The Needles (band)
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| The Needles | |
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| Origin | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Genres | Punk / Rock |
| Labels | Dangerous Records |
| Past members | |
| Mainly Dave Dixon, Paul Curtiss, Richey Wolfe, Johnny Wolfe, and for shorter periods of time, Sandy 'Future' Galloway, Mike Duguid, Scott Lyon, Alpha Mitchell and Mike Hyland | |
The Needles were a four-piece band who formed in their mid-teens in late 90s Aberdeen, relocating to Glasgow in 2001. Influenced heavily by 60s garage punk and late 70s new wave/powerpop, their first single on newly formed indie label Lithium Records attracted a great deal of attention for such a young band, and the follow-up 'We Got the Soul' continued the momentum, garnerning positive notices in the Melody Maker and NME, not to mention Radio 1 airplay.
Various delays and false dawns followed, and although they continued to release records for a good few years afterwards, switching to the better-funded Dangerous Records,[1] in 2002, this early momentum was never truly regained, although their last three singles, Dianne, Summer Girls and Girl I used to Know received a degree of exposure on MTV2, Radio 1, and XFM.
The band finally split to pursue new projects in 2007, and some of them went on to form the Hidden Masters[2] with Nic Denholm (ex-Owsley Sunshine/Uncle John & Whitelock) and late-period Needles bassist Alpha Mitchell, also previously of the Owsley Sunshine. Original bassist Paul Curtiss and keyboard player Nic Denholm later moved to London and formed The Snap Elect,[3] a psychedelic/powerpop four piece that released one album, 'Mangled Angle Land',[4] in November 2010.
The Needles recorded several sessions for the BBC, most notably for the Mark Lamarr show on Radio 2 in 2006, and played their last gig with the original line up at the South by Southwest music festival in Texas in 2007, before finally calling it a day later that year. Probably their finest moments on disc came with their first release 'Teenage Bomb', the 7"-only single 'Let You Down', and the compilation track 'Any Other Girl'.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- In Search of The Needles (2007)
- Richie and the Magic Hammond on Lithium records Vol. 2 (2000)
- Any Other Girl on Lithium records Vol. 1 (1999)
[edit] EPs and Singles
- Girl I used to Know 7"/CD (2007)
- Summer Girls 7"/CD (2006)
- Dianne 7"/CD (2006)
- 1,2,3..5 EP (2005)
- Under The City EP (2004)
- The King and the Queen of Style EP(2002)
- Let You Down 7"(2001)
- Beat of the City EP(BBC sessions, 1999)
- We Got the Soul EP(1999)
- Teenage Bomb EP (1998)
[edit] References
- ^ "Dangerous Records", Dangerous Records, http://www.dangerousrecords.co.uk/, retrieved October 9, 2010
- ^ "Hidden Masters", Myspace, http://www.myspace.com/hiddenmasters, retrieved October 9, 2010
- ^ "The Snap Elect", Myspace, http://www.myspace.com/thesnapelect, retrieved October 9, 2010
- ^ "The Snap Elect - Mangled Angle Land (Limited Vinyl Album)", Pure Groove, http://www.puregroove.co.uk/products/The-Snap-Elect-%252d-Mangled-Angle-Land-%28Limited-Vinyl-Album%29.html, retrieved October 9, 2010
