Duran Duran

Duran Duran is an English pop band. The members currently consists of Nick Rhodes on keyboards/synthesizers and backing vocals, John Taylor on bass and vocals, Roger Taylor on drums and percussion, and Simon Le Bon on lead vocals.
==History==
The band was formed by John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, and Stephen Duffy in 1978, though Duffy would leave a few months later. They named the band "Duran Duran" after a character in the 1967 sci-fi film Barbarella, Dr. Durand Durand.https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-band-name-duran-duran/ After a bunch of line-up changes, they settled on a line-up featuring the first aforementioned two (John and Nick), Andy Taylor and Simon Le Bon.https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/duran-duran/facts-songs-members-name-albums/ They would later release their debut self-titled album in June 15, 1981.https://duranduran.com/2021/40-years-later-tracing-duran-durans-classic-self-titled-albums-long-path-to-chart-success/
==YouTube channel==
Their YouTube channel, created in May 4, 2009, consists of music videos,https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Y34Xkr-QSNvopDlDqXpSq0TDkHHZIIh interviews,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJnOC0lS92chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5emiNDyWL8 and promotions for their new albums.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-v3TNMB7mMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jRbMwNz3wshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf4Ru-9iBVY
They also make annual videos celebrating the members' birthdays.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC-9ENqG7T4 (example, using John's video from 2021)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95WQllSX1Gs (example, using Nick's video from 2024)
==Album discography==
* Duran Duran (1981)
* Rio (1982)
* Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
* Notorious (1986)
* Big Thing (1988)
* Liberty (1990)
* Duran Duran (1993)
* Thank You (1995)
* Medazzaland (1997)
* Pop Trash (2000)
* Astronaut (2004)
* Red Carpet Massacre (2007)
* All You Need Is Now (2010)
* Paper Gods (2015)
* Future Past (2021)
* Danse Macabre (2023)
==Trivia==
*John, Andy, and Roger Taylor are not related, despite all of them having the surname.https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/duran-duran/andy-taylor-age-wife-children-health/
*Nick Rhodes was given the birthname of "Nicholas James Bates", though he changed it to "Nick Rhodes" early in the band's career.https://www.showstudio.com/contributors/nick_rhodes
*A song, Invisible, from the 2021 album Future Past, became a meme on 2023-2024 in the Metal Gear community, with fans making edits with the song and jokingly saying that the song was in .https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/metal-gear-solid-invisible-edits
**Duran Duran has even shared an edit on TikTok and created a YouTube playlist with videos using the song.https://www.tiktok.com/@duranduran/video/7334060906428632366https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Y34Xkr-QSM7_RE0pHEKN-ImoJ2qnBY1
==References==
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