Robert Lewis

Robert Curtis Lewis (born March 4, 1947, Akron, Ohio), founding member (along with Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh) of the new wave band Devo. Lewis played basketball briefly for Bobby Knight at Cuyahoga Falls High School, was a National Merit Scholar at Kent State University, and the first student at the university to earn a degree in anthropology, graduating shortly after the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. Image File history File links Bob4. ... Image File history File links Bob4. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Rubber Capital of the World Location Location within the state of Ohio Government Country State County United States Ohio Summit Mayor Don Plusquellic (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 161. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Gerald Casale: Pre Getting Laid Gerald Casale: Post Getting Laid Gerald Casale returns from the veterinarian Gerald Casale (born July 28, 1948) is the Bass Guitar/Synth Player, a vocalist, and one of the founding members (along with Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Lewis) of the new wave band Devo. ... Mark Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950, in Akron, Ohio) is an American musician, composer, singer, and painter. ... Devo (pronounced DEE-vo or dee-VO, sometimes spelled Dev-O and often DEVO) is an American Rock group formed in Akron, Ohio in 1972. ... Fiery college basketball coaching legend Bob Knight. ... Cuyahoga Falls is a city located in Summit County, Ohio. ... The PSAT/NMSQT, or Preliminary-SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, is a multiple choice standardized test generally taken by high school juniors, sophomores, and freshmen in the United States. ... Kent State University (also known as Kent State or KSU) is an institution of higher learning located in Kent, Ohio, United States, which is about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland, 12 miles east of Akron, and 30 miles west of Youngstown. ... Mary Ann Vecchio kneels over the body of Jeffrey Miller The Kent State shootings, also known as May 4 or the Kent State massacre, occurred at Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

In 1971, Lewis, along with Devo co-founder Gerald Casale and Peter Gregg, recorded three proto-Devo songs, "I Been Refused," "I Need A Chick" and "Auto Mowdown," on primitive recording equipment located over Guido's Pizza Shop in Kent, Ohio. Gerald Casale: Pre Getting Laid Gerald Casale: Post Getting Laid Gerald Casale returns from the veterinarian Gerald Casale (born July 28, 1948) is the Bass Guitar/Synth Player, a vocalist, and one of the founding members (along with Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Lewis) of the new wave band Devo. ... Peter Gregg Peter Gregg, (born March 6, 1951, Kent, Ohio), musician. ...

Lewis studied poetry with Black Mountain poet Ed Dorn, British poet Eric Mottram and Robert Bertholf, an English professor at Kent who later was named the curator of the poetry collection and Charles D. Abbot Scholar at the New York State University at Buffalo. 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 the Poetry Review, when Eric Mottram was editor. Black Mountain can refer to multiple places: Black Mountain (Kentucky), a mountain and the highest point in Kentucky Black Mountain (California), in Santa Clara County, California, is a moutain east of Milpitas, California. ... Edward Dorn (1929-1999) was a United States poet who was associated with the Black Mountain poets. ... Eric Mottram (1924 - January 16, 1995) was a teacher, critic, editor and poet who was one of the central figures in the British Poetry Revival. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This is about Damascus, the capital of Syria. ... Rolling Stock banner Rolling Stock was a newspaper of ideas and a chronicle of the 1980s published in Boulder, Colorado by Ed Dorn and Jennifer Dunbar Dorn. ... Jennifer Dunbar Dorn Jennifer Dunbar Dorn writer, filmmaker. ... Poetry Review. ...

Robert 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 successfully 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 Tin Huey, 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. Gerald Casale: Pre Getting Laid Gerald Casale: Post Getting Laid Gerald Casale returns from the veterinarian Gerald Casale (born July 28, 1948) is the Bass Guitar/Synth Player, a vocalist, and one of the founding members (along with Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Lewis) of the new wave band Devo. ... Mark Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950, in Akron, Ohio) is an American musician, composer, singer, and painter. ... Akron is the name of several places in the United States of America and Canada: Akron, Alabama Akron, Colorado Akron, Indiana Akron, Iowa Akron, Michigan Akron, New York Akron, Ohio Akron, Ontario Akron, Pennsylvania Akron Township, Illinois Akron Township, Michigan Akron Township, Big Stone County, Minnesota Akron Township, Wilkin County... Hammer Damage was a rock band from Akron, Ohio that performed from 1978 until 1982. ...

Lewis currently resides in the Kansas City suburb of Independence, MO.

External links

• Essay on Devo history at Kent State
• Lewis in a rare public sighting in Antiquities, British Museum
• Readers vs. Breeders: Didactical Works re De-Evolution, originally appearing in Los Angeles Staff, 1972