Simple Minds
Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band that formed in Glasgow in 1977. The most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s, they have achieved five UK number one albums during their career and have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Despite various personnel changes, they continue to record and tour.
The core of the band is the two remaining founding members – Jim Kerr (vocals, songwriting) and Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards after 1990, other instruments, songwriting). The other current band members are Andy Gillespie (keyboards), drummer Mel Gaynor (who first joined the band in 1982) and Ged Grimes (bass guitar). Former members include bass guitarist Derek Forbes, drummer Brian McGee, and keyboardist Mick MacNeil.
- Don’t You (Forget About Me)
- Alive and Kicking
- Belfast Child
- All the Things She Said
- Someone Somewhere in Summertime
- New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
- Someone
- Life in a Day
- Sad Affair
- All For You
- Pleasantly Disturbed
- No Cure
- Chelsea Girl
- Wasteland
- Destiny
- Murder Story
- Real to Real
- Naked Eye
- Citizen (Dance of Youth)
- Carnival (Shelter in a Suitcase)
- Factory
- Premonition
- Changeling
- Calling Your Name