Who are the founders of the Duran Duran group and what is the meaning of the group's name?

Duran Duran is a British New Wave music group founded in Birmingham, England in 1978. The band has entered the 'top 100' lists with 21 singles in the last 30 years. During the same period, 30 of their singles reached the UK top 40. More than 85 million albums have been sold worldwide. The founders of the band are Nick Rhodes on keyboard, John Taylor on bass guitar, Roger Taylor on drums, Andy Taylor on guitar, and Simon Le Bon on vocals. The group has never disbanded. Warren Cuccurullo joined the band between 1989 and 2001, and Sterling Campbell joined the band as drummer between 1989 and 1991.

Duran Duran are an English new wave band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer and bassist Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor. With the addition of drummer Roger Taylor the following year, the band went through numerous personnel changes before May 1980, when they settled on their most famous line-up by adding guitarist Andy Taylor and lead vocalist Simon Le Bon.

About:

- The founders of the band are Nick Rhodes on keyboard, John Taylor on bass guitar, Roger Taylor on drums, Andy Taylor on guitar, and Simon Le Bon on vocals.

- Warren Cuccurullo joined the group between 1989-2001.

- More than 85 million albums have been sold worldwide.

- In the last 30 years, he has entered the 'Top 100' lists with 21 45's.

- They won the Brit Award, Grammy Award, Q Award, and MTV Video Music Awards.

First Album: Duran Duran

First Single: Planet Earth

What does the name of the group mean?

Duran Duran's namesake is Nick Rhodes, one of the band's founders and keyboardist. Nick, who was a complete videoholic in those years, came to the aid of his friends who were having trouble finding a name, by suggesting that their band be named after the mad doctor Duran Duran in the movie "Barbarella" starring Jane Fonda.

Duran Duran is one of the important bands that have shaped the world of popular music since the 80s. The group, consisting of Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor, and Simon Le Bon, was founded in 1978. Although the original lineup of the band was quite different from today's, the band took its current form in a short period of a year.

The single 'Planet Earth', which they released in 1981, entered the charts in a short time, and the album 'Duran Duran', which included this song, was released in the same year. With this album, Duran Duran broke the record of its time by staying on the charts for 118 weeks.

Duran Duran, who released the album 'Rio' in 1982, stood out with songs such as 'Hungry Like The Wolf' and 'Save a Prayer' and introduced himself to America with the support of MTV. As a result of these efforts, the album Rio managed to sell 2 million copies.

While Duran Duran consolidated their success with the song "Is There Something I Should Know", released in 1982, they then released their second album called "Seven and the Ragged Tiger". Other important songs of this album, which were at the top of the American and British charts, were 'Union of the Snake' and 'Reflex'. The group, which collected their one-and-a-half-year tour in 1984 in an album called 'Arena', also released their single 'Wild Boys' during this period and this song introduced Duran Duran to everyone.

Duran Duran recorded the song 'A View to Kill' for the James Bond movie in 1985 but then went through a period of decline because John and Andy Taylor left the band. The remaining members released an album called 'So Red The Rose'.

While Roger Taylor left the band at the beginning of 1986, the band released the album 'Notorious' in the same year. Although it was not as successful as other Duran Duran albums, the sound it brought was not too small. But after this album, the band began to gradually lose its popularity.

Duran Duran, who released the album 'Big Thing' in 1988, scored the last number 1 song in the following five years with the song 'I Don't Want Your Love' from the album. While the album 'Decade', consisting of their best songs, was released in 1989, the album 'Liberty', released a few months later, became the band's first album that did not receive a gold record award.

With the addition of guitarist Warren Cuccurullo to the band, the band returned with an album called 'Duran Duran' in 1993 and took on a more mature and successful sound with this album. Two songs from the album, 'Ordinary World' and 'Come Undone', managed to become among Duran Duran's classics.

Duran Duran released the album 'Thank You', consisting of covers, in 1995. The albums that followed this album, which were considered unsuccessful, 'Medazzaland' released in 1997 and 'Pop Trash' released in 2000, also shared this failure.

After Cuccurulo left the band in 2000, John, Roger, and Andy Taylor, former members of the band, returned to the team. As a result of long-term work, the album 'Astronaut' was released in 2004. When the pop legend of the past returned with his original lineup, he of course attracted a lot of attention and every song released from the album achieved great success on the charts.

In 2006, John Taylor and Nick Rhodes released the compilation album 'Only After Dark', reinterpreting hit songs from the 1970s and 80s.