The group was formed in 1978 in Birmingham, Great Britain. At the end of 1980, Duran Duran went touring together with Hazel O'Connor and then signed the contract with EMI Records. In 1981, the group issued the debut single “Planet Earth”, which has got to the British 20. But the "Careless Memories” issued after, hardly got to Top 40. However, this failure was compensated after the release of “Girls On Film”, which entered the best British 5, in many respects thanks to the risk video clip with naked models.
About Duran Duran
Idol of the Country
After this, two albums “Duran Duran” and “Rio” with such hits as “Hungry Like The Wolf” and “Save A Prayer” followed. After such hits as “Union Of The Snake”, “New Moon On Monday”, “The Reflex”, “The Wild Boys” and “A View To A Kill”, group becomes the main teenage idol of the country. “Come Undone” reached the 7th place in the USA. Both songs were included into the disk “Wedding Album”, issued the same year. In 1995, the group issued an album of covers “Thank You”.
Vital Achievements
In 2003, the group celebrated the 25 anniversary with a series of anniversary concerts. The MTV channel and magazine Q handed “Duran Duran” an award for vital achievements. Eventually, when the group has already composed more than 30 new songs, Epic Records has signed with them the contract for the release of four albums.
New Albums and performances
The first of them, “Astronaut”, left in 2004. The disk was followed by the international tour, the culmination of which was a headline performance at Live 8 concert in Rome. The next album “Red Carpet Massacre” contained three things written down together with Timbaland, and two duets with Timberlake. Two more albums appeared in 2010 and 2015.
The current lineup of the group is Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor.