English post-punk group, formed in 1972 in Birmingham, England, UK by brothers Kevin Godfrey (aka Epic Soundtracks) and Adrian Godfrey (aka Nikki Sudden). The lineup was completed with Richard Earl (aka Biggles Books), David Barrington (aka Phones B. Sportsman), John Cockrill (aka Golden Cockrill) and Stephen Bird (aka Jowe Head). After releasing two albums and four singles they disbanded in 1980.
ALBUMS
Swell Maps
Securicore
2022, 7", Rather Records, Rather Records, Rather Records, 
,
, Punk/Experimental/Art Rock
Swell Maps
Mayday Signals
2021, ,
, Post-Punk
Swell Maps
A Conservation Of Jams! (Another Trawl Through The Swell Maps Archive)
2008, CDr, Comp, Topplers Records, ,
, Post-Punk
Swell Maps
Wastrels And Whippersnappers
2006
Swell Maps
Swell Maps
2005, 5x7", Single + Box, Comp, Munster Records, 
,
, New Wave/Punk
Swell Maps
Sweep The Desert
2000, 
,
, Punk/Experimental
Swell Maps
International Rescue
1999, ,
, New Wave/Punk/Indie Rock
Swell Maps
Collision Time Revisited
1989, ,
, Punk/Experimental
Swell Maps
Train Out Of It
1987, ,
, New Wave/Punk/Experimental/Post-Punk
Swell Maps
Collision Time
1982, LP, Comp, Rough Trade, ,
, New Wave/Experimental/Post-Punk
Swell Maps
Whatever Happens Next...
1981, 2xLP, Album, Rough Trade, Rather Records, ,
, Garage Rock/Punk/Experimental
Swell Maps
....In "Jane From Occupied Europe"
1980, ,
, Art Rock/Punk
Swell Maps
Let's Build A Car
1980, ,
, Punk/Experimental/Post-Punk
Swell Maps
A Trip To Marineville
1979, ,
, New Wave/Punk
Swell Maps
Real Shocks / English Verse / Monologues
1979
Swell Maps
Dresden Style
1979, ,
, Punk/Experimental
Swell Maps
Read About Seymour
1978, ,
, Garage Rock/Art Rock/Punk
Swell Maps
New York City
Acetate, 7", Not On Label
Various
Punk 45: There Is No Such Thing As Society - Get A Job, Get A Car, Get A Bed, Get Drunk! - Vol. 2: Underground Punk And Post-Punk In The UK 1977-81
2013, CD, ,
, Punk/Post-Punk
Various
Rough Trade Shops (Post Punk 01)
2003, 2x CD, 
,
, Garage Rock/Indie Rock/Punk/New Wave/Post-Punk/No Wave/Funk/Dub/Experimental
Various
NME Presents Under The Influence
2000, CD, Comp, Promo, New Musical Express, ,
, Alternative Rock/Punk
Various
Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground
1999, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/New Wave/Industrial
Various
Mute/Tonal Evidence 4
1991, CD, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Mute, ,
, Techno/Downtempo/Synth-pop
Various
The Tyranny Of The Beat - Original Soundtracks From The Grey Area
1991, CD, ,
, Industrial/Experimental
Various
Burning Ambitions: A History Of Punk
1982, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Punk
Various
Wanna Buy A Bridge?
1980, ,
, New Wave/Industrial/Punk/Experimental
Cult Figures
Zip Nolan
1979, ,
, Punk
Various
Grime Of The Century
Box, Comp + LP, Comp, RE + LP, Comp, RE + LP, Comp, Anagram Records, ,
, Punk
APPEARANCES +
Jowe Head
The Other Side Of The Forest
2024, LP, Album, RSD, RSD, Glass Modern, ,
, Soundtrack
Oneida
Expensive Air
2024
Various
1979 (Revolt Into Style)
2022, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Cherry Red, ,
, Post-Punk/Punk/New Wave/Synth-pop/Ska
Various
Your Song, My Foot! Vol. 3: The 1979 Edition
2019, ,
, Experimental/Industrial/Musique Concrète/Free Improvisation
Fernando and The Teenage Narcs
Jesus Christ Super Narc
2017, Cass, Album, Whi, Speaker Snacks,
Octagrape
Aura Obelisk
2016
Total Control
Total Control
2015, Cass, Comp, Cle, Not On Label (Total Control (13) Self-released)
Total Control
Collection
2015, 
,
, Punk/Post-Punk
Year Of Birds
Slack Handfuls Of Nothing
2014, ,
, Lo-Fi/Indie Rock/Punk/Garage Rock/Post-Punk
Total Control
Total Control
2010
Nikki Sudden
Live At WFMU On Terre T's Show On 1/18/2002
2008, File, MP3, 256, WFMU, ,
, Indie Rock/Indie Pop
Steve Treatment
25 "A" Sides + Your Friends Are In The News
2006, 2xCDr, Comp, Hyped To Death
By Coastal Café*
Live At The Budokan
2003, 7", EP, Kitchen Records
DeRita Sisters 77*
