Didja know that Duran Duran was formed in 1978 by Nick Rhodes and John Taylor?

They got their name from a 1968 movie starring Jane Fonda called Barbarella.

Simon Le Bon joined the band in May of 1980.

I'm sure there are bigger fans than I who can give us more info on D2 than I could look up in one night! ;) What do you have, Stacy? ;) :lol:

Val! You know I have plenty of information for this band. :D


Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, & Roger Taylor did a side project called Arcadia.

Andy Taylor and John Taylor did a side project called The Powerstation.

Andy Taylor left Duran Duran in 1985, but recently rejoined the group for the new album due out this year.

The guitarist that replaced Andy was Warren Cuccurillo who used to play with Missing Persons.

John Taylor has also had solo projects and dabbled in acting with appearances in movies such as The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas.

Nick Rhodes had a book out in the '80's called Interference which was a book of his photography work. (If I remember correctly.)

Okay, I will stop now to give others a chance. ;)

Simon LeBon dated a girl named Claire Stansfield before he married Yasmin.
John Taylor dated a model named Janine who was in the James Bond movie Octapussy.
John Taylor and Nick Rhodes grew up in Hollywood....NOT California, but a suburb of Birmingham Englad.

US charts:

#3 Hungry like the wolf 1983
#14 Rio 1983
#4 Is there something I should know 1983
#3 Union of the snake 1983
#10 New moon on Monday 1984
#1 The reflex 1984
#2 The wild boys 1984
#16 Save a prayer 1985
#1 A veiw to a kill 1985
#2 Notorious 1987
#39 Skin trade 1987
#70 Meet El Presidente 1987
#4 I don't want your love 1988
#22 All she wants is 1989
#72 Do you believe in shame 1989
#64 Violence of summer (love's taking over) 1990
#3 Ordinary world 1993
#7 Come undone 1993
#45 Too much information 1993
#67 White lines 1995
#52 Electric barbarella 1997

Bubbling under the US charts:

#101 Perfect day 1995

UK charts:
#12 Planet Earth 1981
#37 Careless memories 1981
#5 Girls on film 1981
#14 My own way 1981
#5 Hungry like the wolf 1982
#2 Save a prayer 1982
#9 Rio 1982
#1 Is there something I should know 1983
#3 Union of the snake 1983
#66 Union of the snake (re-entry) 1983
#9 New moon on Monday 1984
#1 The reflex 1984
#2 The wild boys 1984
#2 A veiw to a kill 1985
#7 Notorious 1986
#73 Notorious (re-entry) 1987
#22 Skin trade 1987
#24 Meet El Presidente 1987
#14 I don't want your love 1988
#9 All she wants is 1989
#30 Do you believe in shame 1989
#31 Burning the ground 1989
#20 Violence of summer (love's taking over) 1990
#48 Serious 1990
#6 Ordinary world 1993
#13 Come undone 1993
#35 Too much information 1993
#28 Perfect day 1995
#17 White lines 1995
#21 Out of my mind 1997
#23 Electric barbarella 1999
(My book only goes to 1999)

Album Rock charts:

#1 Hungry like the wolf 1983
#5 Rio 1983
#19 Girls on film 1983
#3 Is there something I should know 1983
#2 Union of the snake 1984
#4 New moon on Monday 1984
#35 The reflex 1984
#42 The wild boys 1984
#42 A veiw to a kill 1985

Modern rock charts:

#13 I don't want your love 1988
#24 All she wants is 1989
#13 Violence of summer (love's taking over) 1990
#2 Ordinary world 1993
#12 Come undone 1993
#30 Too much information 1993

Adult Contemporary charts:

#14 Ordinary world 1993
#19 Come undone 1993

In the "did we really need to know that" department (but hey, this is trivia!) Andy Warhol singled out Duran Duran as a band whose videos he enjoyed viewing while engaging in self-pleasure.

John Taylor's real name is Nigel

Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy was an original member of Duran Duran, but left the group to pursue his own career, which ended up being less-than-stellar!

Due to their overwhelming popularity with teenaged girls, the press dubbed them the Fab Five, after the Beatle's Fab Four moniker.

Oh I just couldn't resist...

1. Simon John Charles LeBon is not the original singer of Duran Duran
2. Nick Rhodes is not Nick Rhodes. He's Nicholas James Bates
3. John Nigel Taylor dated 80's singer Jody Watley
4. Andy Taylor took his wife's name of Wilson, thus becoming Andrew Wilson Taylor

I can keep going but don't want to bore anyone

Nick Rhodes co-produced 'White Feathers', the 1982 debut album from Kajagoogoo

John Taylor dated yet another model in the 80s - a Danish girl called Renee Toft Simonsen.

http://www.vamp.dk/Renee_Toft_Simonsen/ReneeToftSimonsen06.jpg

Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy was an original member of Duran Duran, but left the group to pursue his own career, which ended up being less-than-stellar!

Due to their overwhelming popularity with teenaged girls, the press dubbed them the Fab Five, after the Beatle's Fab Four moniker.


Stephen Duffy was a popular remixer in the late 90's and he's finally coming into fame for himself as a co-writer and producer for Robbie Williams.