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Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (born May 18 , 1950 in Akron, Ohio ) is an American Musician , Composer , singer, and Painter . CAREER While Mothersbaugh attended Kent State as an art student, he met Devo co-founders Jerry Casale and Bob Lewis . After the infamous Kent State Shootings closed the school for the spring and summer of 1970, Mothersbaugh, Lewis and Casale formed the idea of the "devolution" of the human race and started to play music as Devo , a New Wave Rock group. Since Devo, Mothersbaugh developed a successful career writing musical scores for film and television. In film, Mothersbaugh has worked frequently with filmmaker Wes Anderson , and scored most of his feature films ('' Bottle Rocket '', '' Rushmore '', '' The Royal Tenenbaums '', and '' The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou '').1 His music has been a staple of the children's television shows '' Rugrats '' and '' Clifford The Big Red Dog ''. He also wrote the theme song for the new '' Felix The Cat '' show for Hanna Barbera , some music for '' Pee-Wee's Playhouse '', and in 1990 and the theme song for '' The New Super Mario World '' for DiC Entertainment in 1991. Mothersbaugh is also known for his music in video games including Sony's '' Crash Bandicoot '' series, the '' Jak And Daxter '' series, and Maxis Software 's '' The Sims 2 ''. This work is often performed with Mutato Muzika , the music production company he formed with several other former members of Devo including his brother, Bob Mothersbaugh . Mothersbaugh composed the distinctive music heard in the award-winning "Get A Mac" commercials (seen on TV and online) for Apple Computer 2006/2007. He currently hosts a drawing segment on the children's television series, '' Yo Gabba Gabba! ''. LIFE Without glasses, Mothersbaugh is legally blind. At the age of seven, he was taken to the optometrist where he obtained his first pair of glasses and saw, for the first time, "smoke from chimneys and birds." After truly "experiencing" the world for the first time, Mothersbaugh started to draw, and his second grade teacher praised his work. That same night he had dreamed of being a famous artist. In addition to music, Mothersbaugh still paints - in a style influenced by Surrealism and Andy Warhol . Mothersbaugh is also a member of the Church Of The SubGenius , a Parody Religion mocking consumerism, cults, and the commercialisation of religion, and has produced songs and visual arts for the Church. SOUNDTRACKS
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