Ged Grimes
Ged Grimes is a Scottish musician, producer and composer. He is currently the bass player for rock band Simple Minds, and was a founding member of Scottish pop band Danny Wilson whose hits include "Mary's Prayer", and "The Second Summer of Love".
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 Eddi Reader and Natalie Imbruglia.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 Earthworm Jim 3D; other Jack's Hoose Music projects included score material for Universal Pictures, including work featured on the trailer for The Bourne Supremacy. Grimes has been featured on tracks for Sony PS2's DJ Decks and FX, music themes for a series of mobile games for Digital Bridges, including movie franchise The Fast and the Furious, and the interactive music soundtrack to Namco Japan's rhythm action title, "Rhythmic Star". Grimes' recent projects include title themes for Sky Games including Shrek the Third , Ben 10, Goldenballs and the Latin American flavoured soundtrack to iPhone and iPad game Quarrel.
Grimes, who is fluent in the Spanish language, relocated from Dundee, Scotland, to Andalucia, Spain, in 2005 and ran Jack's Hoose Music's international, day-to-day business from there.
Grimes has also been a member of pop rock band Deacon Blue. He played bass for Simple Minds lead singer Jim Kerr on the first live performances of Kerr's album Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr, appearing on the short Lostboy! AKA Promo Tour 2010.