Nikki Sudden born Adrian Nicholas Godfrey in London, was a prolific English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He co-founded the post-punk band Swell Maps with his brother Epic Soundtracks born Kevin Paul Godfrey whilst attending Solihull School in Solihull. Following the band's break-up in 1980 he started a solo career, as well as releasing records with Dave Kusworth as The Jacobites. Kusworth had been a member of the Dogs D'Amour and led his own band, … Wikipedia
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For a guy who could easily get away with pulling a pretentious, rock-god entitlement trip, I'm proud to report that Nikki Sudden was nothing if not a sweetheart, a gentleman, and a true class act. blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/03/nikki_sudden_ha.html
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In fact even Nikki, when performing the tune, after a couple of verses veered off the original lyrics into solid declarations of life-affirming devotion, as you will see in the clip below. punkcast.com/940/index.html