在纽约的摇滚女孩：恩，就是这样的~

如果我知道的话

                                      

Nikki Sudden（图左，深色衣服，Swell Maps的主唱，请看我以前的这篇博客），２月２８日到纽约，３月２６日，也就是昨天去世了。

２３日晚上他在我负责的俱乐部演出一场，２５日晚上，我到另外一个俱乐部看了他的最后一场演出。２６日凌晨我们还一起在酒吧里，他告诉我他夏天还会再回来，swell maps要重组做一场演出，他叫我谁也不能告诉，这是一个秘密。

凌晨大概３点４５分左右，我累了，便跟nikki说再见，说好了２６日早上１１点左右要一起吃午饭，结果一个早上都没有接到他的电话，下午电话响起，电话那头的人哭着说nikki 死了。

从昨天到２个小时前都没有哭，现在已经哭了2个小时了，死亡是一件很难接受，需要时间去消化的事。

太多的话要说。心情真的很不好。以下是我在myspace上写的一段东西。

I've known Nikki for more than two years now, since we first met, we did a small tour together in the states for almost a month, then we kept in touch ever since. every month, he would ring up and ask how i was doing and it is always such a pleasure to hear his hard to understand british accent on the other side of the phone. i would tell him all my problems in life, and he will always manage to make me laugh with his so hard to understand british english.

this time, he came back to the states and did a gig on his brother epic's birthday at the club i am booking at. but what an asshole i am, i didn't even make it to the show. i even yelled at him for some really fucking stupid shit when he first arrived in the states on the 28th! we finally hanged out on the 13th and 14th, then i had to leave for sxsw.

i did make it to his last show on the 25th and helped him sell a shirt and some cds. then we hanged out at a bar afterwards. the last thing he told me was Swell Maps might do a reunion tour this summer, so he will see me in a couple of months.

345am, i felt tired, so i excused myself. we made plans to have brunch in the morning around 11am, but he never called. he didn't have a cell phone in the states, so i can't call him. i assumed he must've been tired and had to catch his flight. but a few hours later around 730pm, i heard he passed away.

i didn't cry yesterday, now i am crying.

i wish i hadn't yelled at you
i wish i hadn't said all those stupid things to you
i wish i had made it to the show on the 23rd
i wish i had hanged out with you the whole night on your last day in this world
i wish my english was better
i wish i could tell you exactly how i feel right now...

Rest In Peace, Nikki, you know I love you, I always love you... and i will always "stay bruised" like you always said...

以下是从pitchforkmedia节选的关于nikki死讯的新闻：

From Pitchforkmedia.com:

Nikki Sudden Dead at 49

Scott Plagenhoef and David Nadelle report:
"Nikki Sudden, former co-leader of the Swell Maps and the Jacobites and an accomplished solo artist, has died at the age of 49. The inspirational rock veteran, born Nicholas Godfrey, passed away Sunday in New York, where he had performed a free show billed as the "Farewell New York Bash".

Sudden and his brother, Kevin Paul Godfrey (aka Epic Soundtracks), formed the first iteration of the band that eventually became known as Swell Maps in their early teens in 1972, but the group didn't issue its first single, the self-recorded, self-released "Read About Seymour", until 1978.

The record sold briskly, leading the band to perform a session for John Peel. The day after it was broadcast, Rough Trade shop owner Geoff Travis stopped Sudden in the street and offered to purchase the remainder of the singles. Along with Scritti Politti and Desperate Bicycles, the Swell Maps became the embodiment of punk's DIY aesthetic, and "Read About Seymour" was one of the most successful attempts to demystify and democratize the process of creating music, turning a lack of professionalism from a hindrance into a go-for-broke virtue.

Loving the manic energy of T. Rex and the sonic experimentalism of Can in equal measures, Swell Maps forged a chaotic, charming blend of pop and noise. They released two albums on Travis' Rough Trade label, A Trip to Marineville (1979) and Jane From Occupied Europe (1980), as well as a handful of singles before disbanding.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Sudden released a series of diverse but often spotty records as a solo artist and with his band the Jacobites. He worked mostly with fellow Jacobite Dave Kusworth and his brother, Epic Soundtracks, until the latter's 1997 death, and collaborated with members of R.E.M., Sonic Youth, and Wilco.

Much of Sudden's work throughout this period has a languid feel, showing off a woozy, bluesy Stones and Faces influence. His solo material reveals the depths of his love for Johnny Thunders, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood but still carries the loose, freewheeling feel of his Swell Maps work. A frequent rock scribe whose writing appeared in Mojo among other publications, Sudden had nearly completed a biography of Wood at the time of his death.

Earlier this decade, Secretly Canadian initiated an extensive Nikki Sudden reissue campaign, releasing not only expanded versions of the two Swell Maps LPs, but upwards of a half-dozen of his post-SW works. In each case, the records were remastered and included extensive liner notes. In addition, Secretly Canadian released Sudden's underrated 2004 LP Treasure Island, which features appearances by Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan and former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor.

Sudden began recording in his bedroom and forged a career out of it through will and enthusiasm at a time when well-honed craft and access to a studio were considered the only routes to making music. Throughout his life, Sudden continued to forge his own destiny, carrying himself as a rock star despite his lack of mainstream success. He was proof that, in a post-punk music environment, fame and the ability to connect with listeners are relative, and that even if his heroes-- Marc Bolan, Keith Richards-- were mostly household names, large-scale success and fortune weren't necessary to inspire devotion and wonderment.

"I dress and act like a star because I am one-- even if only in the eyes of a few," Sudden told Buffalo alt-weekly Art Voice. Unlike many of his punk contemporaries, Sudden continued to inspire such devotion throughout his career. According to reports, he fittingly spent the final hours of his life playing a free, ramshackle, loose show, covering T. Rex and the Velvet Underground, climbing a stage to live his rock star dreams and channeling his heroes, and asking nothing from his audience in return.

According to Billboard.com, Sudden recently finished a new solo album, The Truth Doesn't Matter. The Jacobites will play a previously scheduled show in London on Wednesday, March 29, as a memorial for Sudden."

July 19 1956 - March 26 2006

We'll Miss you.

Stay Bruised, Pal.

Nikki, I miss you, I really do... 

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