SIMPLE MINDS Facts 1

• #1 Glasgow’s Simple Minds were originally a punk band called Johnny and The Self-Abusers, which split on the day their first single was released.
• #2 Simple Minds’ early recordings were described by British music weekly, the NME, as the best demo tape they’d ever heard.
• #3 Simple Minds originally vetoed recording ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ for the soundtrack of teen movie, ‘The Breakfast Club’. The song became the band’s first US #1 hit.
• #4 In 1998, Singer Jim Kerr and former Scottish international footballer Kenny Dalglish unsuccessfully bid £30 million to take over Jim’s beloved Celtic FC.
• #5 After writing a track for the 1993 Super Mario Brothers film, the band withdrew the song from the soundtrack, claiming it was too good.

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