Active until 1990 | Genres Pop Active from 1983 | |
Years active 1983 (1983)–1990 (1990) Past members Davy HendersonIan StoddartRussell BurnEmmanuel ShoniwaSimon SmeetonWillie Perry Albums Uh! Tears Baby (A Trash Icon), Freaky Trigger Similar The Fire Engines, The Nectarine No 9, The Sexual Objects, Inna, Play & Win | ||
Win were a Scottish pop band from the 1980s.
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After the dissolution of The Fire Engines, Davy Henderson formed Win with Ian Stoddart (Bass), ex-Fire Engine Russell Burn (Drums/Keyboards), Emmanuel "Mani" Shoniwa (Guitar/Bass), Simon Smeeton (Guitar/Bass) and Willie Perry (Keyboards) in 1983. A more determinedly pop act than The Fire Engines, they were commercially successful in Scotland, partly due to their single "You've Got the Power" being used in a lager advertising campaign for Scottish brewers McEwan's. But they were unable to translate that into more widespread success and break through further afield. They released two albums and disbanded in 1990. Henderson went to working with his new band The Nectarine No. 9, releasing records on the revived Postcard label, Creeping Bent and Beggars' Banquet, later worked with The Sexual Objects. Willie Perry and Ian Stoddart went on to form The Apples with Callum McNair. Mani Shoniwa formed Yoyo Honey, releasing the album Voodoo Soul in 1992.
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Super Popoid GrooveUh! Tears Baby (A Trash Icon) · 1987
What'll You Do Til' Sunday BabyFreaky Trigger · 1989