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Duran Duran is tagged as: 80s, new wave, pop, synth pop, rock

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”.
Like Depeche Mode, Duran Duran was among the earliest bands to work on their own remixes. From the very beginning, the band had a keen sense of style, and worked...
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Top 10 Duran Duran Songs
Ordinary World
Hungry Like The Wolf
Rio
Save A Prayer
Girls On Film
The Reflex
Come Undone
A View To A Kill
Planet Earth
Notorious
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Top 10 Duran Duran Albums
Greatest
Rio
Astronaut
Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
The Singles Box 1986 - 1995
Duran Duran
Decade
Red Carpet Massacre
Medazzaland
Seven And The Ragged Tiger
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