Duran Duran

Duran Duran is an electronic pop/rock band, notable for a long series of catchy, synthesizer-driven hit singles and vivid music videos. They were part of the New Wave music explosion in the early 1980s, as well as a leading band in the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the United States. They are still often identified as an Eighties band despite continuous recording over their twenty-plus year history. The band has sold over 70 million records, and has had eighteen singles in the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and thirty in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, including "Rio", "Hungry Like The Wolf", "Save A Prayer", "Is There Something I Should Know", "The Reflex" and the James Bond theme "A View To A Kill" in the 1980s, "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone" in the early 1990s, and "Sunrise" and "What Happens Tomorrow" in the 2000s.

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Electronic - Synthesizer - Singles - Music video - New Wave music - 1980s - MTV - Second British Invasion - United States - Eighties band - ''Billboard'' Hot 100 - UK Singles Chart - James Bond

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Duran Duran was created by Nick Rhodes (keyboards) and John Taylor (bass guitar), with the later addition of Roger Taylor (drums), Andy Taylor (guitar), and Simon Le Bon (lead vocals); none of the Taylors are related. Guitarist Warren Cuccurullo was also a member of the band from 1989 to 2001, and drummer Sterling Campbell was a member from 1989 to 1991.

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Nick Rhodes - John Taylor - Roger Taylor - Andy Taylor - Simon Le Bon - Warren Cuccurullo - 1989 - 2001 - Sterling Campbell - 1991

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Although the group never disbanded, it went through several line-up changes over the years. The reunion of the original five members in the early 2000s created a stir among music media and the band's fans. Duran Duran released Astronaut, the first album from the reunited line-up, in 2004, and the next new album is expected in early 2006.

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2000s - Astronaut - 2006

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