Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Christiansands (talk | contribs) at 11:33, 17 September 2012. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Steve Hewitt" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Steve Hewitt
Steve Hewitt backstage at Manchester Academy, February 2011
Background information
Birth name	Steven James Hewitt
Born	(1971-03-22) 22 March 1971 (age 53)
Origin	Northwich, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Alternative rock
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, drums, percussion, piano, keyboards, bass guitar
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Ancient B
Website	www.loveamongstruin.com

Steven James Hewitt (born 22 March 1971) is the singer and guitarist in Love Amongst Ruin, having previously been the drummer for Placebo between mid-1996 and October 2007.

Personal life

Steve was born in Northwich, Cheshire, England and attended Weaverham High School. He has a daughter named Emily.

Career

Prior to joining Placebo, Hewitt was a member of various bands such as Electric Crayons, K-Klass, The Mystic Deckchairs, The Boo Radleys and Breed. He also worked as a session musician. Like previous drummer, Schultzberg, he also plays drums left-handed.

He met band member Brian Molko through his then-girlfriend. Although he appeared on some early demo tapes for Placebo, he wasn't able to join the band at first due to prior commitments to Breed. Placebo then earned their record deal with replacement drummer Robert Schultzberg. Later, as Breed broke up, Schultzberg was departing from Placebo so Hewitt accepted the invitation to join Placebo permanently.

On 1 October 2007, it was announced via the official Placebo website that Steve Hewitt had parted company with Placebo due to personal and musical differences.

His new band is called Love Amongst Ruin and the band's debut album of the same name was released on 13 September 2010, preceded by the single So Sad (Fade), released 30 August 2010.

As announced in August 2012, Hewitt is the new drummer for Six by Seven.

Equipment

Steve's setup for Placebo's 2006-07 Meds tour included:

• Drums - Yamaha Maple Custom
  • 10" Tom
  • 14" Floor Tom
  • 16" Floor Tom
  • 22" Bass Drum
  • 14x5" Sonor Snare (primary)
  • 12x5.5" Brady Snare (secondary)

• Cymbals - Zildjian
  • 12" A Custom Splash
  • 13" A Custom Hi-Hats (secondary)
  • 14" A New Beat Hi-Hats (primary)
  • 14" A Custom Crash
  • 16" A Custom Crash
  • 18" A Custom Crash
  • 18" A Custom China
  • 20" A Custom Crash
  • 22" A Custom Ride
  • 21" A Sweet Ride

Vic Firth drumsticks (size 1A).

Discography

Albums

with Boo Radleys

• Ichabod and I (1989)

with Breed

• Grin (1991)
• Clawfist – The Peel Sessions (Breed and Gallon Drunk) (1992, EP)
• Violent Sentimental (1993)

with Baby June

• Need to Need You (1993)

with Placebo

• Without You I'm Nothing (1998)
• Black Market Music (2000)
• Sleeping with Ghosts (2003)
• Meds (2006)

with Love Amongst Ruin

• Love Amongst Ruin (2010)

Collaborations

• Sharkboy – The Valentine Tapes (LP, 1995); drums in "Same Mother of Pearl"
• Sharkboy - The Valentine Singles (4-part single set, 1995); 8 tracks
• Polaroid Kiss - The New Coliseum (EP, July 2 2011); live drums on all 4 tracks
• Polaroid Kiss - Pay Your Dues (Maxi-Single, 23 June 2012); live drums on Pay Your Dues (Album Version)
• Polaroid Kiss - Weakness of the Beautiful Souls (Album, TBA); Live drums

Producer

• Lys - TBA (album, 2011, with Paul Corkett)
• Spiral 69 - TBA (EP, 2012, with Paul Corkett)

References

1. PlaceboWorld: News
2. "Steve Hewitt - Placebo Fanpage - Kostenlose Homepage". Lostrosecrazy.sebjo.de. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
3. ^ "Steve Hewitt artist, artist pages, artist news". Drummerszone.com. 22 March 1971. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
4. "Love Amongst Ruin @ Pub Mac Carthy, Nancy (+interview)". Funk You Dear. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
5. PlaceboWord: News Archive
6. Reid, Sean (20 August 2009). "Ex-Placebo Drummer Forms Love Amongst Ruin". Alter The Press!. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
7. "Love Amongst Ruin announce UK tour and debut album | News". Rocklouder. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
8. http://chrisolley.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/steve-hewitt-joins-six-by-seven/
9. ^ Steve Hewitt discography at Discogs
10. "Polaroid Kiss - The New Coliseum". Discogs.com.
11. "Polaroid Kiss - Pay Your Dues". Discogs.com.

Template:Persondata

• Use dmy dates from August 2010
• 1971 births
• Living people
• Placebo members
• English rock drummers
• People from Northwich