob Mothersbaugh, appeared in the film The Spirit of '76 (1990). Devo later had a falling out and played two shows in 1991 before breaking up. Following the split, Casale began a career as a director of music videos and commercials, working with bands including Rush, Soundgarden, Silverchair and the Foo Fighters.

In 2005, Devo recorded a new version of "Whip It" to be used in Swiffer television commercials, a decision they have said they regretted. During an interview with the Dallas Observer, Casale said, "It's just aesthetically offensive. It's got everything a commercial that turns people off has."{{cite web |last=Dearmore |first=Kelly |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-08-17/music/jihad-jerry/ |title=Jihad Jerry |publisher=DallasObserver.com |date=August 17, 2006 |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-date=August 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811054936/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2006-08-17/music/jihad-jerry/ |url-status=dead }}

In 2006, Devo worked on a project with Disney known as Devo 2.0. A band of child performers was assembled and re-recorded Devo songs. A quote from the Akron Beacon Journal stated, "Devo recently finished a new project in cahoots with Disney called Devo 2.0, which features the band playing old songs and two new ones with vocals provided by children. Their debut album, a two disc CD/DVD combo entitled DEV2.0, was released on March 14, 2006. The lyrics of some of the songs were changed for family-friendly airplay, which has been claimed by the band to be a play on irony of the messages of their classic hits."{{Cite news |last=Abram |first=Malcolm X |url=http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/living/12412576.htm |title=Still DEVOlutionary |work=Akron Beacon Journal |date=August 18, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051026163419/http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/living/12412576.htm |archive-date=October 26, 2005}}

File:Devo two.jpg, in Melbourne, Australia, 2008: Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh]]In an April 2007 interview, Gerald Casale mentioned a tentative project for a biographical film about Devo's early days.{{citation |url=http://www.getreadytorock.com/rock_stars/devo.htm|title=Interview: David Casale|access-date=August 13, 2015}} According to Casale, a script was supposedly in development, called The Beginning Was the End. Casale stated that there might be some new Devo material coming as well, but whether it was related to the release of a film was unclear. Devo played their first European tour since 1990 in the summer of 2007, including a performance at Festival Internacional de Benicàssim.

In December 2007, Devo released their first new single since 1990, "Watch Us Work It", which was featured in a commercial for Dell.{{citation |url=http://www.modulatethis.com/2007/08/synth-pioneers--1.html|title=Synth Pioneers DEVO New Song "Watch Us Work It" in Dell Commercial|date=August 4, 2007|access-date=August 13, 2015}} The song features a sample drum track from the New Traditionalists song "The Super Thing". The band announced in a July 23, 2007, MySpace bulletin that a full-length music video for the song was forthcoming and the song itself was available on iTunes and eMusic. Casale said that the song was chosen from a batch that the band was working on, and that it was the closest the band had been to a new album.

In a December 5, 2007, article on Mutato Muzika, LA Weekly reported that "After touring sporadically over the past decade but not releasing any new material, Devo are spending December at Mutato trying to create an album's worth of new material and contemplating a method of dispersal in the post-record-company world."{{cite web|last=Roberts |first=Randall |url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/are-you-not-devo-you-are-mutato-2151061 |title=Are You Not Devo? You Are Mutato |work=LA Weekly |date=December 5, 2007 |access-date=August 4, 2015}} In an April 2008 interview,{{cite web|last=Williams |first=Jonathan |url=http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/content/arts/stories/2008/04/15/mothersbaugh_0417.html |title=Mothersbaugh draws from Devo and daily life |publisher=AccessAtlanta.com |date=April 17, 2008 |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224074143/http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/content/arts/stories/2008/04/15/mothersbaugh_0417.html |archive-date=February 24, 2012}} Mothersbaugh revealed a song title from the in-progress album: "Don't Shoot, I'm a Man". In a radio interview on April 17, 2008, Casale stated that Mothersbaugh had "killed the project" and that there would be no new Devo album. Casale, however, later stated that "We're going to finish what we started."{{cite web|url=http://www.timeoutsydney.com.au/music/devo-gerald-casale.aspx |title=Q: Are they not men? |publisher=TimeoutSydney.com |date=June 12, 2008 |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815122357/http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/music/features/2475/devo-gerald-casale |archive-date=August 15, 2011}} The album, Something for Everybody, was eventually released on June 15, 2010,{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-for-everybody-mw0001996359 |title=Devo - Something for Everybody Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=AllMusic |access-date=December 6, 2022}} preceded by a 12-inch vinyl single of "Fresh"/"What We Do" on June 10.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fresh-what-we-do-mw0002282797/releases |title=Fresh/What We Do - Devo |website=AllMusic |access-date=December 6, 2022}}

