(1-14 of 14 song lyrics)Average rating for Swell Maps songs is 7.45/10 [192 votes]. Selected popular Swell Maps song of Tuesday, December 3 2024 is "Gunboats".
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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... read more