Welcome to the official website of XSM
XSM play songs written by their two original Simple Minds founder members, Brian McGee and Derek Forbes, from their successful days in Simple Minds.
The lead singer of XSM is Owen Paul McGee, brother of Brian McGee. He became known with the 1986 smash summer hit ‘My Favourite Waste Of Time’.
The other two band members are Andy Gall (keyboards) and Anthony William (guitar).
The band’s set includes a lot of the early songs and hits, from the very first Simple Minds single, ‘Life in a Day’ ’to ‘Don’t You (Forget about Me)’, and beyond...
XSM are currently writing new material, in the early style from the very beginning until the heights of ‘New Gold Dream’ and ‘Sparkle in the Rain’ – Simple Minds’ most critically acclaimed era which made the band an inspiration and an international treasure... If it is music played with Pride, Power and Passion you are looking for... then look no further... this is how it was... and will be... XSM.
History
Forbes and McGee were undoubtedly responsible for defining the unmistakable sound of the early Simple Minds albums and composed blistering rhythm tracks, such as ‘Themes for Great Cities’, ‘Love Song’, ‘I Travel’, ‘The American’, ‘Changeling’ and ‘Chelsea Girl’. They formed a formidable partnership for the first five Simple Minds albums ‘Life in a Day’, ’Real to Real Cacophony’, ‘Empires and Dance’, ‘Sons and Fascination’ and ‘Sister Feelings Call’.
