Simple Minds is a Scottish new wave group founded by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill. The band celebrated its heyday in the 1980s. The band is best known for the song Don't You (Forget About Me) which was used as the title song for the film The Breakfast Club and was a number 1 hit worldwide (1985).
The group Simple Minds was founded in 1977, initially under the name Johnnie & the Self-Abusers, by Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr, Brian McGee and Tony Donald. Their early music, with influences from David Bowie and Magazine, among others, found recognition within the new wave movement.
Reinforced with Mel Gaynor as drummer, the group released albums that were easier to listen to from 1982. These albums yielded the group a few small hits, of which Promised You a Miracle also became a hit in the Netherlands. Their big break came with the song Don't you (Forget about me) from 1985. With this song the group had a number 1 hit in many countries, including the Netherlands.
The nucleus of Simple Minds consists of the two remaining original members, Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (electric & acoustic guitars, occasional keyboards after 1990, saxophone and violin). The other current band members are Ged Grimes (bass guitar), Cherisse Osei (drums), Sarah Brown (backing vocals), Gordy Goudie (additional guitar & keyboards). Notable former members include Mick MacNeil (keyboards), Derek Forbes (bass), Brian McGee & Mel Gaynor (drums)
This performance was filmed and broadcast by AVROTROS during the Edison Music Awards Gala of March 7, 2002.
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Broadcast date: 2002-03-07
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AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988.
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TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.
World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
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