As one of the founding members of Simple Minds way back in 1977, guitarist Charlie Burchill seems to be working as hard as ever with no sign of the band slowing down. Despite residing in Italy for ...

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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 ...

The familiar Waterfront bassline ringing out over Trinity College Dublin is akin to a tank rolling across the cricket pitch. While that may well be the groundskeeper’s worst nightmare, it’s the ...

The band, currently on tour, also explains why they keep making new music, even though "obviously records don't sell like they used to." By Gary Graff Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill have been playing ...

Simple Minds are on their way back to the Bay Area, set to thrill ‘80s music fans with a songbook that includes such gems as “Alive and Kicking,” “Sanctify Yourself,” “Waterfront” and — oh, yeah, — a ...

Simple Minds had one of the strangest trajectories for a popular band in the 1980s. They slowly grew in popularity, first breaking through with some minor hits and MTV exposure. The Scottish band then ...

While mirroring the solid, decades-long partnership of Bono and The Edge, Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill’s association goes back further, having met as kids on a building site playground in their ...