Genres: Dance-Pop, Synth Pop, New Wave, Contemporary Pop/Rock, New Romantic, Punk/New Wave, Dance-Rock Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1978 in Birmingham, England
Blondie, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Chic, Gary Numan, Little Yellow Perfect, Kraftwerk, Liquid Liquid, The Cars, Marc Bolan, ESG, The Velvet Underground, Ultravox, Donna Summer, Japan, The Sex Pistols, Sly & the Family Stone
Thomas Dolby, ABC, Adam Ant, Spandau Ballet, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Talk Talk, Eurythmics, Human League, Bow Wow Wow, Pet Shop Boys, Real Life, Simple Minds, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Howard Jones, Tears for Fears, Ultravox, Madonna, Re-Flex, George Michael
a-ha, Animotion, Rick Astley, Bananarama, Kamera, Romania, Strangeway, Tears for Fears, Figures on a Beach, Phixx, Van She, Little Yellow Perfect, Clear Static, Folio, The White Tie Affair, The Red Romance, The Maximals!?, Sink to See, Carolina Liar
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Duran Duran personified new wave for much of the mainstream audience. And for good reason, too. Duran Duran's reputation was built through music videos, which accentuated their fashion model looks and glamorous sense of style. Without music videos, it's likely that the band's pop-funk -- described by the group as the Sex Pistols meets Chic -- would never have made them international pop stars. While Duran Duran did have sharper pop sensibilities than their new romantic contemporaries like Spandau Ballet and Ultravox, none of their peers exploited MTV and music video like the Birmingham-based quintet. Each video the group made was distinctive, incorporating a number of cinematic styles to showcase the band as either part of the jet-setting elite ("Rio") or as worldly adventurers ("Hungry Like the Wolf"). While early videos like "Girls on Film" and "The Chauffeur" sparked controversy in England over their sexual content, their best-known clips were often based on hit contemporary movies.
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Release: September 29, 2009
Label: Capitol
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Release: September 22, 2009
Label: Capitol, EMI Music Distribution
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