Devo was awarded the first Moog Innovator Award on October 29, 2010, during Moogfest 2010 in Asheville, North Carolina. The Moog Innovator Award has been said to celebrate "pioneering artists whose genre-defying work exemplifies the bold, innovative spirit of Bob Moog".{{cite web|url=http://moogfest.com/2010/news/moogfest-2010-announces-devo-as-recipient-of-moog-innovation-award |title=MoogFest 2010 Announces Devo as Recipient of Moog Innovation Award |publisher=Moogfest.com |date=September 8, 2010 |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112154806/http://moogfest.com/2010/news/moogfest-2010-announces-devo-as-recipient-of-moog-innovation-award |archive-date=November 12, 2011}} Devo was scheduled to perform at Moogfest, but Bob Mothersbaugh severely injured his hand three days prior, and the band was forced to cancel. Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale collaborated with Austin, Texas, band The Octopus Project to perform "Girl U Want" and "Beautiful World" at the event instead.{{cite news|last=Pareles |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/arts/music/02moog.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 |title=Honoring the Moment When Music Met Moog |work=The New York Times |date=November 1, 2010 |access-date=August 19, 2011}}

In an interview on March 3, 2011, Casale stated that he was "working on a script for a... Devo musical" that would be aimed towards a live Broadway production.{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.com/articles/2011-03-03/devo-ask-charlie-sheen-join-band |title=Interview with Gerald Casale of Devo |publisher=Sandiego.com |date=March 3, 2011 |access-date=August 19, 2011}}

In August 2012, the band released a single called "Don't Roof Rack Me, Bro (Seamus Unleashed)",{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/devo-backs-seamus-dont-roof-rack-me-bro/| title= Devo Backs Seamus: 'Don't Roof Rack Me, Bro!'|date=August 16, 2012}} dedicated to the Republican Party presidential candidate Mitt Romney's former pet dog Seamus. The title relates to the Mitt Romney dog incident, which occurred in 1983 when Romney traveled twelve hours with the dog in a crate on his car's roof rack. Casale also mentioned plans to release a collection of demos from the Something for Everybody sessions,{{cite web |title=Ep210: DEVO – Something For Everybody 10 Year Song by Song Breakdown with Jerry Casale |url=https://www.protonicreversal.com/ep210-devo-something-for-everybody-10-year-song-by-song-breakdown-with-jerry-casale/ |website=protonicreversal.com |date=October 27, 2020 |access-date=April 5, 2023}} with potential titles being Devo Opens the Vault, Gems from the Devo Dumpster, or Something Else for Everybody.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/480289/devo-parts-with-warner-bros-bites-romney-in-new-song |title=Devo Parts With Warner Bros., Bites Romney in New Song |magazine=Billboard |date=August 23, 2012 |access-date=January 22, 2013}} The album was eventually titled Something Else for Everybody and was released on May 20, 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-else-for-everybody-unreleased-demos-and-focus-group-rejects-2006-2009-mw0002650670 |title=Devo - Something Else for Everybody: Unreleased Demos and Focus Group Rejects 2006-2009 Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=AllMusic |access-date=December 11, 2023}}

