Formed in 1977 by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds (hailing from Glasgow, Scotland) were previously known as Johnny And The Self Abusers. Under that name they released one single (Saints ...

There was a common trajectory for the great new wave artists of the ’80s. With many of them having come out of punk in the ’70s, their beginnings were often more avant-garde than they might be given ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I remember this high-rise block we were staying in,” Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr says of his Glasgow youth, “and I loved staying ...

Presented with the biggest hit they'd ever have, Simple Minds initially balked. "We are Simple Minds; we don't do songs that sound like Simple Minds," frontman Jim Kerr remembered saying. "We are ...

Kenny Hyslop, the legendary drummer of Simple Minds, has passed away at the age of 73. Midge Ure of Ultravox fame took to social media to announce the death of his dear friend Kenny, sharing: "Just ...

The album is the result of collaborations old and new, including co-writer Iain Cook of Glasgow band Chvrches and producers Steve Osborne, Andy Wright and Steve Hillage, who worked on the 1981… By ...

Support band, Ultravox, on the other hand, are unrecognisable from the time of their commercial peak in the Eighties. In fact, I wasn’t sure that some session musicians hadn’t been drafted in when the ...