Astronaut (album)

Background

This is the band's first studio album since Pop Trash in 2000, and the first since Seven and the Ragged Tiger in 1983 to be recorded by the original five members of the band (the last studio recording of the original five was the "A View to a Kill" single).

Related Topics:
Pop Trash - 2000 - Seven and the Ragged Tiger - A View to a Kill

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Duran Duran made its fame and fortune with its original lineup (singer Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor, guitarist Andy Taylor, and drummer Roger Taylor) from 1980 to 1985. Then Roger retired, and Andy pursued a solo and producing career. The band continued to record with guitarist Warren Cuccurullo and assorted sessions musicians until 2001 but, despite top ten hits with "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone" in 1993, were never able to sustain the same level of success as they had achieved as a five-piece band.

Related Topics:
Simon Le Bon - Nick Rhodes - John Taylor - Andy Taylor - Roger Taylor - 1980 - 1985 - Warren Cuccurullo - 2001 - 1993

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The band was signed with Capitol/EMI from 1980 to 1999, and had a brief contract with Hollywood Records in 2000, but entered their reunion phase without a contract.

Related Topics:
Capitol - EMI - Hollywood Records

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