Category Archives: Scots Rock

It does seem that the best bands are Scottish. Why I can’t say. It just is.

Simple Minds Drop A Surprise Cover Album With The Biggest Surprise Of All – All Michael Been, All Of The Time!

Posted on April 1, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Forty six years into a career that’s seen the Glaswegian Art Rockers try a little but of everything, as of 10:35 this morning one can no longer say that The Minds haven’t had the very modern feather in their caps … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds “New Gold Dream – Live From Paisley Abbey” Album More Than Just A Victory Lap

Posted on December 4, 2023 by postpunkmonk

It was a few weeks ago that I received the CD of Simple Minds “New Gold Dream – Live At Paisley Abbey” that my good friend chasinvictoria ordered for me and while the last month or two has seen my … Continue reading →

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Two Great Tastes: Icehouse And Simple Minds Check Roots On T-Rex Classic

Posted on November 27, 2023 by postpunkmonk

The last post about Derek Forbes’ autobiography touched on the connections between Australia’s Icehouse and Scotland’s Simple Minds as both bands had significant history dating back to their teaming up in 1981 for tours of Oz and the UK in … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds’ Bassist Extraordinaire Derek Forbes Unleashes His Autobiography

Posted on November 20, 2023 by postpunkmonk

If we have learned anything in the 42 years of listening, often compulsively, to Simple Minds, it’s the fact that the band’s most compelling music was usually down to the sinuous and trance-inducing bass lines of Derek Forbes. I first … Continue reading →

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John McGeoch Film Beginning Kickstarter Campaign Today!

Posted on November 6, 2023 by postpunkmonk

We’ve already discussed Rory Sullivan-Burke’s biography of the crucial Post-Punk guitarist John McGeoch which appeared last year. That was a cause celebre as far as we were concerned, but the book managed to reach the eyes of Scot documentarian and … Continue reading →

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RSD Black Friday Brings Intrigue This Year

Posted on October 3, 2023 by postpunkmonk

Readers who pore over the comments will already have seen negative1ne mentioning releases coming up on November 24th for Record Store Day’s slightly less showy cousin, RSD Black Friday. While RSD in April has the world at its feet, Black … Continue reading →

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The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize: When Holy Grail Discs Like Associates “Boys Keep Swinging” Manifest

Posted on September 28, 2023 by postpunkmonk

So yeah, my 60th birthday was two days ago. There wasn’t much of a fuss planned. I even went to work as whether to go on one’s birthday is usually a tossup each year. Since we had taken a lot … Continue reading →

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