Epic Soundtracks was the stage name of British musician Kevin Paul Godfrey (23 March 1959 - 5 November 1997). A stage name, also called a screen name, is a Pseudonym used by Performers and Entertainers such as The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar He was brought up in Solihull, Midlands with his brother Adrian Nicholas, who was known as Nikki Sudden (1956 - 2006). Solihull (ˈsɒlɪhʌl or /ˈsəʊlihʌl/ is a large town in the West Midlands of England, with a population of 94753 This article is mainly about the English Midlands For other uses see Midlands (disambiguation. Nikki Sudden ( July 19, 1956 – March 26, 2006) was a prolific English Singer-songwriter and Guitarist.
In 1972 Kevin and Nicholas formed the nucleus of what was to become the post-punk rock group Swell Maps, with "Epic" on drums and piano, and "Nikki" on guitar and vocals. Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s Swell Maps were an experimental English rock group of the 1970s from Birmingham, that foreshadowed the birth of Post-punk. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech.
Epic later played drums for Crime and the City Solution and These Immortal Souls. Crime and The City Solution were a Rock music band formed by Australian singer and Songwriter Simon Bonney. These Immortal Souls was an Australian Indie band based in Europe and active through the late 1980s and early 1990s In 1991, Epic decided to focus on his own songwriting career, and began the series of recordings that comprised his three solo records. As a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist he released three critically acclaimed solo albums and two more have been released posthumously.
Notable fans of Soundtrack's solo work include Evan Dando and Thurston Moore. Evan Griffith Dando (born March 4 1967) is an American Musician, most famous for fronting the alternative rock band The Lemonheads Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958 in Coral Gables Florida) is an American Musician best known as a Singer,
Epic Soundtracks died in his sleep November 5, 1997, at his flat in West Hampstead, London. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) West Hampstead is an area in northwest London, England, situated between Childs Hill to the north Frognal and Hampstead to the north-east London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. His funeral took place in Leamington Spa Baptist Church on December 1. Leamington Spa, properly Royal Leamington Spa, commonly Leamington (ˈlɛmɪŋtən and "Leam" to locals is a Spa town in central Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican
Much speculation has been made of the manner of his passing. suicide, drug overdose, et cetera. The term drug overdose (or simply overdose or OD) describes the Ingestion or application of a Drug or other substance in quantities The official cause of death was inconclusive.
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