After the separation of the legendary Swell Maps in 1980 (a Post-Punk band from Birmingham), Nikki Sudden pursued a solo career influenced by T-Rex, Johnny Thunders, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, etc. He released two albums: *Waiting On Egypt* in 1982 and *The Bible Belt* in 1983. In 1983, with Dave Kusworth (member of The Dogs D'Amour, TV-Eye, and The Bounty Hunters), he formed The Jacobites, who would release the album *Jacobites* in 1984, an EP *Shame For The Angels* (1984), and the record *Robespierre's Velvet Basement* in 1985. The latter record reached number 1 on the German independent charts, and Nikki Sudden moved to Germany. The band first broke up in 1986.