Duran Duran

…of the pop music group Duran Duran in 1984. While the subject matter was certainly not indicative of his later work, its success was, and the first printing sold out in a matter of days.

Duran Duran, who used increasingly sophisticated techniques to make the visual elements of the video as important as the music. MTV also gave renewed life to veteran performers such as ZZ Top, Tina Turner, and Peter Gabriel, each of whom scored the biggest hits of…

…New Romantics, including the cosmetics-wearing Duran Duran, Adam and the Ants, and Culture Club. As the mid-1980s approached, the line separating new wave from the corporate mainstream blurred, especially for bands such as the Pretenders (fronted by former rock journalist Chrissie Hynde), the Police, and

… Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eminem, the Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon Harry Belafonte, Elizabeth Cotten Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Judas Priest Allen Grubman, Jimmy Iovine, Sylvia Robinson 2023

…as the Police, New Order, Duran Duran, Wham!, Culture Club, and the Eurythmics.

…in the English pop-rock band Duran Duran’s music video “Notorious” (1986) and on the cover of the German edition of the leading fashion magazine Vogue (January 1987), gaining international recognition.