1. Derek Forbes was born on 22 June 1956 and is a Scottish bassist, vocalist, and occasional guitarist.
12 Facts About Derek Forbes
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Derek Forbes is mostly associated with the Scottish band Simple Minds, having joined in time to record their early demos in 1978 and stayed with the band during their rise to mainstream success and their first six albums, until leaving shortly after their 1985 hit "Don't You ".
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Derek Forbes has played with Big Country, Propaganda, Oblivion Dust, Spear of Destiny, 10:51 and The Alarm, as well as leading his own projects.
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Derek Forbes was part of the abortive reunion of the original band in 2008.
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Derek Forbes sang with David Bowie on the Iggy Pop album Soldier.
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Derek Forbes played bass on the Kirsty MacColl hit "A New England".
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Derek Forbes played in Fourgoodmen, a Scottish supergroup, between 2005 and 2007, and formed XSM, who were originally to consist of Derek Forbes, MacNeil, and McGee from the original Simple Minds line up.
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Derek Forbes was voted 'Best Bass Player in the World' in 1982, and 'Best International Bass Player' in a music poll in Australia, the same year.
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Derek Forbes was a featured extra in the film This Is Not a Love Song.
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Derek Forbes toured the East Coast of America from 2015 to 2017 with his all-American band, Derek Forbes Band.
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Derek Forbes was awarded an Ivor Novello in 2016, for Outstanding Song Collection, for his songwriting for Simple Minds, amongst others.
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On 22 June 2016, Derek Forbes released a solo album titled Echoes containing 11 songs he composed with Simple Minds in their early years, which he re-recorded as the only musician involved in the project.