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Duran Duran

Twenty five years after the formation of Duran Duran, the five original members: Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor, are back together again.

With the same undeniable musical chemistry and signature style that originally propelled them to the top of the charts, the band reunited in 2001, since which time they have signed a new recording deal, released a brand new studio album, ‘ASTRONAUT’, toured the world, filmed one of their spectacular concerts for a live DVD, ‘LIVE FROM LONDON’, and been given a string of highly prestigious Awards in recognition of their work - both past and present. With wonderfully infectious songs, excellent musicianship, thrilling arrangements and raw and edgy vocals, the band’s latest material is quintessentially and unmistakably “classic Duran Duran for the new millennium.”

Duran Duran have sold over 70 million records to date and have had an extraordinary career that has made them one of the most successful groups of the past few decades. They fused pop music, art and fashion to an unprecedented degree and single-handedly took music video making to a new level. They transformed what had previously been a simple marketing tool into what is now one of the music industry’s most valuable assets. With exotic locations, beautiful girls and stunning visuals, Duran Duran set a whole new standard. Their success followed years of hard work and relentless touring. Good looks, great style and a wealth of confidence completed the package.

They wrote classic, timeless pop songs combining rock guitars with infectious melodies and memorable lyrics. They played to sold-out audiences around the world and broke box office records everywhere they went. The media compared them to the Beatles as hysteria preceded them, both on stage and off. They tapped into the mood of the times and captured an army of adoring fans.

Now they are doing it all over again.

Formed in Birmingham, England in 1978, by keyboardist Nick Rhodes and bassist John Taylor, Duran Duran’s sound was inspired by the soul music of their youth, the vibrant New York underground music scene of the 70’s (the New York Dolls and Velvet Underground), the iconic David Bowie and avant garde bands like Roxy Music. They shot to fame as part of the “Second British Invasion” of the 1980s that included groups like Spandau Ballet, Human League, Ultravox and Culture Club – and yet they always stood apart – delivering an electric live show, pushing the boundaries of new technology and enduring longer than any of their peers.

Their eponymous debut album sold more than 2.5 million copies in 1981 and spawned the hit single ‘Planet Earth’. That same year, they became the first pop act to do a 12″ remix (also ‘Planet Earth’) and to release a controversial video for the dance mix of ‘Girls on Film.’ that was subsequently banned by both MTV and the BBC.

Classic chart-toppers such as ‘Hungry Like the Wolf’,’ ‘Rio’ and ‘Save A Prayer’ followed on their multi-platinum, sophomore release RIO as the band shot to another level of success with their exotic and groundbreaking videos. It was during this time that Princess Diana declared Duran to be her favorite band, and friends like artists Andy Warhol and Keith Haring lent their support. By now the music had traveled outside the UK and the band were enjoying global success.

By 1983 ‘Hungry Like the Wolf’ (which was filmed in Sri Lanka by director Russell Mulcahy) had become one of the most played videos on MTV. Later that year ‘Is There Something I Should Know’ went straight to No. 1 in the UK and hit No. 4 in the US.

The band’s third album, 1984’s SEVEN AND THE RAGGED TIGER earned Duran Duran their first Stateside No. 1, with ‘The Reflex.’ That same year, Rolling Stone magazine christened the band “The Fab Five,” as their single ‘Union of the Snake’ exploded around the world.

By now, the band were playing sold-out arenas and breaking box office records everywhere they went. Awards, hits, and global branding became the norm. As one successful single followed the next, it seemed like they could do no wrong.

In 1985 an invitation to write for the movie ‘A View to a Kill’ earned the group another first when their song became the only Bond theme tune to make it to No. 1 (an accomplishment that still stands today).

With Duran’s success still riding high, John and Andy took a break from the band to team up with Robert Palmer, Chic drummer Tony Thompson and bassist Bernard Edwards to form the Power Station. At the same time, Nick, Simon and Roger embarked on their own side project, Arcadia, with guest performers Grace Jones, Sting, David Gilmour and Herbie Hancock. Both released just one album.

In July 1985, after some time apart, the five members of Duran Duran got back together to play in Philadelphia at the historic Live Aid concert. Although no-one knew it at the time, this would turn out to be the final performance of the original lineup and would mark the end of an era.

