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Duran Duran is usually identified as having been part of the New Wave music scene and are still often identified as an 80's band despite continuous recording and evolution over the past twenty-five years. The band was formed in Birmingham, England by Nick Rhodes (keyboards), John Taylor (bass guitar), Roger Taylor (drums), Andy Taylor (guitar), and Simon Le Bon (vocals). Inspired by the name of one of their favorite Birmingham clubs, Barbarella's, the band took their name from the evil character Dr. Durand-Durand, played by Milo O'Shea in Roger Vadim's sexy science-fiction cult film Barbarella.
John Taylor and Nick Rhodes created the band in 1978. They experimented with several different lineups; one of their early singers was Stephen Duffy, later to become lead singer of The Lilac Time. Duffy left early in 1979, shortly before the other two Taylors and Le Bon fell into place, finalizing the lineup. Duran Duran recorded two demo tapes and performed tirelessly in clubs around Birmingham and London, especially at the Rum Runner nightclub owned by their managers, brothers Paul and Michael Berrow. Touring that year with Hazel O'Connor, the band attracted critical attention that escalated into a bidding war between the major record labels. A certain patriotism toward the label of the Beatles led them to sign with EMI.
The band's first album, Duran Duran, was released in 1981. The first single, "Planet Earth", reached the United Kingdom's Top 20 at number 3, selling 2.5 million copies. The second, "Careless Memories", made the chart but faded away quickly; it was the third single, "Girls On Film", that garnered them the most attention. The song went to #5 in the UK in July, before the notorious video was even filmed. That video, made with directors Kevin Godley and Lol Creme (formerly of 10cc), was filmed in August just two weeks after MTV was launched in the United States.The raunchy video (featuring topless women mud wrestling and other not-very-stylized depictions of sexual fetishes) created an uproar, and was consequently banned by the BBC. An edited version of the video aired on MTV.
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