1- They were Princess Diana’s favourite band
2- They were the most commercially successful of the New Romantic bands, and a leading band in the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the United States?
3- Rolling Stone described them as “The Fab 5” when they put them on their cover in 1985. This was in reference to the Beatles-like throngs of screaming girls the band attracted.
4- When he was 6 years old, Simon Le Bon starred as a little boy with an off-white shirt in a Persil washing powder TV advert.
5- Members have included John Taylor, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, Warren Cuccurullo, Roger Taylor
5- Duran Duran has won two Grammy Awards for their music videos?
6- The group were a leading band in the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US in the 1980s
7- When Rhodes was in school, his chemistry teacher would often leave to go bet on horses. His teacher left Rhodes in charge when he was gone.
8- They got their name from the movie Barbarella. The villian’s name in the movie was Duran Duran and they liked the trippy music associated with the movie. So they named themselves Duran Duran as a tribute to Barbarella. Jane Fonda was hot too.
9- John Taylor once described Duran Duran’s sound as “Sex Pistols meets Chic.”
10-Their 1982 album “Rio” is often cited as one of the definitive pop albums of the 1980s. However, their 1995 release “Thank You” was declared the worst album of all time by Q magazine in 2006.
11- While filming the music video for “Save a Prayer,” Andy Taylor fell out of a tree
12- They Ranked #20 on VH1’s 100 Sexiest Artists.
13- In video game culture, bassist John Taylor served as the model for the protagonist of the hit PlayStation 2 game Devil May Cry, Dante. Dante mirrors John Taylor’s looks with his long rocker hairstyle, clothing, and mannerisms
14- Documentary Searching for Roger Taylor, and it was released in 2000.
15- Princess Diana said soon after her royal wedding that Duran Duran was her favorite band
16- Duran Duran was among the first bands to have their videos shot by professional directors with 35 mm film movie cameras, which gave their videos a much more polished look.
17- None of the three Taylors (John Taylor, Andy Taylor, Roger Taylor) in the original line-up of Duran Duran is related to one another.
18- All five members of the band were photogenic
19- Before he was a famous musician, Le Bon could be seen in Persil soap commercials! He was also involved in theater.
20- Duran Duran achieved 14 singles in the top 10 in the UK, and 21 hits in the US Top 100. They have also sold over 100 million records worldwide.
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