Duran Duran

Duran Duran was founded in Birmingham in 1978. The musicians borrowed the name of one of the heroes of the movie "Barbarella" as the name. After spending two years sorting out the line-up (Duran Duran's first vocalist was Stephen Duffy, future co-writer Robbie Williams), writing songs and making a decent demo, the band got a contract with EMI, and in 1981 saw the light first Duran Duran album. The group was not without reason ranked among the neo-romantic wave. Bands like Adam and the Ants and Spandau Ballet had in common not only music, but also their attention to visual images. Throughout their career, Duran Duran has collaborated with fashion designers: first it was Kahn & Bell, Anthony Price, later - Vivienne Westwood and Giorgio Armani. An important component of Duran Duran's success was also bold, defiantly sexy video clips "on the brink of a foul", which, even for the broadcasts of the then liberal MTV, often had to be edited.
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