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Derek Forbes is a Scottish musician and songwriter best known as the bassist for the post-punk band Simple Minds. He was born on 22 June 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Forbes began his musical career in the late 1970s, playing bass in the Glasgow punk band The Subs. He then joined Simple Minds in 1979, replacing original bassist Tony Donald. Forbes was a key member of the band, contributing to the writing and recording of their first five albums. He left the band in 1986, and went on to form the band Ex-Simple Minds with fellow former Simple Minds members Mick MacNeil and Brian McGee.
Forbes has also worked as a session musician, playing bass on albums by artists such as The Waterboys, Big Country, and The Proclaimers. He has also released two solo albums, and continues to tour and record with his own band, Forbes & Friends.
As of 2021, Derek Forbes is 64 years old and has a net worth of $10 million.
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Cancer |
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22 June 1956 |
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22 June |
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Glasgow |
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Glasgow |
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Derek Forbes Net Worth
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Forbes was awarded an Ivor Novello in 2016, for Outstanding Song Collection, for his songwriting for Simple Minds, amongst others.
On 22 June 2016, 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.
He also toured the East Coast of America from 2015–2017 with his all-American band, Derek Forbes Band. Members include John McNutt (ex-Spear of Destiny), Danny Beisell (Fosterchild and American Vinyl), Tim McKinstrey and Marc Iezzi.
Forbes had his own radio show on LA Talk Radio for two years, May the Forbes Be with You. Production stopped after he joined Big Country in 2012, replacing bassist Tony Butler. Forbes left the band in 2015.
In 2009, Forbes was voted 'Scotland's Greatest Ever Bassist' by the readers of Dear Scotland, and his life and work is the subject of a biography in both print and film by writer/director Ethan Dettenmaier.
After Simple Minds, Forbes went on to play in a number of other bands, including Propaganda (Germany) and Oblivion Dust (Japan), Spear of Destiny, 10:51 and the Alarm. He also played in Fourgoodmen, a Scottish supergroup, between 2005-2007 and formed XSM, who were originally to consist of Forbes, MacNeil and McGee from the original Simple Minds line up. XSM recorded an album's worth of tracks, but Mick MacNeil didn't want to perform live, so Forbes and McGee took the band out, along with Owen Paul (McGee), sibling of Brian McGee. The guitar and keyboard player roles were twofold, with Steven Curley (version 1) on guitar, followed by Ant Seaman guitar (version 2) and Gary O'Hagan on keyboards (version 1) and Andy Gall keyboards (version 2).
He reunited with the band for a three-year period from 1995 to 1998, before and during the recording of Néapolis. He and Mel Gaynor also appeared at Scotland Rocks for Kosovo in 1999 performing Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir", whilst Simple Minds also appeared on the bill with Mark Kerr on drums and Eddie Duffy on bass.
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. Forbes was also voted 'Best Bass Player in UK'.
A former member of the Scottish punk band Subs, Forbes replaced Tony Donald as bassist for Simple Minds in 1978, leaving in 1985.
Derek Forbes (born 22 June 1956) is a Scottish bassist, vocalist, and occasional guitarist. He was a member of the Scottish band Simple Minds from 1978, recording their early demos, until shortly after their 1985 hit, "Don't You (Forget About Me)".
