Duran Duran Then: In 1978, Nick Rhodes and John Taylor formed Duran Duran, soon adding Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor and Simon Le Bon. (No Taylor's are related.) After success of their self titled 1981 debut album in the UK, they brought their sound to the US. Their first top ten hit on the US charts came in 1982 when they released "Hungry Like the Wolf", from the album Rio. In 1984 the band picked up two Grammy awards: Best Video-Short Form ("Girls On Film"/"Hungry Like the Wolf"), and Best Video Album (Duran Duran). 1985 showed the band members on hiatus yet pairing off to form Arcadia (Le Bon/Rhodes/R.Taylor), and Power Station (J.Taylor/A.Taylor-along with Robert Palmer and Chic drummer Tony Thompson). On July 13th of '85, Duran reunited to play Live-Aid, not knowing that it would be their last performance with all 5 original members. Afterwards, Andy would go on to persue a solo career and Roger quit the music business entirely. Duran continued recording with the remaining members and new guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, but not with the same level of success as before. By the end of the 80's, they had amassed 9 US Top 10 hits. Now: In 1993 the world called it a come-back when the band broke into the top ten singles with two singles ("Ordinary World" and "Come Undone") from their 2nd self-titled album. Since then they have recorded two more albums. Thank You (1995), and Medazzaland (1997). Founding member John Taylor left the band during the recording of Medazzaland to persue his own solo career, a side gig with the Neurotic Outsiders and Terroristen. The line-up now remains Le Bon, Rhodes, and Cuccurullo. The band's first post-EMI album, Pop Trash, was released in 2000 with the first single "Somebody Else Not Me." by: CLB