2022 ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES: DURAN DURAN


NEW YORK, NY(SMI-ENTERTAINMENT, MAY 04-08, 2022)-The Rock and Roll foundation announced today May 04, its 2022 Inductees in the following performers categories : Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie & Carly Simon, whom will be honor during an induction ceremony on November 05, 2022 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.

"This diverse group of inductees each had a profound impact on the sound of youth culture and helped change the course of rock & roll, " said John Sykes, Chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. " Their music moved generations and influenced so many artists that followed ".

Performers: artists who have created music whose originality, impact, and influence has changed the course of rock & roll.

To be eligible, artists are required to have released their first record 25 years prior to Induction. Eminem, Duran Duran, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, and Carly Simon were on the ballot for the first time. This is Eminem’s first year of eligibility. This is the first year in the Hall’s 37-year history that six female acts will be inducted in one class.
The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. The Induction Ceremony will air at a later date on HBO and stream on HBO Max, along witha radio simulcast on SiriusXM’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Radio channel 310 and SiriusXM’s Volume channel 106.

Biography:

DURAN DURAN: Duran Duran are a band of delicious dichotomies: infectious pop melodies concealing complicated musical arrangements; pioneering synthesizers combined with distorted glam rock guitars. They were new wave outsiders who became music video stars –Tiger Beatfashion pinups who rocked arenas.

Formed in 1978 by John Taylor (bass)and Nick Rhodes (keyboards) in Birmingham, England, they were named after the villain of the 1968 cult sci-fi film Barbarella. Inspired by the sonic and visual vibrancy of David Bowie, Roxy Music, and Japan, they mixed the dance rhythms of Chic with a dash of the Sex Pistols’ danger and attitude. With the addition of drummer Roger Taylor, guitarist Andy Taylor, and vocalist Simon Le Bon, the group was complete, forming what the British press called the “Fab Five.” Their first album, Duran Duran, knocked open the doors to the 1980s with two hit singles and a sexually explicit music video for “Girls on Film” that was banned in the UK and edited for the newly launched MTV.

Throughout the decade, Duran Duran produced a stream of smash albums including Rio,Seven and the Ragged Tiger,and Notorious,and their cinematic music videos made them superstars around the world. They filled arenas with their dynamic live performances and became darlings of dance clubs –one of the first bands to create their own 12” mixes (dubbed “Night Versions”).

By the early 1990s, the world of rock was shifting from synthesized sounds to the distorted guitars of grunge, and many artists were left behind, but not Duran Duran. In 1993, with guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, the band created a successful new album, reinventing themselves and charting two Billboard Top Ten singles. With over 100 million records sold and 18 hit singles in the U.S., they continue to innovate their sound, collaborating with new artists including Justin Timberlake, Tove Lo, Ana Matronic, and Janelle Monáe, and working with producers such as Timbaland and Mark Ronson.

Selected discography:“Girls on Film,” Duran Duran(1981) • “Rio,” “Hungry Like the Wolf,” Rio(1982) • “The Reflex,” “New Moon on Monday,” Seven and the Ragged Tiger(1983) • “A View to a Kill,” (1985) • “Notorious,” Notorious(1986) • “Ordinary World,” Duran Duran (AKAThe Wedding Album)(1993) • “(Reach Up for the) Sunrise,” Astronaut(2004) • “Give It All Up,” Future Past(2021)


Inductees: Warren Cuccurullo, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, John Taylor, and Roger Taylor.