Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" topped the charts after it was released on "The Breakfast Club" soundtrack in 1985. “It sounded a little generic to us,” Jim Kerr, lead singer of the band, ...

The Breakfast Club. Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. All staples of the '80s teen movie scene. But why do we love them so? When most people of a certain age think of the '80s, music probably ...

Mention Simple Minds to most music fans, and the first thing that most likely comes to mind is “Don’t You (Forget About Me).” The memorable song from the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club that went to No.

It’s time to report back to Shermer High for detention. John Hughes’ 1985 high school movie for the ages turned 40 this year, and the film is returning to theaters just in time for back-to-school.

Ahead of a U.S. tour, and 40 years after the song hit No. 1, frontman Jim Kerr talks to THR about the band’s legacy and the power of Pasadena’s Cruel World festival. By Lori Majewski If you purchase ...

Simple Minds was riding high on the success of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" when the band performed at Live Aid in July 1985. John Atashian/Getty Images “It sounded a little generic to us,” Jim Kerr, ...

The legendary Scottish rock band has a new documentary 'Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible' Dean Chalkley The documentary 'Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible' details the history of the legendary ...

When Simple Minds first heard “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” — their No. 1 single that would serve as the theme song and teenage anthem of the 1985 Brat Pack classic “The Breakfast Club” — it wasn’t ...