S10E2: Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill talk to Gary and Guy
Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt
Rhino UK
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
This week on the Rockonteurs podcast, we welcome a wonderful partnership of band mates and best friends. Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill join Gary and Guy to discuss their new shared memoir ‘Our Secrets are the Same’ - which is out on October 2nd.
It’s a candid, moving, and funny set of stories about how they have managed to stay so close and still continue to lead the creative charge of Simple Minds, a band who have sold over 60 million records.
Find out more about the book here: https://www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-are-the-same-memoir-book-by-jim-kerr-charlie-burchill/
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| 0:00.0 | I'm always up before the birds and the kids. |
| 0:02.9 | Good thing Costa Express is always up too. |
| 0:07.0 | Early starts are easier with great coffee. |
| 0:09.7 | And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company. |
| 0:14.5 | Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep. |
| 0:17.2 | Oh, you legend. |
| 0:19.6 | Now that's a proper coffee. |
| 0:21.3 | Should kick in Justin Samfut to remember which end of the screwdriver to use. |
| 0:25.1 | Hmm. |
| 0:26.3 | Costa Express. |
| 0:27.8 | Quality coffee every time. |
| 0:31.9 | If you like listening to Rockonteurs, then we would love you to subscribe to us permanently. |
| 0:38.1 | So hit subscribe, wherever you get your podcasts from. |
| 0:41.7 | Hello, Gary. |
| 0:42.7 | Hello, Guy. |
| 0:43.4 | How are you doing? |
| 0:44.2 | Yeah, no, good. |
| 0:45.2 | We kicked off the season last week with George and a discussion about the Blitz Club. |
| 0:51.1 | And that might get mentioned a bit today because simple minds were ahead of the curve. |
| 0:57.7 | And I think about, you know, 7980, when I walked into that club and, you know, craftwork was playing, etc. |
| 1:05.8 | And other electronica, including Bowie and Iggy Pop, of course. |
| 1:14.6 | One of the bands that got played was Simple Minds and the changeling. |
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