Draft:Kev Hickman

Kev Hickman is a British rock and blues drummer known for his work with RavenEye, Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics and Catfish.

History
In 2009 Hickman worked with Australian blues artist Gwyn Ashton, Hickman worked on Ashton’s ‘Two-Man Blues Army’ project, in 2011 they supported Magnum on a tour of the UK. Hickman appeared in the official music video for ‘Break’ from the Two-Man Blues Army album and also appeared in, edited, and produced the official music video for ‘Million Dollar Blues’.

From 2014 to 2016, Hickman was a founding member of British rock three-piece RavenEye fronted by award-winning guitarist Oli Brown. Together they supported Slash, Deep Purple, Joe Satriani, The Darkness, and Blues Pills all over the world including the USA and both Western and Eastern Europe. The band racked up hundreds of thousands of hits across multiple platforms and reached the top 5 on multiple online charts. The band received much critical acclaim including Kerrang, Classic Rock Magazine, and Nikki Sixx.

From 2016 to 2017 he joined Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics featuring ex-Heaven’s Basement singer Aaron Buchanan. In the band's first year, they supported InMe on a two-week tour of the UK, played Hard Rock Hell and Brain Freeze festival in Wales, and played at UK rock festival Download.

In 2017 to 2019 Hickman regularly performed with guitarist Krissy Matthews through Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, and Italy. Hickman features on two Krissy Matthews albums, 'Scenes From A Window' and ‘Monster In Me' and performed with Matthews at Rockpalast in 2019. He also made some appearances with The Hamburg Blues Band featuring Chris Farlowe at festivals and club shows in Germany.

In 2020, Hickman joined the British blues band Catfish, the band went on to win ’2020 blues band of the year’ in the UK Blues Awards. The band makes regular appearances at festivals internationally and tours all across Europe. Kev was also asked to be one of the founding members of ‘The Revenant Ones’, the rock project of Catfish frontman Matt Long.

In 2024 he started working with soul, funk and blues singer Alice Armstrong and was nominated in the top five of 'Instrumentalist Of The Year' in the UK Blues Awards 2024.

Equipment
He is endorsed by Natal Drums and Paiste Cymbals.

Discography

 * Radiogram (2012) Gwyn Ashton
 * Scenes From A Window (2015) Krissy Matthews
 * Fire In The Fields Of Mayhem (2016) Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics
 * Monster In Me (2019) Krissy Matthews
 * How Low Can You Go? (2020) Marcus Lazarus
 * Exile - Live In Lockdown (2020) Catfish