Blog: Irk The Purists

Simple Minds. There, I've said it. Nowadays, something of a dirty word (two dirty words, strictly speaking) in musical circles, but at one time one of the hippest names to drop and (and bear in mind they're not usually the same thing) a fantastic group too. Where did it all go wrong? Like their near-namesakes Simply Red (whom I felt compelled to defend in 2006 ), Simple Minds are today associated with bloat, excess, bombast and creative inertia. But 28 years ago, they were in the middle [...]

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