Derek Forbes

Derek Forbes started his musical career as a lead guitarist but soon changed to bass guitarist. He is known for iconic spine-rattling bass riffs which we recognise in most Simple Minds' songs and he wrote and co-wrote many of the band's earliest classics. A Simple Minds Legend! He won an Ivor Novello Award for songwriting, voted best bass player in the World 1982, and best ever from Scotland in 2010. He still lives in Glasgow