Nicky Chinn talks about being given ECT aged 16. How he coped with severe depression throughout his life, while-writing over 50 hits with Mike Chapman. Songs like Tiger Feet, Blockbuster, Devil Gate Drive, Hey Mickey, Living Next Door to Alice.

SHED TALKS (Jeremy Thomas)

Ambassador to Bipolar UK, animal lover, Nicky Chinn waited nearly many years to discover the best ways to stay sane.
Alongside his songwriter partner Mike Chapman, Nicky enjoyed huge success around he world, including wining three Ivor Novello awards. Acts like Sweet, Mud, Racey, Suzi Quatro, Smokie, Toni Basil, Tina Turner and Huey Lewis.
Nicky also talks about the terrifying treatment he received for severe depression and bipolar disorder he suffered aged just 16 and how this repeated and the subsequent multiple hospitalisations he experienced throughout his life. He talks about how alcoholism ruined the life of a singer of one of their biggest acts. There is also humour throughout such as when he tried to buy two Rolls Royce during the same day and transforming his bathroom into a discotheque complete with rollerball, then bought the Hollywood actor, Paul Newman's massive house. Asked for a possible overall trigger, Nicky points a finger at the abandonment he felt not knowing his parents but brought up by a nanny instead- and sent away to school aged six. Friendship became all important, one with pop supremo, Mickie Most. Despite some set backs in the early 90's, 1995 proved to be a massive turning point towards lasting happiness- when four things happened: .