Nikki Sudden, July 1982

"Joy Division were the Moody Blues of the late Seventies."

Who remembers Swell Maps? They were a long-running collective of fairly posh people with made-up names - like Nikki Sudden and his brother Epic Soundtracks - who’d been part of the DIY scene for years. By the time I did this interview, Nikki had gone solo and had an album to promote.

Normally I would have travelled to do the interview, but he wanted an e…