Getting Personal

It’s the classic Personal Jesus live in Fuerth on 11 July. Don’t ask about the hat. It was a wardrobe malfunction but one that the rest of the lads were keen for me to wear. Anyway, this was alot of fun and definitely worth a watch if you’ve made that transisition from Simple Minds, through [...]

Alive And Kicking

Well, what can I say, the gig went well and it was great hanging out with the Mind2Mode guys for the weekend. Fuerth was a great place to play and the crowd of around 2000 were amazing – especially watching the sea of hands waving in Never Let Me Down Again. Below is a link [...]

Simple Minded and Sample Minds

Hey, guess what – if you’re in Wurth in Germany on 11 July this year you’ll see Sample Minds play their Mind2Mode set and I’ll be playing guitar for them for a night! Martin Sommer is unable to man the guitars that night and so Simon Hayward [who you may have heard on this site [...]

80’s Guitar Sounds Appreciation Society on Facebook

Hi,
I ve set up the 80’s Guitar Sounds Appreciation Society on Facebook – if you click on this link you should find yourself on the group page and if you appreciate the fantastic sounds of Burchill, Edge, Farriss and those other excellent 80’s guitar innovators then add yourself, keep yourself up to date with what [...]

taking a step back….

OK, so the band project is shut down. Shame. However, its about to be reborn as a more ‘electronic’ based site where the site is the gig itself. Basically, Simple Minded is going to become a site for collaborating with other musicians such as singers, keyboard players and bassists to create new versions of old [...]

Is Burchill the new Prime Minister?

Is Charlie Burchill the alter ego of Gordon Brown?…now there’s a question. I suppose being a guitarist myself, this is a conspiracy with limited interest. Whilst Jim is usually the focus of attention – Charlie could be off leading a double life which has remained, so far, unexposed. Has anyone ever seen them both on [...]