Derek Forbes

Derek Forbes is a Scottish musician. 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 “. He has also played with Big Country, Propaganda, Oblivion Dust, Spear of Destiny, Kirk Brandon’s 10:51 and The Alarm, as well as leading his own projects.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.