American guitarist Bob Casale has died suddenly of heart failure aged 61.<br /><br />Casale along with his brother Gerald was one of the original members of the US new wave band Devo. .<br /><br />The group was best known for its 1980 hit ‘Whip It’, featured on the Freedom of Choice album, which went platinum.<br /><br />Devo broke up in 1991, but reformed five years later and toured steadily over the past two decades. <br /><br />They released Something for Everybody in 2010, their first album in 20 years.