In 1986, Roger Taylor and Andy Taylor left the band – Roger to pursue a more private life, away from the spotlight, and Andy to embark on a solo career. After several months of searching for a new guitarist, Andy was replaced by Warren Cuccurullo (who had previously played with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa). Later that year the new lineup teamed up with producer Nile Rodgers, to record the funk-based album, NOTORIOUS. The album’s title track topped the charts, propelling the album to multi-platinum status. Fourteen years later, the same song was sampled by Sean “Puffy” Combs on the posthumous Notorious B.I.G. release, ‘Born Again.’

But the band’s immense success did not end there… NOTORIOUS was followed by BIG THING (in 1988), and the release of DECADE in 1990 – celebrating their previous ten year’s work. Their sixth studio album, ‘Liberty’ came out later that year – with new drummer Sterling Campbell replacing two-time collaborator Steve Ferrone.

In 1993, Nick, Simon, John and Warren went back into the studio to record a new album. Better known as the WEDDING ALBUM (because the album artwork featured photos of their parents’ weddings) the CD spawned the award winning smash ‘Ordinary World’ and its equally acclaimed follow-up ‘Come Undone.’ Garnering them some of the best reviews of their career, and the prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting award, the WEDDING ALBUM sold more than four million copies around the world, and brought the band a new generation of ardent ‘Duranies.’

THANK YOU Duran Duran’s covers album followed in 1995, and gave the band a chance to pay homage to many of the great artists that inspired and influenced them over the years. The album included tributes to Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed, amongst many others, and received rave reviews from both fans and the artists themselves.

In 1996, after two decades of being with Duran Duran, John Taylor left to pursue various solo projects. The following year, the band contributed, ‘Out of My Mind’ to the film version of ‘The Saint’ and released MEDAZZALAND which Taylor had played on before leaving. The album featured ‘Electric Barbarella,’ the first song ever to be sold in a download format across the Web.

In 2000, after the release of two Duran tribute albums (featuring artists as diverse as Kylie Minogue and Ben Lee on one and the Deftones and Goldfinger on the other), Hollywood Records put out POP TRASH CD, which the band supported with an extremely successful international tour, that featured the first use of ‘augmented reality’ technology in a live concert. At the end of the tour, Warren left the group to return to Missing Persons.

With the most recent world tour behind them, Simon took a well-earned break at the start of the new millennium, while Nick joined long-time friend and collaborator Stephen Duffy, as The Devils, to work on their debut album,DARK CIRCLES (released in late 2002).

Over the years many people tried to encourage the original members of Duran Duran to reform to capitalize on the obvious chemistry that existed between them. While they were busy pursuing other, individual interests, however, this never happened. In 2000, with the band’s silver jubilee fast approaching, the timing felt right and conversations were initiated. At first the talk was only of a reunion tour, but once in a room together again the creative juices started to flow. As 2003 rolled around Duran’s original ‘Fab Five’ went back into the studio to embark on their first album together in almost eighteen years. Charged by the challenge of “taking back their crown,” Simon, Nick, Andy, Roger and John worked relentlessly to complete the material featured on their critically acclaimed album ASTRONAUT, released worldwide on October 11/12, 2004, and featuring the hit singles ‘(Reach Up for the) Sunrise’ and ‘What Happens Tomorrow’.

The ASTRONAUT Tour that followed, from 2004 - 2005, saw the band once again selling out arenas around the world and playing some of the most prestigious events on the music calendar. Five record-breaking nights at London’s Wembley Arena, capacity crowds at LA’s Staples Centre and NY’s Madison Square Garden, performances at both Live 8 in Italy and on the Superbowl from Houston, appearances on both the UK and US Fashion Rocks shows, the Nobel Peace Concert in Norway and Andre Agassi’s 10th Anniversary Grand Slam Charity Event for Children in Las Vegas. And alongside this, months of touring, playing in front of packed, ecstatic houses, and the release, at the end of 2005, of the band’s first full length live concert DVD, LIVE FROM LONDON.

When you add up their chart successes, the awards, the album and singles sales, the number of concert tickets they have sold, the stadiums they’ve filled, the ground-breaking videos they’ve made, and the influence they’ve had on generations of musicians, theirs’ is a story that only a handful of artists, such as U2, the Rolling Stones, and Madonna, can tell.

As both individuals and founders of one of the world’s most influential pop groups, the five band members have always pushed the boundaries and set new standards. Looking to set trends, rather than follow them, they have taken risks that others would have shied away from. The results speak for themselves. Contemporary bands such as The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, The Deftones and The Scissor Sisters have taken this into the 21st Century, touting Duran Duran as a major influence in their music.

