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John Taylor

Among the weirdest reasons for having Duran Duran is that each one of it is associates became hard rockers after starting their solo professions. John Taylor, obviously, is no exemption to the guideline — actually, he helped invent it. When Duran Duran was on hiatus during 1985, he produced the …

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Animotion

Driving the wave of MTV-friendly synth pop from the mid-’80s, Animotion required the coldly catchy “Obsession” to the very best Ten initially of 1985. From then on, achievement was elusive — the follow-up, “Allow Him Proceed,” barely damaged the very best 40 simply four months later on. In 1988, over …

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Arcadia

During a brief hiatus in late 1984 and early 1985, three Duran Duran associates — lead singer Simon LeBon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, and drummer Roger Taylor — produced Arcadia, a short-lived splinter group which provided an artier version of Duran Duran’s new wave synth pop. Arcadia released their just album, …

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Pseudo Echo

A Melbourne, Australia quartet that has changed their music style many times during the period of their profession. They started playing Duran Duran- and Ultravox-reminiscent synth-rock, blending elements of past due-’70s disco in and sporting a lipstick-and-big-hair appearance. They switched to a far more dance-oriented audio with extra percussion following …

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Cross

The past due-’80s side project of Queen’s drummer Roger Taylor, the Cross were originally a vintage rock-band with dance influences, then abandoned the dance facet of their sound and produced two self-explanatory rock albums. Although Taylor mentioned when the music group created in 1987, that this group will be a …

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The Fixx

A London-based new influx group that were able to sustain an effective profession in America for quite some time within the mid-’80s, the Fixx constantly flirted using the mainstream making use of their catchy, keyboard-driven pop. Shaped by college close friends vocalist/keyboardist Cy Curnin and drummer Adam Woods in the …

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