"We'd been to Studio 54 and heard how dance music was changing. "My brother and I were importing all the new Giorgio Moroder-style records from New York," Duran Duran's first co-manager, Paul Berrow, told The Guardian in 2003. (The man who signed the group, Dave Ambrose, had also signed the Sex Pistols and Kate Bush.) Sonically, Duran Duran was inspired by a melting pot of sounds, styles and approaches. Le Bon joined the group in May 1980 Duran Duran played its first gig in July and toured with Hazel O'Connor in November and early December and the band inked a record deal with EMI soon after. Produced and engineered by Colin Thurston, the record was recorded at London's Red Bus Studios and Oxfordshire's Chipping Norton Studios.Īt the time, the quintet – vocalist Simon Le Bon, guitarist Andy Taylor, bassist John Taylor, drummer Roger Taylor and keyboardist Nick Rhodes – had been together in its current incarnation for a little over a year. “ Duran Duran released its self-titled debut album worldwide on June 15, 1981. Before then, Diffuser put out a great article about Duran Duran on its thirty-fifth anniversary in 2016: To mark four decades of the Birmingham band’s introduction, this Lockdown Playlist is a selection of their best cuts. The incredible line-up - Simon Le Bon – lead vocals, Andy Taylor – guitar, John Taylor – bass guitar, Roger Taylor – drums, Nick Rhodes – keyboards, synthesizers – makes every song a winner! I feel that, even though it was released in 1981, Duran Duran has aged well. As the album opens with the unbeatable one-two of Girls on Film and Planet Earth, the guys definitely meant business. I do have a lot of respect for their impressive debut. I think that their second album, Rio, is my favourite. One of the biggest bands of their day, the band are still going strong. That said, on 15th June, Duran Duran’s self-titled debut is forty. ![]() Of all the big album anniversaries coming up this year.
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