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Birmingham, United Kingdom (1972 – 1980)
Swell Maps were a British experimental rock group of the 1970s from Birmingham, that foreshadowed the birth of post-punk.
Influenced by the disparate likes of T. Rex and the German progressive outfit Can, they created a new soundscape that would be heavily mined by others in the post-punk era. Despite existing in various forms since 1972, Swell Maps only really came together as a musical entity after the birth of British punk rock.
Consisting of brothers Epic Soundtracks (real name Kevin Godfrey) and Nikki Sudden (real name Nicholas Godfrey) two Solihull based teenagers, plus Richard Earl, David Barrington, John Cockrill and Jowe Head, the band cut the single “
Read About Seymour” as their debut in 1977, soon after the brothers left Solihull School (also home of Spizzenergi). It is widely considered one of the classic punk era singles. Epic’s drumming mixed with Nikki’s unique melodies crafted over the assorted threads cast by the six musicians set the band apart from the others. After recording their first John Peel session Swell Maps went into WMRS studio to record their first album A Trip To Marineville, which was released in 1979. With hard rocking punk numbers like “h.s. art” interspersed by ambient instrumentals and other experimental interludes like “Gunboats”, the album marked the band out as innovative non-musicians. The album went #1 on the new Independent chart.
Influenced by the disparate likes of T. Rex and the German progressive outfit Can, they created a new soundscape that would be heavily mined by others in the post-punk era. Despite existing in various forms since 1972, Swell Maps only really came together as a musical entity after the birth of British punk rock.
Consisting of brothers Epic Soundtracks (real name Kevin Godfrey) and Nikki Sudden (real name Nicholas Godfrey) two Solihull based teenagers, plus Richard Earl, David Barrington, John Cockrill and Jowe Head, the band cut the single “
Read About Seymour” as their debut in 1977, soon after the brothers left Solihull School (also home of Spizzenergi). It is widely considered one of the classic punk era singles. Epic’s drumming mixed with Nikki’s unique melodies crafted over the assorted threads cast by the six musicians set the band apart from the others. After recording their first John Peel session Swell Maps went into WMRS studio to record their first album A Trip To Marineville, which was released in 1979. With hard rocking punk numbers like “h.s. art” interspersed by ambient instrumentals and other experimental interludes like “Gunboats”, the album marked the band out as innovative non-musicians. The album went #1 on the new Independent chart.
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A Trip To Marineville
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Jane from Occupied Europe'
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Collision Time Revisited
Swell Maps Buy- Download Album
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Jane From Occupied Europe
Swell MapsBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
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- Buy Album
- Amazon $49.99
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Shoutbox
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yyydanyyy wrote:
Just realising how good A Trip To Marineville is.
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bnruo wrote:
greatt
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JJJBlue wrote:
Jane From Occupied Europe is the masterpiece of the 1980's. :)
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dethintwosec wrote:
Jane From Occupied Europe is the masterpiece of 1980.
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anna_c_robbiati wrote:
hey!check out http://www.themistakenpress.blogspot.com - albums and concerts reviews, photos, music videos, interview and more.thanks!
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earlyamericans wrote:
i really like them but i have no idea why they annoy me when they come up on my itunes
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AlanQuays wrote:
Never heard of them until 2 hours ago. Haven't listened to anything else since.
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martinbizarro wrote:
But never mind that, why is Let's Build a Car not in the list?
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martinbizarro wrote:
I prefer Marineville. It's uneven but the best tracks beat Jane's best tracks.
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KiroRedWolf wrote:
More people need Jane From Occupied Europe.
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themakeshift wrote:
http://www.nikkisudden.com/lyrics/a_trip_to_marineville.htm LYRICS!!!
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SOLOMUSIKA wrote:
.....*♫♪ ♫♪ ♥♥♥
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Freelove_ wrote:
Join my group: Post-Punk.
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lewisco_91 wrote:
haha
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traumcave wrote:
does anyone have the lyrics for midget submarines? thax
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LaxATivvz wrote:
RIP Swell Maps
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poopbro wrote:
how the hell am i just finding out about this band now holy crap this is good
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coffindisorder wrote:
It is!
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JakeRazor wrote:
this band is fucking great
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soundisdead wrote:
smell maps is lord.
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VaultBoy tagged Swell Maps with new wave, punk, experimental and one other tag. yesterday afternoon
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EpicSoundtracks tagged Swell Maps with ‘post punk’. Sunday morning
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EpicSoundtracks tagged Swell Maps with ‘mute’. Saturday evening
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