Jacobites was an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1982 by Nikki Sudden (died 2006) and Dave Kusworth (died 2020), following the breakup of their respective previous bands, Swell Maps and The Subterranean Hawks. Following the breakup of the seminal British post-punk outfit Swell Maps, frontman Nikki Sudden embarked on a solo career, then concurrently formed a new band called Jacobites. Far more classicist than Swell Maps had been, Jacobites gave Sudden a chance to exercise his penchant for straightforward rock & roll, drawing chiefly from The Stones and The Faces while … read more
Jacobites was an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1982 by Nikki Sudden (died 2006) and Dave Kusworth (died 2020), following the breakup of their respective previous bands, Swell Maps and The Subterranean Hawks. Following the breakup of the seminal British post-punk outfit Swell Maps… read more
Jacobites was an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1982 by Nikki Sudden (died 2006) and Dave Kusworth (died 2020), following the breakup of their respective previous bands, Swell Maps and The Subterranean Hawks. Following the breakup of the seminal British post-punk outfit Swell Maps, frontman Nikki Sudden embarked on a solo career, then concurrently for… read more