In April 2020, Casale participated in a long-form interview with the Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal podcast, discussing many subjects related to the band and more.{{cite web |title=Protonic Reversal Ep159: Jerry Casale (DEVO) |url=https://www.protonicreversal.com/ep159-jerry-casale-devo/ |website=protonicreversal.com |date=April 24, 2020 |access-date=August 1, 2020}} He returned for a follow-up the next month{{cite web |title=Protonic Reversal Ep175: Jerry Casale (DEVO) pt. 2 |url=https://www.protonicreversal.com/ep175-jerry-casale-devo-pt-2/ |website=protonicreversal.com |date=May 29, 2020 |access-date=August 1, 2020}} and again two years later.{{cite web |title=Ep313: Gerald V. Casale (DEVO) |url=https://www.protonicreversal.com/ep313-gerald-v-casale-devo-2/ |website=protonicreversal.com |date=December 6, 2022 |access-date=April 5, 2023}}

On July 12, 2024, it was announced that Casale would receive the Dallas VideoFest's Ernie Kovacs Award in September. The organizers stated, "As a primary force behind Devo's creative vision, Jerry Casale is also responsible for designing the band's visually striking concert stage shows and Dadaist costumes, including their signature red 'Energy Dome' hats."{{cite newspaper |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2024/07/12/devos-gerald-casale-to-receive-ernie-kovacs-award-from-the-dallas-videofest/ |title=Devo's Gerald Casale to receive Ernie Kovacs Award from the Dallas VideoFest |last=Mendoza |first=Manuel |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |date=July 12, 2024 |access-date=September 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713033641/https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2024/07/12/devos-gerald-casale-to-receive-ernie-kovacs-award-from-the-dallas-videofest/ |archive-date=July 13, 2024}}

File:JihadJerry.jpg, California, 2006]]In 2005, Casale announced his "solo" project, Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers (the Evildoers themselves including the other members of Devo) and released the first EP, Army Girls Gone Wild in 2006. A full-length album, Mine Is Not a Holy War, was released on September 12, 2006, after a several-month delay. It featured mostly new material, plus re-recordings of four obscure Devo songs: "I Need a Chick" and "I Been Refused" (from Hardcore Devo: Volume Two), "Find Out" (which appeared on the single and EP of "Peek-a-Boo!" in 1982) and "Beehive" (which was recorded by the band in 1974, then apparently abandoned with the exception of one appearance at a special show in 2001).{{citation |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mine-is-not-a-holy-war-mw0000426610|author=Deming, Mark|title=Jihad Jerry and the Evildoers: Mine Is Not a Holy War|access-date=April 13, 2016}}

Casale directed several television commercials, including ads for Diet Coke and Honda Scooters featuring Devo, as well as for Coco's restaurants,{{citation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dlk0hCTh5s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/8Dlk0hCTh5s |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |url-status=live|author=Coco's commercial with Brian Hamilton|title=Jacques the Maitre d'|date=July 5, 2007 |access-date=October 24, 2016}}{{cbignore}} and Miller Lite. Distinctive elements of Casale's visual style include Dutch angles, desaturated color, and color washes on images.{{citation|url=http://www.profward.com/devo/devo_gerald.html|author=William Ward|title=Gerald Casale|access-date=October 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005220944/http://www.profward.com/devo/devo_gerald.html|archive-date=October 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}