Back To No Future
2003, CD, Kotumba Records, ,
, Punk
Various
Punkadelia
1996, CD, Comp, El Colectivo Karma
Dull Schicksal
Dull's Dullest Vol. 2
1995, CD, Album, Comp, Floating Records, 
,
, Lo-Fi/Punk/Avantgarde/Experimental
Come
Wrong Side
1994, ,
, Blues Rock/Alternative Rock
Various
Brücke Kaufen
1993, 
,
, Art Rock/New Wave/Post-Punk/No Wave/Synth-pop/Minimal
Various
Moving Away From The Pulsebeat: Post-Punk Britain 1977-1981
2024, 5xCD, Comp, Cherry Red, ,
, Post-Punk
Steven Wilson
Intrigue (Steven Wilson Presents: Progressive Sounds In UK Alternative Music 1979-89)
2023, Box Set, 4x CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Ambient/Art Rock/Avantgarde/Electro/Ethereal/Experimental/Funk/Goth Rock/House/Indie Pop/Indie Rock/Industrial/Leftfield/Lounge/Modern Classical/New Wave/Noise/Pop Rock/Post-Punk/Prog Rock/Punk/Rocksteady/Ska/Synth-pop/Tribal
Various
Un-Scene! Post Punk Birmingham 1978-1982
2022, ,
, Post-Punk/Indie Rock
Various
1977 (The Year Punk Broke)
2019, 3xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Cherry Red, ,
, Punk/New Wave/Power Pop/Pub Rock
Various
Optimism / Reject (UK D-I-Y Punk and Post-Punk 1977-1981)
2019, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Cherry Red, ,
, Synth-pop/New Wave/Minimal/Experimental/Industrial/Post-Punk/Lo-Fi
Various
Further Perspectives & Distortion - An Encyclopedia Of British Experimental And Avant-Garde Music 1976 - 1984
2019, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Cherry Red, ,
, Avantgarde/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Sound Poetry/Post-Punk
Various
To The Outside Of Everything (A Story Of UK Post Punk 1977-1981)
2017, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Cherry Red, ,
, New Wave/Punk/Post-Punk/Indie Rock/Electro
Various
Action Time Vision (A Story Of Independent UK Punk 1976-1979)
2016, 4x CD, ,
, Punk
Various
Rough Trade Shops - Recorded At The Automat: The Best Of Rough Trade Records
2015, Box, Car + 3xCD, Comp, Rough Trade (3), ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Pop/Indie Rock
Various
Recorded At The Automat: The Best Of Rough Trade Records
2015, 2x Vinyl, ,
, Alternative Rock/Punk/Post-Punk/Indie Rock/Art Rock
Nikki Sudden
The Boy From Nowhere, Who Fell Out Of The Sky.
2013, 2xCD, Comp, RM + 4xCD + Box, Ltd, Troubadour (5),
Retina.it
Secret Thirteen Mix 094
2013, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Secret Thirteen Journal, 
,
, Industrial/Musique Concrète/Experimental/Pop Punk
Various
Two Chord Top Twenty
2012, Cass, Comp, The Trilogy Tapes, ,
, Punk/New Wave/Post-Punk
Tearist
Fuck Yr Mixtape
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 192, Actual Pain, ,
, RnB/Swing/Conscious/Hip Hop/Synth-pop/Bass Music/Post-Punk/Lo-Fi/Alternative Rock
Various
The Kings Of Punk
2011, CDr, Ltd, Mixed, Promo, Not On Label, ,
, Punk
Various
Yo La Tengo Hanukkah 2010
2010, CDr, Comp, Not On Label (Yo La Tengo Self-released), ,
, Alternative Rock
DJ Rat-Ward
Transistor Heart III
2010, Cass, Comp, Mixtape, C60, Not On Label, ,
, Experimental/Psychedelic Rock/Hard Rock/Prog Rock
Women
Get It Out Of The Truck
2010, File, MP3, Mixed, 192, No Conclusion, ,
, New Wave/Indie Rock/Garage Rock/Experimental/Art Rock/Abstract/Psychedelic Rock/Punk
Carl Newman*, The New Pornographers
Carl Newman's Get Together Playlist for Spring 2010
2010, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Matador, ,
, Psychedelic Rock/Indie Rock/Indie Pop
Various
Munster A Go Go. 25th Anniversary
2008, CD, Comp, Promo, Sinedín Music, Munster Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Garage Rock/Industrial/Pop Rock/Rock & Roll/Blues Rock/Punk/New Wave/Rhythm & Blues/Psychedelic Rock/Glam/Psychobilly/Goth Rock
Various
Perfect Unpop: Peel Show Hits & Long Lost Lo-Fi Favourites Vol. 1 1976-1980
2008, CD, Comp, Cherry Red, ,
, New Wave/Punk
Various
100 Hits New Wave
2008, 5xCD, Comp, EMI, EMI, EMI, EMI, EMI, EMI, 
,
