Sudden released his first solo record, waiting on egypt, in 1982, followed cl read more. Drawing on his devotion to the rolling stones and t. The truth doesnt matter is nikki suddens final album. Find nikki sudden discography, albums and singles on allmusic. From stoneslike swagger to acoustic songs drenched in raw emotion, sudden is indeed a breed apart. The only official nikki sudden website featuring discography, bio, shop and gallery of the jacobites swell maps singersongwriter and guitarist. The first of these dates, on 29th march 2006 at londons 12 bar club, took place but was transformed into a tribute to nikki suddens memory. In founding swell maps, the postpunk prefacing birmingham artsnots, nikki sudden and his drumming brother epic soundtracks charted new territory for racket and corrosive guitar. Are texas and dead men tell no tales proper suddenkusworth jacobites albums, or just nikki with a band called the jacobites. Rexalong sideg uitarist dave kusworth as jacobites, plus a cheekily named cohort of british sidemennikki sudden cut a string of raw, inspired rock n roll records, etched with doubleedged travel melancholia and hardbitten punk dejection. Following the breakup of the seminal british postpunk outfit swell maps, frontman nikki sudden embarked on a solo career, then concurrently formed a new band called the jacobites.
Nikki sudden and the jacobites girl with the wooden leg lyrics nikki sudden and the jacobites. Youll love them if you ever imagined what a skid row dylan playing with a postpunk ronnie wood might sound like. High schools need to get rid of calculus and start offering courses on understanding nikki suddens discography. Discography 25 releases found in discography artist release name cat. Listen to the jacobites in full in the spotify app.
These first four missives in a 7lp nikki sudden reissue project get the highstandard treatment jr and numero buyers know and love. Nicolas godley, known to a scant few music fans as nikki sudden. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. The jacobites are an experienced ceilidh band based in edinburgh that offer professional ceilidhs for weddings, festivals and events. But his music, as a solo artist and as a member of both the swell maps during the 1970s and the jacobites during the 1980s, influenced everyone from the replacements to sonic youth. Sudden released his first solo record, waiting on egypt, in 1982, followed closely by the bible belt in 1983. Seems that nikki sudden is quite popular around these parts, and thats not just with me. Someone requested lost in a sea of scarves, well, i try not to post stuff that i havent actually got a physical copy of but seeing as its nearly consumermass here you go with an mp3 of said album, straight from my hard drive straight from somewhere. Apr, 2019 following the breakup of the seminal british postpunk outfit swell maps, frontman nikki sudden embarked on a solo career, then concurrently formed a new band called the jacobites. It grows and grows without a chorus and leaves you at a cliff edge. Nikki sudden and epic soundtracks society public group facebook. The set, released by glitterhouse records in europe, wagging dog records in england, and bomp records in america, featured remastered and edited versions of some of nikkis best most popular solo work.
Nikki sudden swell maps, jacobites what do you consider. Nikki sudden and his drumming brother epic soundtracks charted new territory for racket and corrosive guitar. Lets talk about nikki sudden, dave kusworth, and the jacobites. The boy from nowhere who fell out of the sky by nikki sudden. British singer nikki sudden never performed in large stadiums or reached billboards album charts. The maps released 4 singles and 2 albums between 1977 and their break up in 1980. Find jacobites discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Nikki sudden and epic soundtracks society public group. This is an unofficial fanpage of nikki suddens his solo work and his duo with dave kusworth known as jacobites. After the postpunk band swell maps dissolved in the early 80s, lead singer nikki sudden began a diverse and restless solo career, during which he worked with a number of different bands and side projects. Unavailable in their native format since the 1980s, nikki suddens own waiting on egypt and the bible belt, plus jacobites and robspierres velvet basement suddens stellar collaborations with dave kusworth return to lp.
Together with his brother, epic soundtracks, nikki sudden formed what was to become swell maps, releasing 4 singles and 2 albums on rough trade uk between 1977 and their break up in 1980. Discussion in music corner started by manicpopthrill, jan 15, 2017. First formed in 1982 with nikki sudden, dave kusworth, epic soundtracks, and mark lemon. First gig was at the royal george on may 21, 1982 and last gig was on january 2, 1986. While the original version simply attacked the jacobites from a contemporaneous whig point of view, robert burns rewrote it in around 1791 to give a version with a more general, humanist antiwar, but nonetheless antijacobite outlook. He cofounded the postpunk band swell maps with his brother, epic soundtracks, while attending solihull school in solihull. The last bandits discography has been remastered and reissued as a doublelp set with one previously unreleased track by seventeen records uk as part of record store day 2018. Nikki was glowing with excitement when he flew across the atlantic for his final us tour. The main influences on suddens music were artists such as t. Alternative rock, post rock jacobites robespierres. Jacobites, an album by nikki sudden, dave kusworth on spotify. English singersongwriter and guitarist, born 19 july 1956 in london, england, uk and died 26 march 2006 in new york, usa. Sudden began issuing solo albums in 1982 and also led the jacobites.
