Biography
Duran Duran personified new wave for much of the mainstream audience. And for good reason, too. Duran Duran's reputation was built through music videos, which accentuated their fashion model looks and glamorous sense of style. Without music videos, it's likely that the band's pop-funk -- described by the group as the Sex Pistols meets Chic -- would never have made them international pop stars. While Duran Duran did have sharper pop sensibilities than their new romantic contemporaries like Spandau Ballet and Ultravox, none of their peers exploited MTV and music video like the …Read More
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Group Members
- Andy Taylor
- Simon LeBon
- Nick Rhodes
- John Taylor
- Roger Taylor
- Warren Cuccurullo
- Stephen Duffy
- John Taylor
- John Curtis
- Simon Colley
- Andy Wickett
Similar Artists
- ABC
- Adam Ant
- Thomas Dolby
- Spandau Ballet
- Eurythmics
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Human League
- Talk Talk
- a-ha
- Marc Almond
- Animotion
- Buggles
- Culture Club
- Dead or Alive
- Depeche Mode
- Fine Young Cannibals
- The Fixx
- A Flock of Seagulls
- General Public
- Heaven 17
See Also
Influenced By
- Blondie
- David Bowie
- Chic
- Gary Numan
- Roxy Music
- Little Yellow Perfect
- The Cars
- Japan
- Kraftwerk
- The Sex Pistols
- Sly & the Family Stone
- Donna Summer
- Ultravox
- The Velvet Underground
- ESG
- Marc Bolan
- Liquid Liquid
Followed
- Bananarama
- Animotion
- a-ha
- Rick Astley
- Tears for Fears
- Strangeway
- Figures on a Beach
- Kamera
- Romania
- Clear Static
- VHS or Beta
- Little Yellow Perfect
- The Killers
- Carolina Liar
- Phixx
- The White Tie Affair
- Isadar
- ¿¡The Maximals!?
- The Red Romance
- Sink to See
