Bob Lewis (musician)
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Robert Curtis Lewis (born March 4, 1947) is an American composer and musician. He is best known as a co-founder (along with Gerald Casale) of the new wave band Devo. He graduated from Kent State University shortly after the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970.
Early years
Bob Lewis was born in
Lewis studied poetry with
Devo
In 1970, Lewis and Gerald Casale began working on a theme of de-evolution in response to the Kent State shootings.[2] In 1971, Lewis, along with Devo co-founder Casale and Peter Gregg, recorded three proto-Devo songs—"I Been Refused", "I Need a Chick" and "Auto Modown"—on primitive recording equipment located over Guido's Pizza Shop in Kent, Ohio. Lewis and Casale wrote seminal tracts on de-evolution for the now-defunct LA Staff.[3] In 1973, they formed the band Devo with Mark Mothersbaugh and in late 1974, Bob Mothersbaugh took over the band's duties as lead guitarist, causing Lewis to take a more managerial position.
Recommendations from
In 2017, Lewis appeared at the annual DEVOtional fan gathering in Cleveland, performing early Devo songs with Casale and others. This event was reportedly the first time Lewis and Casale had performed together in over 40 years.[5]
Other work
Lewis' poetry has been published in Creedences, Shelley's and in Poetry Review when Eric Mottram was editor. In 1977, he released a book of poetry titled Viscerally, illustrated by Fran Fecko and published by Tom Beckett.[6]
In 1980, Lewis wrote and performed the song "Andrea" under the name Hurricane Bob for the Akron new wave compilation album Bowling Balls from Hell
References
- ^ Bob Lewis, archived from the original on 22 September 2016, retrieved 22 April 2016
- ^ a b c "Interview with Bob Lewis". Warmowski.wordpress.com. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ Notes on going under, 7 October 2009, retrieved 22 April 2016
- ^ Francis, Joel (23 July 2010), The evolution of Devo, retrieved 21 April 2016
- ^ Pilmer, Michael. "DEVOtional 2017". Devo-Obsesso. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ A cycle of poems, archived from the original on 8 May 2016, retrieved 22 April 2016
- ^ Bowling Balls from Hell, 1980, retrieved 22 April 2016
- ^ Rolling Stock: A chronicle of the eighties, retrieved 22 April 2016
External links
- Lewis, Bob (2006). Some thoughts on Devo: the first Postmodern Band at the Wayback Machine (archived February 18, 2006), Devaluate.com. Archived from the original on 2006-02-07.
- Lewis in Antiquities, British Museum at the Wayback Machine (archived February 18, 2006) (Photo)
- Lewis, Bob (1972-07-14). The Staff (LA Staff) (Los Angeles, CA). Republished at Cleveland.com. Archived from the republish "Readers vs. Breeders: Didactical Works re De-Evolution" at the Wayback Machine (archived October 14, 2007) on 2007-10-14.
- Devo at MoMA Looking at Music
- Andrea [1]
- Live performance 2017 Devotional - Auto Mowdown [2]
- Live performance 2017 Devotional - Beehive [3]
- Edited Live performance 2017 Devotional - both songs [4]
- The Stiff Records Story [5]
- Kent State Creative Arts Festival 1974 [6]
- Malcolm Tent Interview Part 1 2021 [7]
- Malcolm Tent Interview Part 2 2021 [8]
- Malcolm Tent Interview Part 3 2021 [9]
- Akron Art Institute Interview 1977 [10]
- WGCU NPR Interview 2023 [11]
- Roots of De-evolution Lecture Rauschenberg Gallery FSW 2023 [12]
- Selected Poetry Readings Rauschenberg Gallery FSW 2023 [13]