There’s the Simple Minds led by Jim Kerr after he’d “seen the light” that gave us 'Don’t You' [Forget About Me] and 'Alive & Kicking'… But before that there was the Simple Minds led by Jim Kerr the Glaswegian punk, whose love of Bowie saw him lead his new band down all manner of new wave, electronic, minimalist, Germanic, sequenced and synth-dance avenues. And on that note, lets take a step back to Dortmund, 1984, and Simple Minds live performance of The American. Enjoy!