Derek Forbes
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Years active | 1977–present |
Derek Forbes (born 22 June 1956) is a Scottish bassist, vocalist, and occasional guitarist. He 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 (Forget About Me)" (subsequently rejoining in a reduced role from 1995 to 1998). He has also played with Big Country, Propaganda, Oblivion Dust, Spear of Destiny, 10:51 and The Alarm, as well as leading his own projects.
Career
A former member of the Scottish
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. Forbes sang with David Bowie on the Iggy Pop album Soldier. He played bass on the Kirsty MacColl hit "A New England". Forbes has also performed onstage with Peter Gabriel.[citation needed]
Forbes also played in Fourgoodmen, a Scottish supergroup, between 2005 and 2007, and formed
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'. In 2009, Forbes was voted 'Scotland's Greatest Ever Bassist' by the readers of Dear Scotland,[1] and his life and work is the subject of a biography in both print and film by writer/director Ethan Dettenmaier.[citation needed]
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[citation needed] in 2012, replacing bassist Tony Butler. Forbes left the band in 2015.
Forbes was a featured extra in the film This Is Not a Love Song.[citation needed]
He also toured the East Coast of America from 2015 to 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.[citation needed]
Forbes was awarded an Ivor Novello in 2016, for Outstanding Song Collection, for his songwriting for Simple Minds, amongst others.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
ZANTi
ZANTi is Forbes's band and album project with Anni Hogan (ex-Marc & the Mambas).[2] ZANTi have released one album, Broken Hearted City, on Downwards Records[3] with Forbes and Hogan on all writing, arranging, performing and producing duties.[4][5]
References
- ^ Vote for Scotland's Greatest Ever Bassist, Dear Scotland, 9 December 2009
- ^ "About – Zanti". Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ "Downwards Records". Downwards Records.
- ^ "soundsmagazine.co.uk". Soundsmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Posted by Maurizio Pustianaz (@) (21 June 2018). "Zanti: Broken Hearted City". Chain D.L.K. Retrieved 7 May 2020.