Duran Duran
Artist Type: Group
Group Formed:
1978
External Links:
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Played By
| The Liam Hour with Dan & Colm | |
| Rob and Nick | |
| More Than A Feeling | |
| Life, The Universe and Everything | |
| Just Jase |
Artist Biography
Duran Duran (named after a character in Roger Vadim's sci-fi classic, Barbarella) is an electronic pop-rock band that was part of the New Wave music movement in the early 1980s. Created by Nick Rhodes (keyboards) and John Taylor (bass) in Birmingham, UK, 1978, with the later addition of Roger Taylor (drums), Andy Taylor (guitar), and Simon Le Bon (lead vocals), the band has sold more than 100 million records, making them one of the best-selling bands in history.
Their songs are vivid, hook-laden pop that have usually fared well on the radio, but what many remember best about Duran Duran is their iconic music videos. Though many of the videos were tongue-in-cheek, the band never quite escaped the glamorous and decadent jet set image their early videos projected.
Their first singer and original founding member was Stephen Duffy and the original bassist was Simon Colley. Several drummers and guitarists were subsequently tried, as well as a handful of vocalists after Duffy left Duran Duran early in 1979. Duran Duran performed the title sequence theme for the 1985 James Bond film "A View To A Kill".
Artist Discography
Albums
Astronaut (11 October 2004)
Big Thing (1988)
Duran Duran (28 July 2003)
Liberty (1990)
Medazzaland (1997)
Notorious (1986)
Pop Trash (2000)
Red Carpet Massacre (16 November 2007)
Rio (11 June 2001)
Seven and the Ragged Tiger (28 July 2003)
Thank You (1995)
EPs
Careless Memories (1981)
Singles
(4 October 2004)
All She Wants Is (1988)
A View to a Kill (1985)
Burning the Ground (1989)
Careless Memories (1981)
Come Undone (1993)
Come Undone 2 (1993)
Electric Barbarella (18 January 1999)
Falling Down Epic 8-Track Promo (12 November 2007)
Girls on Film (1981)
Hungry Like the Wolf (1982)
Is There Something I Should Know?
Liberty (1990)
My Own Way (1981)
New Moon on Monday
Ordinary World (1993)
Out of My Mind (1997)
Perfect Day (1995)
Planet Earth (1981)
Rio
Save a Prayer (1982)
Sunrise
The Presidential Suite
The Reflex
The Singles 1986-1995 (13 September 2004)
The Singles 81-85 (12 May 2003)
The Wild Boys (1984)
Union of the Snake
What Happens Tomorrow (31 January 2005)