| Endgames | |
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| Origin | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Genre(s) | New Wave |
| Years active | 1980-1985 |
| Label(s) | Virgin |
| Members | |
| David Rudden David Murdoch |
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| Former members | |
| Paul Wishart Brian McGee Willie Gardner Douglas Muiren David Wilde |
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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.
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Biography
Endgames was founded in 1980 by schoolmates David Rudden, Paul Wishart and David Murdoch, in Glasgow. The trio became a sextet in 1982, including drummer Brian McGee of the Simple Minds, among others. In this year the band also released their first single, First, Last, For Everything. In 1983 their debut album Building Beauty was released, the first single from the album, Waiting For Another Chance, was a hit in Germany (21st place in September 1983, 15 weeks in the charts), but did little elsewhere. The band toured with several other groups, including the Eurythmics and released a second album, Natural, in 1985. The album sold poorly and is hard to find nowadays.
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"
