Endgames (band)

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Name = Endgames


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Origin = Glasgow, Scotland
Genre = New Wave, Eurodisco
Years_active = 1980-1985
Label = Virgin
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Current_members = David Rudden
Past_members = Paul Wishart
David Murdoch
Brian McGee
Willie Gardner
Douglas Muiren
David Wilde

Endgames are a Scottish New Wave band, who had some success in the 1980s with singles such as "Waiting For Another Chance" and "Love Cares".

Biography

Endgames was founded in 1980 by singer and bassist David Rudden, formerly of the Berlin Blondes, in Glasgow. The lineup for the band's first released single, 1982's "We Feel Good (Our Future's Looking Fine)", consisted of Rudden, Paul Wishart, David Murdoch and Douglas Muirden. At various points, other band members included Alex Harvey's cousin Willie Gardner, formerly from The Zones, and drummer Brian McGee, formerly of the Simple Minds.

"We Feel Good" and the band's follow-up single released in the same year, "First, Last, For Everything," found success in clubs in Europe and North America.

This led to the release of their polished 1983 LP, "Building Beauty", which was produced by Colin Campsie and George McFarlane of The Quick. This album spawned worldwide hit singles in "Waiting for Another Chance" and "Love Cares". "Waiting For Another Chance" was especially well received in Germany (21st place in September 1983, 15 weeks in the charts) and the band toured in Europe with acts such as Howard Jones, Eurythmics and Depeche Mode. The single "Miracle in My Heart" included a B-side mix of the song "Ecstasy" that has become a dance classic, having been sampled by the likes of Heavy D ("Nuttin' But Love").

Endgames released a second album, "Natural", in 1985, which included the single "Shouting Out For Love".

Endgames has had recording/publishing contracts with EMI, MCA, Virgin and Mercury.

Rudden continues to record as Endgames, with recent work including "Diamond Runnin"'.

Discography

Albums

* Building Beauty (1983)
* Natural (1985)

Singles

* First, Last, For Everything (1982)
* We Feel Good (Future's Looking Fine) (1982)
* Waiting For Another Chance (1983)
* Love Cares (1983)
* Desire (1983)
* Miracle In My Heart (1983)
* Ecstasy (1984)
* Shouting Out For Love (1985)

Trivia

* Paul Wishart played with the Simple Minds as saxophonist in their "Empires and Dance"-tour in 1980.
* Endgames recorded two "Peel Sessions" for legendary BBC presenter John Peel.
* David Wilde played drums and saxophone with Altered Images.
* David Rudden is also a music producer, artist and clothing desiger.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1981/Mar17endgames/ Peel Sessions of Endgames at the BBC]
* [http://www.myspace.com/endgames06 Endgames at MySpace.com with songs and videos]
* [http://www.worldoffound.com David Rudden's World of Found site (WoF is an online merchant of art and clothing as well as a creative platform based on anonymity, where artists, musicians, designers and other creators may or may not reveal their identity).]
* [http://www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomg42 David Rudden's G42 page at MySpace.com (G42 is Rudden's platform for songwriting and producing in collaboration with other artists, particularly in rap and hip hop).]