Kevin McDermott (singer-songwriter)

In July 2022, the remastered Last Night From Glasgow release of Mother Nature’s Kitchen reached number ten in the Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100.

In 2013, McDermott became involved in the 'Absent Voices' Sugar Archive project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The idea of the project was to highlight the 'absent' voices of thousands of workers from the once-booming Inverclyde sugar industry. McDermott was one of the central eight artists, led by Alec Galloway, who exhibited work across mediums including music, film, paintings and poetry. As part of the project, he also gave songwriting workshops in Greenock primary schools, incorporating the Absent Voices historical themes.

In 2005, McDermott played the Sunday Herald's tsunami relief gig at the Glasgow SECC.

In 2004, McDermott formed The Uncle Devil Show with Jim McDermott and Justin Currie. At the formation of the group, the members were anonymous, and the musicians credited as Langton Herring, Terrence, and Jason Barr, respectively. It was intended that the band retain their individual, hidden, identities for as long as possible during the marketing of the album. Justin Currie initially denied having anything to do with The Uncle Devil Show in a statement on the official Del Amitri website in February 2004. Kevin McDermott's website carried a similar denial. However, the label released the A Terrible Beauty CD with a jewel case sticker that read, "The stunning new band featuring Del Amitri frontman Justin Currie".

Johnson and Drummond went on to form The Forth Room, and McDermott went solo. Stop the Rain, a compilation of unreleased material, was released in 2001 on Accident Records, and re-released in 2010 on Fastcut Records.

In 1997, KMO released their fourth album For Those in Peril from the Sea, on Tula Records. MOJO magazine described it as "the kind of album one can get evangelical about", stating that the material "joins the dots between Young, Petty, Reed and Orbison".

A third album, The Last Supper was released in 1994 on Iona Records, and was a top ten hit in the UK indie chart, and was accompanied by a UK tour, culminating in a gig at the London Borderline.

In 1992, KMO took up the moniker Orphans, in order to play more intimate gigs for their core fan base and friends, via a private mailing list. They performed at The Apollo (Glasgow) in 1992, and then the Glasgow Mayfair for a second, Christmas, gig that year. They continued to tour the UK as Orphans, including gigs at the Mean Fiddler in London and The Arches in Glasgow. A recording of Orphans material was later used as a bonus disc with the re-release of Bedazzled. Sharleen Spiteri sang guest vocals on the track Born Yesterday.

In 1991, KMO released their second album, Bedazzled, on Thirteen Records. It was produced by Hamish Barbour and Peter Jamieson. The film, which aired on STV on 16 November 1991, drew complaints to the station about its nudity content.

The band continued playing a gig until 1am at a Barrowland Ballroom gig on 12 October 1991.

In 1990, KMO embarked on a US tour with The Alarm, and then, for the next four years, on stadium support tours, with Sting, INXS, and Simple Minds. They played at Wembley Stadium in 1991, supporting Rod Stewart on his Vagabond Heart tour, alongside Joe Cocker.

In June 1990, KMO played at George Square, Glasgow; part of The Big Day concert. The Big Day, a highlight of the European City of Culture celebrations, was the largest free concert ever to be held in Scotland, with a quarter of a million fans attending.

McDermott distributed KMO demos to record companies, the recordings now without Bramble, and with Iain Harvie, and they were soon signed to Island Records. In 1989, KMO recorded Mother Nature's Kitchen. The line-up for the album recording was Jim McDermott, Steph Greer, Robbie McIntosh, Blair Cowan, and David Crichton.

In 1986, McDermott released an acoustic album, Suffocation Blues, on the NoStrings label. The record was produced by Rab Noakes.

In 1986, McDermott contributed the track The Right to Reply to the Honey at the Core fanzine's compilation cassette. The compilation was described as "the '86 school of most likely to" by NME (who had recently released their own C86 compilation), and was created by John Williamson.

In August 1986, McDermott travelled across the United States, alongside Del Amitri, playing impromptu gigs, whilst travelling from coast to coast in a borrowed van. They performed 12 shows, in six weeks, in record shops, bars, and restaurants. By the time he returned to Scotland in September 1986, McDermott had decided to form a band of his own.

In 1983, having changed their name to The Suede Crocodiles, they released a single, Stop The Rain, written by McDermott, on the NoStrings record label run by Nick Low and Grahame Cochrane. Low had started managing the band after seeing them perform at The Venue, Glasgow, in 1982.

In 1982, McDermott (vocals/guitar) formed Glaswegian band, Popgun, with Davie McCormick (drums), and Ross Drummond (bass/vocals). They were later joined by Roddy Johnson (vocals/guitar).

McDermott joined Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited in 1978, when he was sixteen years old, working as a ship draughtsman.

Kevin Francis McDermott (born 10 February 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter.

Kevin Francis McDermott was born 10 February 1962, to Evelyn and Frank McDermott. He has two younger brothers, Paul, and Jim. When his family emigrated to Canada for a period, he attended the Holy Name School in Toronto. Upon their return to Glasgow, he attended Our Lady of the Assumption School, in Ruchill, and then St Charles School, and St Columba of Iona School, in Maryhill.