Simple Minds
- MatchSimple Minds
- 100%Ultravox
- 95%Icehouse
- 95%The Human League
- 83%Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
- 82%Duran Duran
- 81%Frankie Goes To Hollywood
- 81%Tears for Fears
- 77%Big Country
- 75%ABC
- 74%INXS
Biography
Timeless and epochal, Simple Minds was formed in January 1978 by Jim Kerr (9 July 1959, Glasgow, Scotland; vocals), Charlie Burchill (b. 27 November 1959, Glasgow, Scotland; guitar), Tony Donald (bass) and Brian McGee (drums). They rose out of the ashes of Glasgow punk outfit Johnny And The Self-Abusers who, in true anarchic fashion, deliberately folded on the day their debut single Saints And Sinners was released. A second guitarist Duncan Barnwell and keyboard player Michael... Read more