MUST HAVES. MUSIC EDITION. DURAN DURAN.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Active1970s - 2020s

Formed1978 in Birmingham, England

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

Alternative/Indie Rock

Dance-Pop

Dance-Rock

New Romantic

New Wave

Synth Pop

Contemporary Pop/Rock

Punk/New Wave

Group Members

Simon LeBon

John Taylor

Nick Rhodes

Roger Taylor

Andy Taylor

Warren Cuccurullo

Stephen Duffy

Sterling Campbell

Alan Curtis

Andy Wickett

Simon Colley

HITS

Girls on film, a view to kill, the reflex, boys, hungry like a wolf, rio, save a prayer, planet earth, etc.

ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS

duran duran (1981), Rio (1982), Notoriuous (1986) Future past (2021)

CULTURAL IMPACT

Duran Duran embodied the sleek, fashionable side of new wave, specializing in danceable, synthesized pop delivered with visual flair – a talent crystallized in a series of seminal music videos from the early 1980s. The band had the good fortune to release their debut album in 1981, the same year MTV began broadcasting, and their success was intertwined: Duran Duran provided the network with clever, cinematic clips for "Rio" and "Hungry Like the Wolf," which MTV played nonstop, helping to turn the Birmingham, England-based band into global superstars. Between 1982 and 1985, they dominated the British and American charts, with singles such as "Is There Something I Should Know?," "Union of the Snake," "The Wild Boys," and "A View to a Kill" reaching the Top Ten.