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Derek Forbes (22 Jun 1956 - )

Male Person - United Kingdom

Releases (1)

Official

Album

  1. Echoes 05 Aug 2016

Relationships (6)

Member Of

  1. XSM (2009 - 2013) original, bass
  2. Simple Minds (May 1978 - Mar 1985) bass guitar
  3. Simple Minds (Jul 1996 - Jul 1998) bass guitar
  4. Big Country (2012 - 2015) bass guitar
  5. Propaganda

Married

  1. Wendy Kemp Forbes

Recordings by (11)

  1. 30 Frames a Second 5:55 (05 Aug 2016)
  2. This Fear of Gods 6:56 (05 Aug 2016)
  3. Today I Died Again 4:27 (05 Aug 2016)
  4. Factory 4:37 (05 Aug 2016)
  5. League of Nations 4:58 (05 Aug 2016)
  6. Room 2:25 (05 Aug 2016)
  7. The American 5:34 (05 Aug 2016)
  8. King Is White and in the Crowd 8:05 (05 Aug 2016)
  9. New Gold Dream 5:08 (05 Aug 2016)
  10. Pleasantly Disturbed 8:47 (05 Aug 2016)
  11. Film Theme 2:20 (05 Aug 2016)

On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. Room 2:25 Derek Forbes (05 Aug 2016)
  2. Pleasantly Disturbed 8:47 Derek Forbes (05 Aug 2016)

Instruments

  1. Life in a Day 4:06 Simple Minds (25 Mar 1979) bass guitar
  2. Destiny 3:39 Simple Minds (05 May 1979) bass guitar
  3. Pleasantly Disturbed 8:01 Simple Minds (05 May 1979) bass guitar
  4. All for You 2:52 Simple Minds (05 May 1979) bass guitar
  5. Chelsea Girl 4:35 Simple Minds (05 May 1979) bass guitar, harpsichord
  6. Someone 3:43 Simple Minds (05 May 1979) bass guitar
  7. Sad Affair 2:46 Simple Minds (05 May 1979) bass guitar
  8. No Cure 3:34 Simple Minds (05 May 1979) bass guitar
  9. Wasteland 3:46 Simple Minds (05 May 1979) bass guitar
  10. Murder Story 6:19 Simple Minds (05 May 1979) bass guitar
  11. Celebrate 5:09 Simple Minds (01 Sep 1980) bass guitar
  12. I Travel 4:02 Simple Minds (01 Sep 1980) bass guitar
  13. In Trance as Mission 6:53 Simple Minds (Aug 1981) bass guitar
  14. Theme for Great Cities 5:51 Simple Minds (Aug 1981) bass guitar
  15. Someone Somewhere in Summertime 4:36 Simple Minds (13 Sep 1982) bass guitar
  16. Somebody Up There Likes You 5:00 Simple Minds (13 Sep 1982) bass guitar
  17. New Gold Dream (81‐82‐83‐84) 5:39 Simple Minds (13 Sep 1982) bass guitar
  18. King Is White and in the Crowd 7:00 Simple Minds (13 Sep 1982) bass guitar
  19. Hunter and the Hunted 5:55 Simple Minds (13 Sep 1982) bass guitar
  20. Big Sleep 5:00 Simple Minds (13 Sep 1982) bass guitar
  21. Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel 3:49 Simple Minds (13 Sep 1982) bass guitar
  22. Abuse 3:29 Propaganda (17 Nov 1985) bass
  23. Laughed! 8:54 Propaganda (17 Nov 1985) bass
  24. Thought 2:38 Propaganda (17 Nov 1985) bass
  25. Loved 6:42 Propaganda (17 Nov 1985) bass
  26. Machined 6:53 Propaganda (17 Nov 1985) bass
  27. Jewelled 7:48 Propaganda (17 Nov 1985) bass
  28. Loving 0:46 Propaganda (17 Nov 1985) bass
  29. India 5:20 Billy Currie (31 Oct 1988) bass
  30. European Son 4:06 Simple Minds (25 Mar 1998) bass guitar
  31. Act of Love 4:16 Simple Minds (25 Mar 1998) bass guitar
  32. Did You Ever? 2:37 Simple Minds (25 Mar 1998) bass guitar
  33. Cocteau Twins 3:53 Simple Minds (25 Mar 1998) bass guitar
  34. Caledonia 4:13 Caledon (2003) bass guitar, guitar
  35. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) 4:35 Caledon (2003) bass guitar, guitar

Vocals

  1. Life in a Day 4:06 Simple Minds (25 Mar 1979)
  2. All for You 2:52 Simple Minds (05 May 1979)
  3. Murder Story 6:19 Simple Minds (05 May 1979)
  4. Someone 3:43 Simple Minds (05 May 1979)
  5. Sad Affair 2:46 Simple Minds (05 May 1979)
  6. Chelsea Girl 4:35 Simple Minds (05 May 1979)
  7. Pleasantly Disturbed 8:01 Simple Minds (05 May 1979)
  8. Destiny 3:39 Simple Minds (05 May 1979)
  9. No Cure 3:34 Simple Minds (05 May 1979)
  10. Wasteland 3:46 Simple Minds (05 May 1979)
  11. King Is White and in the Crowd 8:05 Derek Forbes (05 Aug 2016)
  12. Film Theme 2:20 Derek Forbes (05 Aug 2016)

Produced

  1. Factory 4:37 Derek Forbes (05 Aug 2016)

Credited as (2)

  1. Loudery, Derek Forbes & Mick MacNeil
  2. Derek Forbes

Works (39)

Wrote

  1. Factory (2012)
  2. Up on the Catwalk (2013)
  3. Love Song
  4. The Real Life
  5. India
  6. The American
  7. Waterfront
  8. White Hot Day
  9. Book of Brilliant Things
  10. East at Easter
  11. Speed Your Love to Me
  12. Someone Somewhere in Summertime
  13. Vicious Circle
  14. Only One Word
  15. How Much Love
  16. Ministry of Fear
  17. Wound in My Heart
  18. Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel
  19. Promised You a Miracle
  20. Big Sleep
  21. Somebody Up There Likes You
  22. Glittering Prize
  23. Hunter and the Hunted
  24. King Is White and in the Crowd
  25. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
  26. After the Flood

Composed

  1. Sweat in Bullet
  2. New Warm Skin
  3. In Trance as Mission
  4. 70 Cities as Love Brings the Fall
  5. Boys From Brazil
  6. This Earth That You Walk Upon
  7. Sons and Fascination
  8. Seeing Out the Angel
  9. 20th Century Promised Land
  10. Wonderful in Young Life
  11. League of Nations
  12. Careful in Career
  13. Sound in 70 Cities

Links (6)

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/2819896

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Forbes

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/287983

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001616838

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q746637

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/6609