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He first met Jim Kerr in a sandpit on a Glasgow housing estate, aged 8.
His elder brother, Jamie Burchill, was the neighbourhood superstar, being the first to pierce his ear, first to dye his
hair. Through Jamie, Charlie was able to listen to music not regularly played on the radio.
He eventually ended up at Holyrood Catholic School with
Jim,
Brian and
Tony. They started to swap and sell records,
and formed their first band,
Biba-Rom!.
He learned to play guitar with his brother, after his mother purchased a guitar through a cigarette coupon scheme. He
also learned the violin, which became his favourite instrument.
He sometimes skipped school, along with
Jim,
to see bands play at the Glasgow Apollo.
After leaving school, he hitchhiked around Europe with
Jim, making it as far as Italy.
In 1977, he became on of the founder members of
Johnny And The Self Abusers, playing guitar and emerging as one
of the band’s main composers. Surviving the split after the release of their first single, he continued with
Jim,
Brian
and
Tony in
Simple Minds.
He was the main songwriter for their first album along with
Jim.
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