Nikki sudden was born adrian nicholas godfrey in london, england. Nikki sudden and the jacobites album discography allmusic. Nikki sudden the boy from nowhere who fell out of the sky hes returned to the sky, but his legend lives on at a meagre 49 years, adrian nicholas godfreys life was both tragically short and inversely proportionate to the sheer volume of his output. I stood there mesmerized, inexplicably waiting to see nikki suddens tousled ron woodesque mop of hair, but of course he did not show up on the screenan obvious credit to suddens wonderfully strange legacy. Someone stole my wheels it makes you scared creation uk 1986 next on label. Following the breakup of swell maps in 1980, he started a solo career and also released records with dave kusworth as the jacobites sudden collaborated with mike scott and anthony. Death is hanging over me though this room is seldom cold rosewood candles light the way along this tarnished road.
Nikki sudden jacobites tour 1994 european tour dave. Jacobites band jacobites were an english rock band formed in birmingham in 1982 by nikki sudden and dave kusworth, following the breakup of their respective previous bands, the swell maps and the subterranean hawks. Get the best deals on nikki sudden when you shop the largest online selection at. An occasional band featuring nikki sudden and simon.
Nikki sudden and dave kusworth shame for the angels ep a1. Whats so funny about 1985 pin your heart to me ep uk glass 1985 shame for the angels ep7 uk pawn hearts 1985. But after folding swell maps at the dawn of the 80s, nikki sudden plowed through another decades worth of terrifically fertile ground. He was the guitarist and a founding member with his late brother kevin paul epic soundtracks godfrey, jowe head, and richard earl, of the musical group the swell maps, in 1972. Find nikki sudden and the jacobites discography, albums and singles on allmusic. The jacobites played the foxrock folk club, where gigs were regularly recorded on reeltoreel, on two occasions. A place to celebrate and discuss the rocknroll art and songs of brothers nikki sudden and. The only official nikki sudden website featuring discography, bio, shop and gallery of the jacobitesswell maps singersongwriter and guitarist. Nikki sudden official website of the jacobitesswell. Twintone in turn expressed its enthusiasm by introducing the american masses to sudden.
Nikki suddens best songs as picked by the jam community, 20112015 jangle town nikki sudden. Jacobites were an english rock band formed in birmingham in 1982 by nikki sudden and dave kusworth, following the breakup of their respective previous bands, the swell maps and the subterranean hawks. Shiny silver, needles in the dark, now theres nothing left to say. Far more classicist than swell maps had been, the jacobites gave sudden a chance to exercise his penchant for st read more. The first of these dates, on 29th march 2006 at londons 12 bar club, took place but was transformed into a tribute to nikki sudden s memory and featured a number of musicians with whom he had played. Sudden released his first solo record, waiting on egypt, in 1982, followed closely by the bib. A tribute to neil young, kiss you kidnapped charabanc, and jacobites. The jacobites stuff is better than nikki sudden solo. The band noted as noisy and experimental were considered one.
Apr 21, 2018 after the postpunk band swell maps dissolved in the early 80s, lead singer nikki sudden began a diverse and maddening solo career, during which he performed with a number of different bands and side projects. Like now choo choo charlie 7 pye records 7n 17852 irl september 1969 no ps. Nikki sudden and epic soundtracks society has 2,365 members. Adrian nicholas godfrey, known as nikki sudden, was a prolific english singersongwriter and guitarist. Suddens death in new york followed a number of solo performances in the usa after which a short european tour by the jacobites had been scheduled. Nikki sudden jacobites lp mint howling good times w 45 apr 15, 2010. Following the breakup of swell maps in 1980, he started a solo career, as well as releasing records with dave kusworth as the jacobites. I had long waited to get my hands on this beautiful album. Kusworth had been a member of the dogs damour and led his own band, the bounty hunters. His records, under various names bounty hunters, dave kusworth and the bounty hunters, the tenderhooks, etc. Lets talk about nikki sudden, dave kusworth, and the. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device. Band disbanded in 1988 when nikki sudden and dave kusworth went separate ways, only to reunite again with jacobites name in 1993, when mammoth records rereleased their first two albums on cd to u. Swell maps nikki sudden july 19, 1956 march 26, 2006 born adrian nicholas godfrey in london, was a prolific british.
A native of london, england, he was born adrian john godfrey. Nikki sudden and epic soundtracks society has 2,376 members. Nikki suddens last album was a retrospective, the last bandit the best of nikki sudden. From the late 70s excess of the swell maps, to the jacobites and his own distinguished solo career, suddens music remains vital, charming the listener with a rich kaleidoscope of sounds. Record collector is the worlds leading authority on rare and collectable records.
Nikki sudden and the jacobites girl with the wooden leg lyrics. Nikki sudden official website of the jacobitesswell maps. Dual guitars announce big store and 1984s jacobites, originally on glass records, the first official appearance of nikki sudden and dave kusworth under that imprimatur and its direct allusion to british royal lineage of yesteryear. Born adrian nicholas godfrey, the artist we all know as suddens 1999 undertheradar album featuring the chamber strings as his backing band turns out to be, upon its newly expanded reissue, a lowkey gem. Mar 23, 2016 sudden s death in new york followed a number of solo performances in the usa after which a short european tour by the jacobites had been scheduled. Rex, the rolling stones, the faces, bob dylan and johnny thunders. Performing more conventional rock, sudden would never regain any real british enthusiasm for his music. But after folding swell maps at the dawn of the 80s, nikki sudden ploughed through another decades worth of. Albums include robespierres velvet basement, latenighttales, and jacobites.
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