Paul - vocals
Cameron - guitar
Craig - drums
Colin - bass

ENGAGE are an amazing old school hardcore band from sunny Dundee, Scotland. Named in 1999 as 'UK's best kept hardcore secret' they have been amazing people all over with their music since. ENGAGE started in December 1997 with Paul Ross on vocals, Colin on bass, Cameron on guitar and Dek on drums. Dek was soon replaced by Ed in March 1998 and then a month later they played their first show.

A year later, in March 1999, I was reading an Engage interview in ENZK zine. What Paul had to say was very interested and I was interested to hear their recordings. Paul sent me a CD with 5 songs on it (now "When will this end" 7" except track 5) and I was totally amazed. On first listen opening notes of "Rebuilding" amazed me and I was sure they must be on Revelation. Straight away I asked him if I could release it and Engage were intrigued. Well, whilst on tour with Kneejerk and Abjure in July 1999, ENGAGE played the Scotland dates too and that definitely meant I wanted to release their songs on Skipworth.

During summer 1999, Engage did a full UK Tour with posi-core heroes HHH - once again this was a great tour, every show a classic. We had such a great laugh, developed a close friendship and there was always an awesome atmosphere. For that tour we released "When will this end" MCD Limited Edition to 100 copies (maybe one day we will get a list together of who has one), so people could check it out before the 7". The responce was incredible to the CD, people went crazy for it! Then they toured UK several times with AFI, ENSIGN, IMBALANCE, BANE, COUNTERPART, DIVIDE and played tons of shows with a wide range of bands, hooking up for quite a few shows with label mates ABJURE.

On the 14th July 2000 "When Will This End" 7" hit the streets. Many great shows followed including some classic pits on the Ensign / Engage tour and also with AFI. In November 2000 they set off on another tour once again with great friends HHH, this time to the rest of cold Europe and toured for 3 weeks during which they van broke down about 5 times but they had another great experience.

Engage are definitely one of the best old school bands. "Rebuilding" is a classic and always will be as is the whole ep!

Engage has taken time-out to sort out line-up changes and this has still to be resolved but Paul tells me that he is now seriously looking to get back on the road again with a great line-up. Look out!