R.I.P. Nikki Sudden

[asthmaticeog]

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2006-03-27T235155Z_01_N27283215_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SUDDEN.xml

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Cult British musician Nikki Sudden died Sunday after a show the night before at New York's Knitting Factory, Billboard.com has learnt. He was 49.

No cause of death has been made public yet, according to Secretly Canadian label head Chris Swanson, whose company reissued 10 of Sudden's albums in recent years.

Always a prolific artist, Sudden had just completed a new solo album, "The Truth Doesn't Matter," and had a gig booked in London on Wednesday with his band the Jacobites. According to a post from longtime group member Dave Kusworth on Sudden's MySpace.com page (http://www.myspace.com/nikkisudden), the show will go off as planned in memoriam to Sudden.

Sudden rose to fame with his brother Epic Soundtracks in Swell Maps, a late 1970s rock combo that has remained influential despite its brief lifespan. Soundtracks died of unknown causes in 1997.

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Swell Maps have been on permanent rotation for me ever since I heard a spin of "Let's Build a Car" on college radio when I was just a high school lad. Great fucking band, a million times more important than their obscurity would suggest. Sleep well, Nikki, and thanks for all the sweet records.

More on Swell Maps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swell_Maps

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. Shit.

:(

[dolo amber]

2. He died suddenly

:yoiks:

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. If I weren't in shock, I'd be angry with you for that coarse pun.

x(

[Magrittes Pipe]

4. I need to kick this...

...because Jane from Occupied Europe is one of the greatest records ever.

[asthmaticeog]

5. That, it most certainly is.

kick

[silvermachine]

6. Oh no...

...this is sad news.
Guess I'll have to go home and blast "Midget Submarines".
R.I.P.

[no name no slogan]

7. Dammit

:cry:

[flamingyouth]

8. Man, that sucks

Sad news indeed. :cry:

[RandomKoolzip]

9. I shall now load up "Read About Seymour" and

"My Favorite Shoppe" and have a good lie down. RIP Mr. Sudden.

Heroin, ya think?

[Book Lover]

10. Aw, shit

Just dammit.