History Music / DuranDuran

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFlFq-b-oxo A View To A Kill]]''

* ''Rio'' (1982)

* CastFullOfPrettyBoys

* RepetitiveName

* Sterling Campbell – drums (1989–1991)
* '''Simon Colley''' – bass guitar (1978–1979)

* Alan Curtis – guitar (1979–1980)
* '''Stephen Duffy''' – lead vocals, drums, bass guitar (1978–1979)

* Andy Wickett – lead vocals (1979–1980)
* Andy Taylor – guitar, vocals (1980–1986, 2001–2006)
* '''''John Taylor''''' – bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals (1978–1997; 2001–present)
* ''Roger Taylor'' – drums, percussion (1979–1985; 2001–present)

* Warren Cuccurullo – guitars, backing vocals, bass guitar (1989–2001)
* Alan Curtis – guitars (1979–1980)

* '''''Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas Bates)''''' – keyboards, backing vocals (1978–present)

* Andy Taylor – guitars, vocals (1980–1986, 2001–2006)
* '''''John Taylor''''' – bass guitar, guitars, backing vocals (1978–1997; 2001–present)

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Can you guess what "U.M.F." is ''supposed to mean'' when you hear the line "making love to the ultimate mind"?

!!Duran Duran has examples of:

Not to be confused with the creature named "Duran" in ''Anime/MaiHime'' (who was named after a dog who was named after the band). Southeast Asian tropers, they are not ''Film/DurianDurian'', either.

* LyricalColdOpen: "None Of The Above" and "Notorious".

* BreakupBreakout: Ultimately averted, as none of the side projects the band members pursued in their side projects were able to match the success of the main group. For a while, it looked like Andy Taylor would pull it off, as he received a very good contract with a major label and had a few hit singles as a solo artist in the HardRock category, but his debut album didn't meet the label's expectations.

* TheEighties
* EightiesHair

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Notorious'', the first album after the 1985 hiatus, saw the group move toward {{Funk}}, resulting in considerable TheyChangedItNowItSucks and BrokenBase reactions from fans and critics (though the latter hadn't been terribly well disposed to them beforehand). Occurred to a lesser extent with ''The Wedding Album'', which had a kind of proto-Britpop vibe.

* RealSongThemeTune: ''Girls on Film'' was used as the ''Anime/SpeedGrapher'' OP. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2_nz2K2S4A Watch it here]].

* SurrealMusicVideo

* DoubleDoubleTitle: The band has two albums called as "Duran Duran" ([[SelfTitledAlbum 1981]] and [[Music/TheWeddingAlbum 1993]]).

* ManInWhite: Simon wore a nice white suit in the video for ''Save A Prayer''

Several of the band's contemporaries, including Music/TheBangles, Music/EltonJohn, Music/KylieMinogue and Paul Young, have named themselves fans of the band's stylish, uplifting pop. Simon [=LeBon=] described the group as "the band to dance to [[WorldWarIII when the bomb drops]]". Successors like Music/BarenakedLadies, {{Music/Beck}}, Jonathan Davis of Music/{{Korn}}, The Bravery, Music/GwenStefani and {{Music/Pink}} have all cited Duran Duran as a key band in their formative years. The newest crop of performers to name Duran Duran as influences include Dido, Music/FranzFerdinand, Music/PanicAtTheDisco, {{Music/Lostprophets}} (who took their name from the title of a Duran Duran bootleg tape), {{Music/Goldfrapp}} and, and Music/TheKillers, and Music/ScissorSisters--who first came to wide notice while touring as DD's opening act.

Several of the band's contemporaries, including Music/TheBangles, Music/EltonJohn, Music/KylieMinogue and Paul Young, have named themselves fans of the band's stylish, uplifting pop. Simon [=LeBon=] described the group as "the band to dance to [[WorldWarIII when the bomb drops]]". Successors like Music/BarenakedLadies, Beck, Jonathan Davis of Music/{{Korn}}, The Bravery, Music/GwenStefani and {{Music/Pink}} have all cited Duran Duran as a key band in their formative years. The newest crop of performers to name Duran Duran as influences include Dido, Music/FranzFerdinand, Music/PanicAtTheDisco, {{Music/Lostprophets}} (who took their name from the title of a Duran Duran bootleg tape), Goldfrapp and Music/TheKillers, and Music/ScissorSisters, who first came to wide notice while touring as DD's opening act.

Several of the band's contemporaries, including Music/TheBangles, Music/EltonJohn, Music/KylieMinogue and Paul Young, have named themselves fans of the band's stylish, uplifting pop. Simon [=LeBon=] described the group as "the band to dance to [[WorldWarIII when the bomb drops]]". Successors like Music/BarenakedLadies, Beck, Jonathan Davis of Music/{{Korn}}, The Bravery, Gwen Stefani and Pink have all cited Duran Duran as a key band in their formative years. The newest crop of performers to name Duran Duran as influences include Dido, Franz Ferdinand, Panic! at the Disco, Lostprophets (who took their name from the title of a Duran Duran bootleg tape), Goldfrapp and Music/TheKillers, and Music/ScissorSisters, who first came to wide notice while touring as DD's opening act.

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* ItsPersonal: A white British pop band deciding to cover [[GrandmasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel's]] gritty proto-rap hit "White Lines" seems to be a ridiculous exercise in poor taste...until one remembers that the band had numerous struggles with cocaine abuse. John Taylor's cocaine problems were so bad they nearly killed him and broke the band apart. In light of that, it appears they picked the most blatant [[TheVillainSucksSong "fuck you" song about the drug to vent some anger]].

* LyricalColdOpen: "None Of The Above".

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Did you know there was a time when the music video "Girls on Film" was too steamy and "Wild Boys" was too violent and had to be censored?

Although they began their career as "a group of art school, experimental, post punk rockers", the band's quick rise to stardom, [[{{Bishonen}} polished good looks]], and embrace of the [[FanGirl teen]] press, almost guaranteed disfavour from music critics. During the 1980s, Duran Duran were considered the quintessential manufactured, throw-away pop group. However, according to the Sunday Herald, "To describe them, as some have, as the first BoyBand, misrepresents their appeal. Their weapons were never just their looks, but self-penned songs." As Moby said of the band in his website diary in 2003: "... they were cursed by what we can call the '[[Music/TheBeeGees BeeGees]]' curse, which is: 'write amazing songs, sell tons of records, and consequently incur the [[DeadHorseGenre wrath or disinterest]] of the rock obsessed critical establishment'."

Several of the band's contemporaries, including Music/TheBangles, Music/EltonJohn, Music/KylieMinogue and Paul Young, have named themselves fans of the band's stylish, uplifting pop. Simon [=LeBon=] described the group as "the band to dance to [[WorldWarIII when the bomb drops]]". Successors like Music/BarenakedLadies, Beck, Jonathan Davis of Music/{{Korn}}, The Bravery, Gwen Stefani and Pink have all cited Duran Duran as a key band in their formative years. The newest crop of performers to name Duran Duran as influences include Dido, Franz Ferdinand, Panic! at the Disco, Lostprophets (who took their name from the title of a Duran Duran bootleg tape), Goldfrapp and TheKillers, and ScissorSisters, who first came to wide notice while touring as DD's opening act.