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At that point I think the group spirit had died a little bit and we all went off and did different things for a while.” “There was the Arcadia group and there was the Power Station group and I kind of fell in between the two of those a little bit so it was quite a strange place to be.

“I think the band had gone into two factions at that time as well,” he told the group’s official website. Roger stepped away from the band in 1985, citing internal drama and the differing interests of each member.

He came on board in 1979, and played drums on the band’s first three studio albums ( Duran Duran, Rio, and S even and the Ragged Tiger) as well as the live album Arena. Roger Taylor, also 59, performed in numerous bands before joining Duran Duran. And it would work well with what we're doing now.Looking back to the great time John and Roger had with Russell Brand and the incredible folks at the Changes UK Fire & Ice Ball!⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #duranduran #rogertaylor #johntaylor #russellbrand #decadeofchange #changesukĪ post shared by Duran Duran on at 6:39pm PST It's one of the best Duran Duran songs I've ever heard. Simon Le Bon also said: 'I would be failing in my duty if I didn't get at least the song '48 Hours Later', which is sublime.

There's another song, one of my favourites on the record, actually, about the decay of the world and how we're all ignoring it - a song of desperation.' there was one song about a fighter pilot in the war. 'There's one track on there called 'Criminals In The Capital,' about our dueling leaders on both sides of the Atlantic. But there was so much doom and gloom and horror that it had got pretty deep under our skin. We've always reflected what's around us it's just that we always tried to pick the more uplifting subjects. Nick Rhodes later told Details magazine: 'It was a very angry record for Duran Duran, quite political. Many of the songs on the album were rather angry and political, and it was not well-received by their label Sony, so it was shelved altogether. Do they have a shelved album?īefore Andy Taylor left in 2006, the group recorded an album called Reportage. In 2007, the group performed at her memorial concert.'We are honoured that she always referred to Duran Duran as her favourite band,” Simon LeBon said at the time, “as she was certainly our favourite princess.' 8. Was Princess Diana really a fan of Duran Duran?ĭuran Duran with Prince William and Prince Harry at the Concert for Diana in 2007.Īt the height of their fame in the 1980s, Princess Diana frequently referred to Duran Duran as her favourite band. He was working with us as virtually a sixth member of the group, but not really getting on our backs at all.' 7. He has a great way of working brilliant chord arrangements. 'And that's why it happened so quickly because he was able to separate the good ideas from the bad ones, and he arranged them. He heard what we came up with and he put them into an order. Le Bon later said of Barry: 'He didn't really come up with any of the basic musical ideas.

They co-wrote the song with long-time Bond composer John Barry. It is still the only James Bond song to reach number one in the US, and was the biggest Bond hit in the UK until Adele's 'Skyfall' in 2012.ĭuran Duran were chosen to do the song after life-long Bond fan John Taylor approached producer Cubby Broccoli at a party, and drunkenly asked 'When are you going to get someone decent to do one of your theme songs?'

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Duran Duran recorded the song 'A View to a Kill' for the 1985 movie of the same name starring Roger Moore.

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