Fire In The City

The Needles were an energetic late-90s punk rock band from Aberdeen, formed by school friends Dave Dixon, Paul Curtiss, Johnny Wolfe and later Richey Wolfe. Their first gig came at an internet café in April 1996, with Richey making his Lemon Tree debut in plaster.

In 1998, Mark Nicols and Lithium Records helped sharpen their raw sound into something high-octane and direct. Their single Teenage Bomb captured that live energy and found support from record shops, radio and fans in the UK and beyond. Dave Dixon said they wanted songs built from raw emotion, not irony.

The Needles split in 2007. Dave Dixon, Paul Curtiss and Johnny Wolfe later formed The Hidden Masters with Nic Denholm and Alpha Mitchell, releasing Of This And Other Worlds. Dixon also fronted The Shiverin' Sheiks, while Curtiss formed The Magnetic Mind. Bear Park have since covered Teenage Bomb.