Bob Lewis (musician)
Robert Lewis (born March 4 1947, Akron, Ohio), one of the founding members of the new wave band Devo. A National Merit Scholar at Kent State University, Lewis was the first student at the university to major in anthropology, graduating shortly after the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970.
Lewis studied poetry with Black Mountain poet Ed Dorn. In the 1980's, when working as a consultant in Damascus, Syria, he was Middle East Correspondent for Rolling Stock magazine, published by Dorn and Jennifer Dunbar Dorn. His poetry has been published in Creedences, Shelley's and in England's Poetry Review, when Eric Mottram was editor.
Lewis and Gerald Casale were the originators of the concept of de-evolution, writing seminal tracts in the now-defunct LA Staff, and later formed the band with Mark Mothersbaugh. In 1978, Lewis successsfully sued the band for theft of intellectual property. He wrote and performed as Hurricane Bob on the New Wave Akron compilation album Bowling Balls from Hell, and worked on videos with New Wave groups Hammer Damage and Human Switchboard. As a result of his experiences during the Devo litigation, the reclusive Lewis began consulting with trial lawyers, doing legal research and writing, and writing commentary on cultural and political issues.
