Título: Simple Minds
Seção: Good News from the Next World
Background: Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band, formed in Glasgow in 1977. They are one of most commercially successful Scottish bands ever, having achieved five UK number one albums during their career and sold over 60 million records worldwide. Despite various personnel changes, they continue to record and tour. The band scored a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for their 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (UK #7, US #1, CAN #1), from the soundtrack of the film The Breakfast Club.

Conteúdo: The roots of Simple Minds are in the short-lived punk band Johnny & The Self-Abusers, founded on the South Side of Glasgow in early 1977. The band was conceived by would-be Glasgow scene-maker Alan Cairnduff, although he left the job of organising the band to his friend John Milarky. At Cairnduff's suggestion, Milarky teamed up with two musicians he had never worked with before - budding singer and lyricist Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill. Kerr and Burchill had known each other since the age of eight. After joining Johnny & The Self-Abusers, they brought in two of their school friends, Brian McGee on drums and Tony Donald on bass (all four had previously played together in the schoolboy band Biba-Rom!).  With Milarky established as singer, guitarist and saxophonist, the line-up was completed by his friend Allan McNeill as third guitarist. Kerr and Burchill also doubled on keyboards and violin respectively. In common with the early punk bands, various members took on stage names--Milarky became "Johnnie Plague", Kerr became "Pripton Weird", MacNeil chose "Sid Syphilis" and Burchill chose "Charlie Argue".  Johnny & The Self-Abusers played their first gig on Easter Monday, 11 April 1977, at the Doune Castle pub in Glasgow. The band played support to rising punk stars Generation X in Edinburgh two weeks later. The band went on to play a summer of concerts in Glasgow. The band soon split into two factions, with Milarky and McNeil on one side and Kerr, Donald, Burchill and 

user: What is Good News from the Next World?

assistant: The roots of Simple Minds are in the short-lived punk band Johnny & The Self-Abusers, founded on the South Side of Glasgow in early 1977.

user: Who was in the band?

assistant: Milarky teamed up with two musicians he had never worked with before - budding singer and lyricist Jim Kerr and

user: Who was the other musician?

assistant: and guitarist Charlie Burchill. Kerr and Burchill had known each other since the age of eight.

user: Was Good News from the Next World the name of one of their albums?

assistant: Good News from the Next World was released in 1995. The album reached No. 2 in the UK and produced the two Top 20 hits

user: Did it have any hit singles?

assistant: two Top 20 hits "She's a River" and "Hypnotised". The band toured to promote Good News from the Next World,

user: Did they go on any tours?

assistant: This was Foster's last work with the band, and Schulman returned to session work at the end of the tour.

user: Did the band stay together or split up?

assistant: made use of the skills of their original rhythm section, Derek Forbes and Brian McGee (returning after respective eleven- and fourteen-year absences

user: What was Forbes and McGee's place in the band?

assistant: The band then reunited with Mel Gaynor for a studio session in early 1997. Gaynor was reinstated as a full-time member