PAWN HEARTS
RECORDS
Pawn Hearts Records was a DIY
label. It managed one single. It issued singles in 1747-00
numerical series. Nikki Sudden (Born 19 July 1956 Died 26 March 2006) He
was born Adrian Nicholas Godfrey in London, England.[2] Main influences on
Sudden's music was provided by such artists as T.Rex, the Rolling Stones, the
Faces, Bob Dylan and Johnny Thunders. Following the break-up of Swell Maps 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, the Bounty Hunters. Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals,
Vocals – Dave Kusworth Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Nikki Sudden Bass, Sitar – Mark
Lemon Drums, Organ, Tambourine, Backing Vocals – Epic Soundtracks Vocals,
Backing Vocals – Slim Cartwright. Sudden also wrote for a number of music
magazines, such as Spex, INTRO, Mojo, the local Birmingham based fanzine
Waxstreet Dive, and Bucketful of Brains. At the time of his unexpected death, he
was writing his autobiography, as well as a history of the Wick (an estate in
ichmond once owned by Ronnie Wood, currently owned by Pete Townshend), and was
due to perform in London on the 29 March 2006.Nikki Sudden died suddenly from a
heart attack, at the age of 49, after a concert at the Knitting Factory in
Manhattan, New York.
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Nikki Sudden &
Dave Kusworth
Shame Of The
Angels
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HEARTS
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