Endgames

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Endgames
General information
Genre (s) New wave
founding 1980
Founding members
David Rudden
David Murdoch
Paul Wishart
Other members
saxophone
 Douglas Muiren
Guitar , vocals
 Willie Gardner
Brian McGee

The Endgames are a British band whose hit hit Waiting For Another Chance is still frequently played by radio stations today. Beyond that, the band has not been able to land another chart hit to this day and is therefore a classic " one-hit wonder ".

Band history

In 1980 the Endgames were founded in Glasgow by school friends David Rudden, Paul Wishart and David Murdoch . David Rudden has not only been a singer, but also the head and mastermind of the band. In 1982 the trio became a sextet, completed by the drummer Brian McGee from Simple Minds .

The debut album Building Beauty was released in 1983 , the first single from it was Waiting For Another Chance , which was a success in Germany (21st place in September 1983, 15 weeks in the charts), but received no attention in England or America. The musicians go on tour in Germany with the Eurythmics and record the follow-up album Natural in 1985 , which becomes a commercial flop.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Building Beauty
  DE 48 07/11/1983 (2 weeks)
Singles
Waiting for Another Chance
  DE 21st 08/29/1983 (15 weeks)
Love Cares
  DE 66 11/21/1983 (3 weeks)

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)

Worth mentioning

  • Paul Wishart accompanied the Simple Minds as a saxophonist on their "Empires And Dance" tour in 1980.
  • The Endgames took two "Peel Sessions" at the legendary BBC presenter John Peel on
    • on March 17th, 1981 (songs "Both Of Us" , "Fading Away" , "Beauty # 2" , "Pioneer" ) - in the original triple line-up, supplemented by Willie Gardner (guitar, vocals) and David Wilde on drums.
    • and March 10, 1982 (songs "We Feel Good (Future's Looking Fine)" , "Darkness" , "First Last For Everything" , "You'll Never Walk Alone" ) - with the above members as a sextet.
  • In 2002 a group of the same name led by Mike Aronow and Jeff Walsh released the album "Keep on Running" in the USA .
  • An Endgames blog has been on MySpace since May 26, 2006, listing David Rudden and David Murdoch as current band members.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE