Kevin Hewick

Kevin Hewick was one of the lesser-known but more interesting figures to emerge from Britain's post-punk landscape, crafting spare, simple music in stark opposition to the angular noise of his contemporaries but still earning a spot on the famed Factory Records roster. Hewick was born in Leicester, England, in 1957 -- infatuated by the Beatles, he received his first guitar at the age of six but did not learn to play until his teens while a student at Countesthorpe College. After splitting with his first band, Life, Hewick worked in a social security office following graduation...