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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 be Chelsea Girl, their first single with hints of Johnny And The Self Abusers, and I Travel an almost 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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  • And_Letzer

    I totally agree.

    16 days ago

  • Gagablues

    New Gold Dream is the best album.

    16 days ago

  • priedits

    lost? Street Fighting Years is one of the best albums ever written.

    last month

  • Ra-Ra-Rafe

    In other words: Simple Minds are (alas) in the oldies scene these days, whilst U2 are alive and kicking...

    last month

  • Ra-Ra-Rafe

    In ' my scene' in the eighties, Simple Minds and U2 were very often mentioned in one single sentence (how odd that may seem these days). Both were great in those days... but if you look at U2 now and Simple Minds now... too bad Simple Minds got lost somewhere between - let's say - 1985 and now. Although I must admit I was pleasantly surprised by 'Moscow Underground' on their 2009 album Grafitti Soul. Nevertheless my fave Simple MInds albums remain Sons and Fascination, New Gold Dream and Sparkle in the Rain. Mind you, U2's 2009 album is one of my favorite U2 albums, however.

    last month

  • ekesner

    Somehow I missed ever hearing the song 'The American'. Wow! So fucking good. Sparkle In The Rain was one of my favorite albums of 1984 and I listened to a lot of Simple Minds. I'm baffled how I missed out on 'The American' until tonight? I love finding hidden gems. Makes life worth living.

    last month

  • christ-dragon

    They never get old. Everyone wants to rule the world, and Shout are the best! I have yet to hear a bad song from these guys.

    last month

  • Killerdwarf

    "Sons and Fascination" my favorite

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