![]() In 1981, Duran Duran consisted of Nick Rhodes and Simon Le Bon (rear), and the unrelated Taylors, Roger, Andy, and John (front).įinally, drummer Roger Taylor fell in with them at a party, Andy Taylor came south from Newcastle to audition after responding to a magazine advertisement, and Simon Le Bon was recommended to the band by an ex-girlfriend who worked at the Rum Runner nightclub, where the band rehearsed. ![]() The band has released a new album Astronaut, and has announced a global tour beginning in February 2005. ![]() The reunion of the original five members in the early 2000s has created a stir among both music media and fans. Guitarist Warren Cuccurullo was also a member of the band from 1989 to 2001, and drummer Sterling Campbell was a member from 1989 to 1991.Īlthough the band has never broken up, it has gone through several lineup changes over the years. The band has sold over 70 million records, and has had eighteen singles in the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and thirty in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, including 'Planet Earth', 'Rio', 'Hungry Like The Wolf', 'Save A Prayer', and the James Bond theme 'A View To A Kill' in the 1980s, with 'Ordinary World' and 'Come Undone' in the early 1990s.ĭuran Duran was created by Nick Rhodes (keyboards) and John Taylor (bass guitar), with the later addition of Roger Taylor (drums), Andy Taylor (guitar), and Simon Le Bon (lead vocals) none of the Taylors are related. They are still often identified as an Eighties band despite continuous recording and evolution over their twenty-five year history. They were part of the New Wave music explosion in the early 1980s, as well as a leading band in the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the United States. At the height of its fame, Duran Duran ('The Fab Five') was featured on the cover of the February 1984 issue of Rolling Stone magazine.ĭuran Duran is a pop music group, notable for a long series of catchy, synthesizer-driven hit singles and vivid music videos.
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