While Jihad Jerry never toured, the theatrical character appeared with Devo at several shows in 2006, as well as on the Fox News program Red Eye. Casale abandoned the Jihad Jerry character in 2007;{{cite web|title=Gerald Casale of DEVO|url=http://batteryinyourleg.com/blog/2007/06/09/interviews-gerald-casale-of-devo|publisher=Batteryinyourleg.com|date=June 9, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116004446/http://batteryinyourleg.com/blog/2007/06/09/interviews-gerald-casale-of-devo/|archive-date=January 16, 2010}} He was quoted as saying "People are kind of freaked out by the Jihad Jerry stuff. I thought they'd all think it was really funny and get off on it but people are really offended and scared... I think that's it. I don’t want them to have Jihad Jerry to kick around anymore!".{{cite web | title = BIYL Interview Gerald Casale of Devo | url = http://batteryinyourleg.com/blog/2007/06/09/interviews-gerald-casale-of-devo/ | date = June 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100116004446/http://batteryinyourleg.com/blog/2007/06/09/interviews-gerald-casale-of-devo/ | archive-date = January 16, 2010 }} Later Casale donned the Jihad Jerry turban for a performance with UK-based DJ and producer Adam Freeland at the South by Southwest music festival in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://musicvideoswiz.com/song/Jihad%20Jerry/I%20Been%20Refused|title=Jihad Jerry Biography|access-date=January 7, 2016|archive-date=January 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111005543/http://musicvideoswiz.com/song/Jihad%20Jerry/I%20Been%20Refused|url-status=dead}}

Casale and Mothersbaugh have also produced music for other artists including Toni Basil.{{citation |url=http://www.45cat.com/45_list_view_record.php?li=2149 |title=Devo-related 45s |access-date=August 4, 2015}}

In 2014, Casale made a cameo appearance in a 1980s themed Delta Air Lines in-flight safety video, portraying a passenger who puts his "carry on" item (a Devo energy dome) under the seat in front of him in order to prepare for takeoff.{{Citation |title=Delta Safety Video | date=May 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTkSYWVk0GE |language=en |access-date=June 14, 2022}}

Casale collaborated with Italian electronic artist Phunk Investigation on the song "It's All Devo!", released as an EP under his real name for Record Store Day 2016.{{cite web |url=https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/8571 |title=Gerald Casale - It's All Devo |website=Record Store Day |date=2016 |access-date=September 17, 2022}}

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Casale has played several types of bass guitars left-handed, mostly heavily customized. Among the most distinctive is a teardrop shaped bass, actually a Gibson Ripper with its horns sawed off and a thick arm padding added to the top side, as seen in videos for "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "Come Back Jonee". From 1982 on, Casale has used a right-handed Steinberger L-series bass guitar, played upside down. He has played various keyboard basses, including an EDP Wasp, a Minimoog (as well as a synth that was custom-built by Moog Music which consisted of two Minimoogs connected together), a Roland D-50, and a Korg TR-61. As of 2012, Casale has used a Roland GAIA SH-01.

In 1970, he was a student at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, and witnessed the 1970 Kent State Shootings. Two people killed at the shootings, Jeffrey Miller and Allison Krause, were friends of Casale.{{cite web|title=Devo's Jerry Casale on the Kent State Massacre, May 4, 1970|website= Boingboing.net|date= May 4, 2010|url= http://boingboing.net/2010/05/04/devos-jerry-casale-o.html }} In a 2020 interview, he stated, "I went through some traumatic change. It was just a fork in the road where you realize everything you've been told is a lie. [...] We didn't see progress. We saw it going backwards, we start getting more tribal and more demonically mean and more chaotic."{{cite news |url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2020/05/and-everything-was-just-frozen-in-this-chaos-in-horror-and-screaming-gerald-casale-remembers-may-4-1970.html |title='And everything was just frozen in this chaos in horror and screaming': Gerald Casale remembers May 4, 1970 |last=Kilpatrick |first=Mary |date=May 3, 2020 |publisher=Cleveland.com |access-date=May 4, 2020}}

Casale took an interest in wine after moving to California in 1978.{{cite web|title=A Drink With: Gerald Casale|url=http://www.christies.com/sales/signature-cellars-october-2013/gerald-casale.aspx|publisher=Christie's|access-date=April 13, 2015}} In the 1990s he taught classes in wine tasting for three years during Devo's hiatus.{{cite web|title=Devo Frontman Is Whipped by Wine|url=http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/43579|work=Wine Spectator|access-date=April 13, 2015}} In 2014, he announced that he would be opening a new wine company, the 50 by 50, selling Pinot noirs.{{cite web|title=Devo's Gerald Casale Starting New Wine Company, the 50 by 50...No Spuds Involved|url=http://www.ohio.com/blogs/sound-check/sound-check-online-1.293199/devo-s-gerald-casale-starting-new-wine-company-the-50-by-50-no-spuds-involved-1.481786|work=Akron Beacon Journal|access-date=April 13, 2015}}

