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Duran Duran
1978-
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Artistfacts:
| None of the Taylors in the band are related. |
| They are named after a character in the Jane Fonda movie Barbarella. |
| They first toured in the US in 1982 as the opening act for Blondie. |
| In 1985, John and Andy Taylor released an album with Power Station while Rhodes, Le Bon, and Roger Taylor formed a group called Arcadia. |
| Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy spent some time as lead vocalist before they settled on Simon Le Bon. (thanks, Mark - San Francisco, DC) |
| John Taylor once described Duran Duran's sound as "Sex Pistols meets Chic." For the 2005 reunion album Astronaut, John Taylor played late Chic bass player Bernard Edwards StingRay. John has cited Edwards as a big influence on his playing style and approach. (thanks, Mark - San Francisco, DC) |
| John Taylor's full name is Nigel John Taylor. He didn't like the name Nigel, because he thought it didn't sound "Rock N Roll Enough" for a Pop star. So, when he joined the band, he told them his name was John Taylor. (thanks, Annabelle - Eugene, OR) |
| They were Princess Diana's favorite band - she and Le Bon went to the same gym. On July 1, 2007, Duran Duran played at a memorial concert for her at Wembley Stadium. |
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Comments:
| As far as I can remember, warren replaced andy on the notorious album. andy did play some on the album too. - Branden, New Orleans, LA |
| Annabelle, Roger Taylor of Queen is Roger Meddows-Taylor, born in 1949. Roger Taylor of Duran Duran is Roger Andrew Taylor, born in 1960. It's easy to see how they might be confused as the same person, though, considering they both play drums. - Caitlyn, Jacksonville, FL |
| Which one of Duran Duran's band members is "The One With The Big Hair"? The reason I ask this
is because when I asked my Dad which band member of Duran Duran was his favorite Band Member, his answer was, "The one with the Big Hair". - Annabelle, Eugene, OR |
| I wonder, is Roger Taylor of Duran Duran the same Roger Taylor that played with Queen? - Annabelle, Eugene, OR |
| Warren Cur...lo never really fitted in. I saw that especially on VH1 storytellers, where the band has an interactive sessions with a selected audience asking questions. When asked on Virgin Radio U.K, if Warren was asked to leave, Nick meant the obvious when he said that phase was over, it was time to move on. - nunu, bangalore, India |
| ordinary world (1993) is their only real decent song the rest are all teeny boppy - marlow, perth, Australia |
| andy and roger left in 1985, duran duran continued on as a trio for two studio releases--warren cuccurullo joined on guitar and sterling campbell joined on drums for the 1990 release "liberty." warren stayed on but sterling campbell left to join soul asylum and help them tank their momentum. the foursome of nick/simon/john/warren made a nice comeback with the self-titled album known as the "wedding album," but blew up w/the all covers album "thank you." john left making duran a trio again...only to have two more albums come and go...before having simon and nick announce that the original five are back together working on a new album for release soon. - richard, alva, OK |
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