Duran Duran

Years active: 1978 - today
Foundation: Birmingham, Midlands, United Kingdom
Members: Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor, Sterling Campbell, Warren Cuccurullo, Stephen Duffy, Andy Wickett, Simon Colley, Alan Curtis, Jeff Thomas
Member of: Band Aid
Genre: Pop , Rock , 80s

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...  [read more]