Here are the possible solutions for '70s new wave group clue
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devo
Clue
'70s New Wave group
Punk/New Wave band since the '70s
New wave group whose most famous video features a ranch owner whipping the clothes off a woman, which was based on a true story they read in Dude magazine
Definition
(short for) devolution, as in devo max, an arrangement in which a central government transfers the maximum amount of authority to a regional government while still retaining sovereignty over it