With the phenomenal success they have already enjoyed and their intense commitment to the future, Duran Duran are uniquely positioned. They are a household name around the world – a recognizable and respected brand to generations of music lovers. They have a rich and colourful past. They have an equally exciting and dynamic future.
 

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• Release Music Magazine - Alternative music news, reviews, features, competitions, and tour dates, with daily updates.
• Re:mote Induction - Aural, visual and technological focus from hard industrial to quirky pop. Books, movies, comics and technology features, reviews and interviews.
• Roast - An ezine-turned-website dedicated to rock music. With band news and pictures.
• Rock On Zine - Featuring original concert photos, tour dates, news and information of bands.
• Rocket Fuel - Indie rock zine with news, features, reviews, tour dates, list of new releases and song downloads.
• Sans Tambour Ni Trompette - An independent e-zine and radio show from France with music news, reviews, audio clips, and band information.
• Seditionaries - A music e-zine with show, single and album reviews, interviews, and links. Includes Coldplay, Doves, Seafood and Patrick Jones.
• spaceturtlesinx - Alternative music, independent film, art and literature. With reviews and interviews.
• Stix Pix - A monthy updated e-zine that focuses on garage bands and widely known bands. With articles, interviews, and reviews.
• Tiny Mix Tapes - Album and concert reviews, interviews, news, tour dates, and online mix tape generator.
• Tranjka.net - A small zine that is made up of interviews. Contrasting answers from a number of bands and indie-label people to compare and contrast their responses.
• Village Buzz - Local band and gig information, reviews, interviews, and news from northern Ohio, USA.
• Vox Online - Music magazine with artist features, including interviews, photos, and contests.

