Swell Maps Plus Support From Beau

In 1972, a group of six English teenagers started creating music together in their English suburban home-town of Solihull. This project evolved until it came to be known as Swell Maps, with four core musicians: the late Nikki Sudden (guitar & vocals), Nikki’s brother, the late Epic Soundtracks (drums & keyboards), Jowe Head (bass & vocals), and Richard Earl (guitar & vocals). They recorded their debut single, “Read About Seymour” in 1977, and released this on their own label, Rather Records. Swell Maps were one of the first punk bands to set up an “independent” label, and release a “do-it- yourself” record. They are known as pioneers of “Alternative Rock”, mixing punk rock with experimental and psychedelic sounds.

The current musicians are:

Jowe Head (vocals, guitar), a founder-member of Swell Maps.

David Callahan (vocals, guitar), formerly in Wolfhounds and Moonshake. Jeff Bloom (drums), formerly in Television Personalities.

Lucie Rejchrtova (keyboards), formerly in Crazy World Of Arthur Brown. Lee McFadden (bass), formerly in Alternative TV.

Presented by The Piper.

This is an 18+ event