Casale bought the historic Josef Kun House in 2007 and spent seven years in meticulous restoration with the help of preservationist James Rega. The house was designed by Richard Neutra in the early 1930s. Casale placed the house on the market in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://la.curbed.com/archives/2015/01/devo_founder_selling_richard_neutras_landmark_kun_house.php|title=Devo Founder Selling Richard Neutra's Landmark Kun House|last=Barragan|first=Bianca|date=January 15, 2015|website=Curbed LA|access-date=January 21, 2015}}

On February 17, 2014, Casale's younger brother and fellow Devo bandmate Bob Casale died at age 61. According to Gerald, it was a "sudden death from conditions that led to heart failure."{{cite news| title= Devo's Bob Casale dead of heart failure, brother says| url= http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/showbiz/devo-bob-casale-dead | first=Alan |last=Duke | publisher= CNN| date= February 18, 2014| access-date=February 18, 2014}}

On September 11, 2015, Casale married Krista Napp in Santa Monica, California. Prior to the wedding, the couple had reportedly been questioned by friends about the date coinciding with the 14th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. After joking that he and Napp were "the Twin Towers of love", a friend who was in charge of the cake fashioned a 9/11-themed reception without their knowledge, featuring a cake baked in the shape of the Twin Towers, box cutters as party favors and table place setting cards featuring images of box cutters with "Gerald & Krista" engraved on them. After TMZ ran a story about the event on September 14 and published photos, Casale received significant backlash from the media and online. Apologizing to anyone who was offended, Casale called the reception a "surprise" and a "set-up", explaining that his friend "thought it was some sort of transgressive sick humor and the problem is, it's not funny."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/devos-jerry-casale-911-themed-wedding-cake-party-favors-surprise-6693440 |last=Stutz |first=Colin |title=Devo's Jerry Casale Says 9/11-Themed Wedding Cake & Party Favors Were a 'Surprise' |magazine=Billboard |date=September 14, 2015 |access-date=May 18, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/15/devo-jerry-casale-september-11-themed-wedding-cake-a-set-up |title=Devo's Jerry Casale says September 11-themed wedding cake was a 'set-up' |website=The Guardian |date=September 15, 2015 |access-date=May 18, 2022}}

{{as of|2021}}, Casale lives on a ranch in Napa, California.{{cite news|first=Phil|last=Masturzo|title=A new wave in wine: Devo's Gerald Casale|url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/lifestyle/2021/08/14/new-wave-wine-devos-gerald-casale/5504016001/|work=Akron Beacon Journal|url-access=subscription|date=August 14, 2021|access-date=August 15, 2021}} On November 17, 2022, Casale's wife gave birth to their first child, Inara.{{cite AV media |people=Dana Gould with Gerald Casale |date=January 26, 2023 |title=The Dana Gould Hour - Top Gun: Fester |type=Interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1hWqprYw3g&ab_channel=DanaGould |access-date=February 8, 2023 |format=YouTube video |time=1h 32m 2s |publisher=Dana Gould}}

In a 2022 interview with Spin, Casale stated that his five favorite albums were Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967), The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967), the Jimi Hendrix Experience's Electric Ladyland (1968), David Bowie's Diamond Dogs (1974) and the Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole (1997).

Casale and the other Devo members used to be part of the Church of the SubGenius.{{Cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/music/devos-gerald-casale-were-the-predators-that-nobody-can-stop-5113527|title=Devo's Gerald Casale: "We're the predators that nobody can stop"|first=Tom|last=Murphy|date=July 26, 2011|website=Westword}}

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