
#ANDY DURAN DURAN MOVIE#
The band also was nominated for a Golden Globe for “A View to A Kill,” from the James Bond movie of the same name. The group benefited from the early popularity of MTV, with music videos like “Rio,” “Hungry Like the Wolf” and “Is There Something I Should Know?” Roger Taylor joined the group in 1979, followed by Andy Taylor and Le Bon in 1980, according to the magazine.

The band was formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978 by keyboardist Rhodes and bassist John Taylor. I’m not gonna stand here and cry or anything, that would be inappropriate, but that’s what I feel like.”ĭuran Duran was named for a character in the Jane Fonda film, “Barbarella,” according to Variety. “It is devastating news to find out that a colleague … not a colleague - a friend, one of our family - is not gonna be around for very long,” Le Bon told reporters after the band’s induction, according to Variety. “We’ve had a privileged life, we were a bit naughty but really nice, a bit shirty but very well dressed, a bit full of ourselves, because we had a lot to give, but as I’ve said many times, when you feel that collective, instinctive, kindred spirit of creativity mixed with ambition, armed with an über cool bunch of fans, well what could possibly go wrong?” In October 2018, Andy Taylor, a guitarist and founding member of Duran Duran, had just signed a solo record deal when he received news that made his world come crashing down: he had stage 4. However, after performing a medley of their hits.

5 at Duran Duran ’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Los Angeles. Andrew James Taylor (born 16 February 1961) is an English guitarist, best known as a member of Duran Duran across three stints and a former member of the Power Station.

“However, none of this needs to or should detract from what this band (with or without me) has achieved and sustained for 44 years. Andy Taylor was expected to join his former bandmates Nov. “Despite the exceptional efforts of my team, I had to be honest in that both physically and mentally, I would be pushing my boundaries,” Taylor wrote.
