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Glasgow, United Kingdom (1977 – present)
Simple Minds is a Scottish rock band which achieved its greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band, from the South Side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s. Simple Minds has secured a string of successful hit singles, the best known being their #1 worldwide hit single “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”, from the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club and #3 worldwide hit single “Alive and Kicking”. The band has sold more than 40 million albums since 1979.
Founding members Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (guitar, keyboards), along with drummer Mel Gaynor, are the core of the band, which currently features Andy Gillespie on keyboards and Ged Grimes on bass guitar.
Formed in late 1977 from the ashes of Johnny & the Self-Abusers, Simple Minds initially signed to Arista who recorded and released their first three albums. The musical changes Simple Minds went through in these first three albums shows how diverse their song range is. Tracks to compare would beChelsea Girl, their first single with hints of Johnny And The Self Abusers, and I Travel an almost disco sounding track.
Virgin Records saw the potential in the band and in 1981 signed them up. The first Virgin Records release Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call was a double album, but later released as two single albums - Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call.
Founding members Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (guitar, keyboards), along with drummer Mel Gaynor, are the core of the band, which currently features Andy Gillespie on keyboards and Ged Grimes on bass guitar.
Formed in late 1977 from the ashes of Johnny & the Self-Abusers, Simple Minds initially signed to Arista who recorded and released their first three albums. The musical changes Simple Minds went through in these first three albums shows how diverse their song range is. Tracks to compare would be
Chelsea Girl, their first single with hints of Johnny And The Self Abusers, and I Travel an almost disco sounding track.Virgin Records saw the potential in the band and in 1981 signed them up. The first Virgin Records release Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call was a double album, but later released as two single albums - Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call.
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EugeneZhokhov wrote:
"Everybody needs to feel respected not disconected..." Every song of Simple Minds is unique..
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Cry-Cry wrote:
Nice band! I didn't know them before! but today I happened to buy one of their CD's - 'Black&White 050505'....and it's petty good!!!
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infectedmodes wrote:
Where's Hypnotised?
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junkal28 wrote:
someone, somewhere? Not in the top?
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priedits wrote:
Street Fighting Years is like Bible to me.
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beheaded_beast wrote:
flawless band <3
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seconds23 wrote:
In Trance as Mission (1981)
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RAYOYTRUENO wrote:
Life in a Day ,,, the best of the Simple Minds
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leandro-27 wrote:
The Breakfast Club and Don't You (forget About Me) <3 8
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negation_state wrote:
first 5 albums 4life! [2]
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Herr_Apathy wrote:
The breakfast club and Don't You (forget About Me) <3 [7]
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android1985 wrote:
first 5 albums 4life!
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xALSHALLPERISHx wrote:
Alive And Kickin' & Belfast Child <3
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junkal28 wrote:
Jim Kerr voice ♥
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anananam Mandela Day..
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Akatian wrote:
She is your friend, until the ocean breaks
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UP ON THE CATWALK!!!! Best album: Sparkle in the rain!!!!
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Feb
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Simple Minds 5x5 TOUR
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Simple Minds 5X5
La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
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Simple Minds 5x5 TOUR
Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
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