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official sites
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FourGoodMen
www.fourgoodmen.com
It's a Scottish super-group. Not only do you have
Mick MacNeil and Derek Forbes
playing the old Simple Minds classics together again, but there's
Bruce Watson from Big Country and Ian Donaldson from
H20... and others... check out their website for the line-up, the gig and the album news.
And they're about to go on tour.
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FourGoodMen MySpace
www.myspace.com/4GM
It's that Scottish super-group again. And they've got their own MySpace page...
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www.jimmyjohnstone.com
www.jimmyjohnstone.com
Celtic legend Jimmy Johnstone's official site. You'll find an interview with Jim
here about the charity single Dirty Old Town.
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band members
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mix records recording studio glasgow
www.mixrecords.com
Mick MacNeil's site features pictures of his home studio, information about his own label, and a few sound
files to download. You can also purchase People Places Things, the first solo album by the much missed keyboard player.
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mel gaynor's official site
www.mel-gaynor.com
Mel's new site features news about the man himself, his gear, a biography and all the current news
(including Light Of The World and The Fusion Project).
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the derek forbes blog
derekforbes.blogspot.com
Derek Forbe's blog includes thoughts about his new project
www.afewgoodmen.info, pictures, background, biography and more.
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mark schulman: drumming site
www.markschulmanproductions.com
Swish and reguarly updated site from the drummer of the Good News From The Next World tour (and most of the album).
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mark schulman: make it all happen
www.makeitallhappen.com
Mark Schulman gives you powerful, fun and massively entertaining models
for success, stress reduction, leadership and spirit you will use to immediately enhance
your personal and professional life.
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caledon
www.caledonmusic.com
Scotland's answer to the Three Tenors includes Mick MacNeil and Derek Forbes. The band's
singles were also recorded at Mick's studio.
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band fan sites
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dream giver
www.simple-minds.demon.co.uk
The original version of this site which, over time, will gradually disappear and be replaced by this one. But it's still the place to go for the rest of
the Simple Minds discography and the current news.
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simple minds live
http://www.simplemindslive.com
Excellently designed website with lots of content. Whilst the core of the site is devoted to the Minds'
live shows, you'll find a lot more besides on this comprehensive site.
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french fan website
http://www.visibleminds.fr
This is the site for French fans; at the moment, most of this smartly designed site is
under construction, but it's home to a lively and interesting French forum.
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crashing beats and fantasy
http://www.simpleminds.org.uk
Comprehensive and detailed site featuring a large discography, lyrics, reviews (from original musical publications),
a large gallery and an interactive section.
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lachi's simple minds pages
www.geocities.com/lachi_99/smhome.htm
A long running fansite with diverse contents and the hang-out of tribute band Blow Up.
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when spirits rise
www.simpleminds.be
With its biographies, fan galleries and legends, When Spirits Rise has an alternative take on the band, their music, and their homeland.
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site of brilliant things
membres.lycos.fr/pspa/index.htm
If you like U2, Simple Minds and Radiohead, then this is the ideal site for you. Unfortunately, the
Simple Minds section halted in 2000, but it's good for reference.
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sparkle through the years
www.sparkle.be
Home of the Belgian fan club, this enthusiastic new site features the latest news, and loads of information about the fan club's activities.
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book of brilliant things
www.digital-landscape.com/simpleminds
Alexander Gerhards' site revolves around a graphically intense inventory of his collection. Additional items
include a guestbook, screensaver, wallpapers and an incredibly annoying wizard character.
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alley cat's simple minds page
simple.minds.free.fr
A fans' page for fans, Alexa Dubreuil's french site features their own Simple Minds
inspired artwork, stories and pictures from various meet-ups. There's also an interesting page on the design
of Bonnie Wee studios, the band's "Gang Hut" from 1988 to 1998.
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glitterball.de
www.glitterball.de
Designed around the sleek cool lines of the Neapolis artwork, Wolfgang Nox's site
looks like becoming an important German resource for the Minds.
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trading page
mitglied.lycos.de/sminds
From the same team as glitterball.de comes the first website
devoted to Simple Minds trading. It's early days at the moment, so keep an eye on it.
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let it all come down
www.bibiminds.de
A German/English duel-language site centered around Bettina's thoughts about
Simple Minds, there's some 2003 gig reviews, wallpapers and photographs.