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Metal Magazines

Metal Magazines

• Accursed Wretch Metal Rag - Interviews, links, pictures, news and tour dates.
• Altars Of Metal - Greek webzine featuring news, interviews, reviews, concert updates, tour information, festival hosting, live photography, and a message board.
• Arbor Mundi - Underground metal ezine from Romania. News, interviews, reviews, forum, guestbook and links.
• The Bleak Horizon - Reviews, live reports and links.
• Chronicles of Chaos - Extreme music webzine.
• Daemonstration Webzine - Metal webzine from Romania featuring local news, reviews, interviews and downloadable media.
• Dagobert’s Revenge Magazine - Articles, reviews, and interviews relating to the unified field theory of the Holy Grail, based on the book “Holy Blood, Holy Grail,” as well as of many death and black metal bands and albums.
• Deadwebzine - Ukrainian death metal, grindcore, brutal and underground zine. Reviews, interviews, photos, message board and links.
• Edge of Time Magazine - Focuses on progressive, black, and death metal.
• Envision Magazine - Extreme music magazine. Articles, interviews,links, tour dates and contact information.
• Firegoat - Slovenian metal webzine. News, reviews, interviews, gallery, competitions, and links.
• From Below - Features reviews of black metal albums, interviews and links. Site in Danish and English.
• Gloon - Full Metal Mayhem - Australian e-zine, with interviews, news, profiles, guestbook and links.
• Goregrind And Grindcore Webzine, The - News, interviews, and reviews of death, grindcore, and gore metal bands.
• Hail Metal - Underground metal reviews, tablature, articles, forum and links.
• Hail the Underground - News, reviews including MP3s, videos, interviews, articles, and tablatures.
• Hardrock Haven - News, reviews, MP3s, interviews and links.
• Heavy Metal - Suite101.com - Metal and hard rock music past and present, with news, artist profiles, interviews, discussions and links.
• Hellfire Pictures - Pictures, interviews and tour dates.
• I Will Be Heard - Ezine that concentrates on emerging talent from the rock and metal underground with a slant on the UK scene.
• Lykos Zine - Underground and mainstream metal reviews, interviews, MP3 downloads and radio, articles and forum.
• Maelstrom - Covers death black, doom, grind, and thrash metal. Includes reviews, interviews, events, and back issues.
• Masterful Magazine - Death and black metal zine. Interviews, news, concert dates, reviews and MP3s.
• Metal Coven - Danish webzine. Interviews, reviews, downloads, forum and links.
• Metal Coven - US webzine. Reviews, interviews, features, photos, downloads, tour dates and forum.
• Metal Flames - The latest news, photos, albums, interviews, and upcoming shows.
• Metal Forever - Mainstream heavy metal tour dates, news, reviews, directory and links.
• Metal Guide - News, reviews, interviews, links, MP3s, and contests.
• Metal Is - Online magazine including a daily cartoon strip, short stories, metal radio, trivia, news, reviews and live chat and bulletin boards.
• Metal Mayhem - News, reviews, interviews, MP3s, message board and links.
• Metal Perspective - Heavy metal and hard rock webzine with news, reviews, interviews and links.
• Metal Refuge - Interviews, live concert photos, music reviews, chat, forum, downloads, news and links.
• Metal Side - Polish death metal ezine. Interviews, reviews, news and links.
• Metal Zone Prod.666 - Underground metal magazine. Interviews, video and information on the printed version.
• Metalfury - Progressive, power, thrash, speed and traditional metal ezine. News, tour dates, CD and concert reviews, photo gallery and links.
• Metallian.com - Features news, reviews, and interviews. Includes a metal encyclopedia.
• Metalliville - Rock and metal webzine featuring the latest CD reviews. Featuring interviews, live reviews and links.
• Metal-Rock - News, album reviews, release dates, gigs, chat room and band links.
• Metaluk - UK ezine with news, reviews, interviews, tour dates, forum and audio.
• Mk Ultra Mag - Chicago based magazine, with news, reviews, interviews, features, subscription information and links.
• Negura - Romanian webzine. Reviews, interviews, ideology and links.
• Nihilistic Holocaust - Extreme metal reviews and interviews.
• The Nooks Of The Darkness - Polish death and black metal ezine. Album reviews, artwork and information, vistor ratings, forum and links.
• Powerslave - Covers the northern California underground metal scene. News, articles, bands, show reviews, photo gallery, and links.
• RevelationZ - News updates, reviews of albums, bands, and concerts, discographies, forums, and a search engine.
• RockNet Webzine - Interviews, CD reviews, show reviews, news, and photos. Updated monthly.
• RockUnited - Classic Hardrock and Metal webzine. Reviews, interviews, news, MP3’s.
• Rough Edge: The Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Report - Online ‘zine featuring reviews, interviews, features, photos, downloads, tour dates and guestbook.
• Shadowforest Netzine - Polish black metal and metal ezine. Interviews, news, reviews, gallery, articles and links.
• Shattered Silence - Extreme metal ezine. Reviews, interviews, contests, tour dates, photos and release dates.
• Shock Online - UK webzine. News, interviews, reviews and photos.
• SiN’s Metal News - CD and video reviews, interviews, and current metal news. Also includes contests and tour dates.
• Sleazegrinder - Boston-based e-zine supporting the underground revolution. Features news, interviews, and reviews.
• Snail Of Satan - E-zine including albums reviews, interviews, and forums.
• Swedish Metal - Reviews, interviews, sounds, videos, and news.
• The Temple of Metal - Reviews, interviews, links, news.
• Unbelievably Retarded - Reviews, interviews, reviews and meaningless commentary.
• Unharmonic - News, reviews, interviews, articles, and information on signed and unsigned nu-metal.

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Metal (all genres)

• About Heavy Metal - MP3s, concert schedules, band links, and live radio from About.com.
• Absolute Metalmaniacs - Metal reviews, audio and video samples, lyrics, and a discussion board.
• Albums of Purgatory - Features reviews and interviews in all types of metal.
• Always-Rock - Biographies, lyrics, video and audio clips, and tablatures for several bands including Metallica, Static-X, Papa Roach, and Drowning Pool.
• Beherit Metal - Lyrics, graphics, MP3s, and reviews.
• Bella Online: Heavy Metal - Biographies, discographies, news, features, links and message board.
• Bootleg Trading Post - Offers trades.
• Brutal Metal - A discography reference site with band lineups, track listings, CD covers, reviews, audio samples, and an eBay price guide.
• The Bunghole - Resource index of band pages, labels, and studios.
• Concrete Planet - Promoting metal music and artists, and offering information on bands, tour dates, sound bytes, and video, as well as weekly charts and monthly contests.
• Connecticut Area Bands - Supports and promotes bands in Connecticut and southern Massachusetts.
• The Crazy Web Site - Provides up-to-date metal news, and offers information and sound clips from new bands in need of exposure.
• Dark Dimension II - Features metal news, band links, lyrics, Top 100, and a banner exchange.
• Dark Elucidation - A collection of discographies sorted by band, country of origin, and genre.
• Dark Legions Archive - Reviews of bands in all metal gen