, Synth-pop/Ambient/Soundtrack/New Wave/Post-Punk/Electro/Punk/Power Pop/Industrial/Modern Classical/Art Rock/Experimental/Noise/Leftfield/Soul/Space Rock/Indie Rock/Ska/Minimal/Disco/Spoken Word/Pop Rock/Rock & Roll
Various
I Would Write A Thousand Words (A Tribute To Television Personalities Volume Two)
2007, CD, Comp + CDr, Comp, Ltd, The Beautiful Music, The Beautiful Music, The Beautiful Music
Various
Messthetics #103
2007
Various
Someone To Share My Life With (The Alternative Tribute To The Television Personalities)
2006, LP, Comp, But Is It Art?, The Beautiful Music
Various
D-I-Y Do It Yourself
2006, ,
, Leftfield/Punk/Indie Rock/Experimental
Various
Holy Bat Music (A Tribute To Batman)
2006, Vinyl, ,
, Surf/Garage Rock/Psychobilly/Rock & Roll
Various
The Record Shop - 30 Years Of Rough Trade Shops
2006, 2x CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Indie Rock/Punk/Electro/Experimental
Takkyu Ishino
A Pack To The Future
2005, 
,
, Techno
Various
C.A.P.S. 1 - Beat Of The Moment 03, A Felicity Sample
2004, CD, Comp + CD, Mini, Enh, Polystar, Felicity, Public Image United, ,
, J-pop/Chillwave
Various
Rough Trade Singles 1978-81
2001, Cass, Comp, Rough Trade, ,
, Alternative Rock/Punk/Post-Punk/Indie Rock/Experimental
Various
Rough Trade Shops - 25 Years
2001, 4x CD Technicolor, Box Set, ,
, New Wave/IDM/Punk/Indie Rock/Industrial/Indie Pop/Reggae/Post-Punk/Ambient
Various
Pop Indie
2000, 3xCD, Comp, Promo, Tidningen Pop, 
,
, Indie Pop
Nikki Sudden
Nikki Sudden & Friends
2000, CDr, Comp, Num, Rather Records,
Various
Straight Outta Burbank - The BOMP! 25th Anniversary Collection Introducing Alive!/Total Energy Records
1999, 2xCD, Comp, BOMP!, ,
, Punk/Power Pop/Avantgarde
Various
1-2-3-4 Punk & New Wave 1976-1979
1999, 5x CD, Box Set Long Box, ,
, New Wave/Punk
Various
Punk Off
1993, CD, Comp, Eurostar, ,
, Punk
Various
Programme 2 : 26 Feb '92
1992, Cass, Comp, Ltd, The Grey Area, ,
, Industrial/Avantgarde
Various
The Indie Scene 80
1992, CD PDO, ,
, Alternative Rock/Industrial/Indie Rock/Punk/New Wave/Goth Rock/Post-Punk/Minimal
Various
River Of No Return
1988, Cass, Comp, Ltd, Num, C90, United Piss Artists, ,
, Experimental/Alternative Rock
Various
Abigail's Birthday Party
1987, Cass, Comp, Not On Label, ,
, Indie Rock/Indie Pop/Acoustic/Folk Rock/Ballad/Goth Rock/Post-Punk/New Wave/Experimental
Various
Pogo À Go Go!
1986, Cassette, ,
, New Wave/Punk
Various
A Tribute To Tricky Ricky
1985, Cass, Rouska, Flame (5), ,
, Synth-pop/Indie Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Post-Punk/Indie Pop/Experimental/Art Rock
Various
Distant Violins 17
1985, Cass, Comp, Distant Violins
Various
What A Nice Way To Turn Seventeen No. 3
1984, LP, Comp, Rather Records, ,
, Folk Rock/Acoustic/Punk/Avantgarde/Garage Rock
Various
Another Bouquet On The Grave Of Free Enterprise
1982, Cass, Comp, Dead Hedgehog Enterprises
Various
Rough Trade New Releases 6
1981, Cass, Comp, Rough Trade, ,
, New Wave/Punk/Reggae/Synth-pop
Various
Wanna Buy A Bridge? (A Rough Trade Compilation Of Singles)
1980, ,
, New Wave/Industrial/Punk/Experimental
Various
Rough Trade New Releases 2
1980, ,
, New Wave/Punk/Reggae/Synth-pop
Various
The Art Of Punk (Part 1)
CDr, Comp, Car, Underdog Fanzine
Various
Sax & Violence
2020, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Pinhole Collapse, ,
, Punk/Experimental/Hardcore/Post-Punk
Various
Pre//Post Punk
2013, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, C90, Dub Ditch Picnic
Various
1981
2004, 9xCDr, Comp, Unofficial + CDr, Comp + 251xFile, MP, Not On Label, ,
, Post-Punk/Avantgarde/Art Rock/Power Pop/Psychedelic Rock/Lo-Fi/Experimental/Punk
Various
Minirock (Hoe Langer Hoe Korter)
1989, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, TIGRO, ,
, Punk/Hardcore/Pop Rock/Psychobilly/Grindcore
Various
The Tyranny Of The Beat: Original Soundtracks From The Grey Area
DVDr, Unofficial, Not On Label, ,
, Industrial/Noise
Various
Wanna Buy A Bridge?
, New Wave/Industrial/Punk/Experimental
