Ged Grimes (born on 28 March 1962) is a Scottish musician, producer and composer. He is currently the bass player for rock band

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, and was a founding member of Scottish pop band Danny Wilson whose hits include "

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" (from ''

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'' and featured prominently in the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the movie ''

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''), and "The Second Summer of Love" (from ''

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'').

Musical career

Danny Wilson (1984–1991)

After Danny Wilson

After the break-up of Danny Wilson, Grimes began to focus on writing, performing, and producing other artists including

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, and

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. Grimes has also done a substantial amount of work for both television and film. His television credits include ''Tartan Shorts''. As the owner of Jack's Hoose Music, Grimes has worked on a number of interactive entertainment media projects in recent years. Grimes composed the soundtrack for the PC game

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; other Jack's Hoose Music projects included score material for

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, including work featured on the trailer for ''

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''. Grimes has been featured on tracks for Sony PS2's (

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) DJ Decks and FX, music themes for a series of mobile games for Digital Bridges, including movie franchise ''

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'', and the interactive music soundtrack to

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Japan’s rhythm action title, "Rhythmic Star". Grimes' recent projects include title themes for

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Games including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Goldenballs'' and the Latin American flavoured soundtrack to iPhone and iPad game ''Quarrel''. Grimes, who is fluent in the Spanish language, relocated from

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, Scotland, to

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, Spain, in 2005 and ran Jack Hoose Music's international, day-to-day business from there. In recent years Grimes has been part of

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. He played bass on the first live incarnation of

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, appearing on the short Lostboy! AKA Promo Tour 2010.

Joining Simple Minds (2010–present)

On 11 September 2010, Grimes made his debut as Simple Minds' new bass player. His first live appearance with Simple Minds took place in

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, France, at the

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festival. Simple Minds were headlining and played in front of an audience of 80,000 that evening. Grimes featured on the band's Celebrate – Live At The Glasgow SSE Hydro DVD (recorded in 2013) and played on the subsequent albums

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, Walk between Worlds, and

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Instruments

Ged Grimes is an official endorser of the Sandberg Guitars California PM bass guitar. On 21 July 2011, Markbass products announced they had also picked up Ged Grimes' endorsement.

References

External links

The Courier - Just a Simple Week at Work for Ged Grimessimpleminds.com - Official WebsiteGed Grimes on DundeeGed Grimes Official MySpace
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grimes, Ged Living people Musicians from Dundee Simple Minds members Scottish bass guitarists 1962 births