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sparkle in the web
ret005ra.eresmas.net
This Catalan website, which has been around since 1997, features a trading page, photographs
and artwork. It's also recently been redesigned.
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simple minds
www.freewebs.com/simpleminds
A site built around their live dates (there is a comprehensive listing) and a fan's experiences with
the band. Recordings are also listed and trades are welcome.
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the floating world
www.floatingworld.de
This site represents the new German fanclub. It includes news, information and links plus a page for each
of the club's members.
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simple minds
www.freewebs.com/simpleminds
This site is a list of concerts, rare recordings, sessions, demos and presents a bootleg collection. There's also
a full band biography.
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up on the catwalk
perso.wanadoo.fr/rioseb/catwalk.htm
Another list of concerts, peppered with reviews and home-made artwork for concerts and bootlegs.
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simpleminds.web-log.nl
www.simpleminds.web-log.nl
Web log turned into Simple Minds resource. "This web log is dedicated to my rediscovered
passion for Simple Minds - one of the greatest live bands on earth in my opinion..."
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simple minds
www.ghostdancing.de/page2/page2.html
Enthusiastic German fansite with news, biography, discography and concert information.
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edwin's simple minds site
www.geocities.com/thesimpleminds
Edwin's Dutch site features concert photographs and wallpapers. Further parts of the site can be reached via the scrolling
navigation bar at the bottom.
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30 frames a second
xoomer.virgilio.it/thepaola
Paola's site features lots of tour pictures from 2002 through to 2004, and video captures from the
1970s through to the present day.
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one million years from today
www.freewebs.com/simpleminds2003/
Fan site featuring biography, profiles, tours, timeline and more.
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fan sites for band individuals
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charlie burchill
www.charlieburchill.de
Charlie is the man - according to this site. Looks like there's much more to come.
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eddie duffy
www.eddieduffy.nl
Site for bassist Eddie Duffy. There's four sections and some pictures - and more things
Eddie should appear soon.
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eddie duffy
www.eddyduffy.com
More things Eddie including biography, photos and more.
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tribute bands
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sample minds
www.sampleminds.co.uk
sample MINDS: a tribute to Simple Minds. This cover band has gained so much
prominence that UK tabloid The Sun printed the story of their new lead singer. They're often touring
internationally so check them out.
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the blowups
www.blowups.it
Official website of the Italian tribute band the blowups. There you'll find the latest gig news, MP3 downloads and
an extensive gallery section.
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new gold dream
www.newgd.com
From Rome, the website for this tribute band features a full biography of the band,
gallery, multimedia downloads and more.
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simple minds tribute 1984
www.1984-music.com
Formed in 2004, this new tribute band already has the Etten-Leur Hacel Festival under their belts. History, band members, gallery and
all-important upcoming gigs are all included on their site.
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Remind
www.remind.nu
A cover band of U2, The Sweet, Queen, Talking Heads and, of course,
Simple Minds, Remind have audio files of their versions of
Love Song and Don't You (Forget About Me) on their site.
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Simple Minded
fascinations.wordpress.com
An on-line blog outlining the creation of a new Simple Minds' tribute band. So far,
the first members of the group are being found, and demos are starting to take shape.
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downloads
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song for the tribes
www.songsforthetribes.org
Mike Simpson's iDisk of MP3s of concerts, interviews and archive recordings.
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sound in 70 cites
www.archibaldfandango.co.uk/70cities.htm
Sounds In 70 Cities offers rare MP3 downloads of rare Simple Minds gigs.
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new gold dreams
www.hypnotised.de
Yet more downloads, including the popular Liverpool Kings Dock from 2003.
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fan remixes
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dreamtimemix
dreamtimemix.blogspot.com
Home of the superb Dreamtime remixes of Simple Minds and other artists.
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negative one
www.negative1.net/mp3/simp/simp.htm
More excellent fan mixes from Negative One.
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shops
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esprit
eil.com
Esprit have the latest releases, through to the earliest, plus lots of weird and wonderful collectables. I've used them for years - and
personally recommend them highly.
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ebay
www.ebay.com
From the normal, commercial offerings through to the ultra rare, there's always something of interest on eBay.
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Matt's CD Singles
www.mattscdsingles.com
This site offers a good range of deleted Simple Minds CD Singles - complete with track listings and pictures.
All can be ordered with the secure online shopping cart.
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