Where did the band name duran duran come from?!
Question: how did the band members come up with that name?
Answers: how did the band members come up with that name?
One of the villains of the 1968 cult film Barbarella is Dr. Durand Durand, inventor of the "Orgasmatron".
When the band was searching for a name, they had recently seen the film on television, and were sometimes playing at a club called Barbarella's in Birmingham. They wanted a name that didn't mean anything on its own, but that had an elegant and unusual sound. It's said that John Taylor proposed it, and Nick Rhodes agreed.
The band has enjoyed slipping references to the film into their work. They got Milo O'Shea, the actor who played Durand Durand, to appear in their 1984 concert film "Arena"; used clips from the film in the video for "Wild Boys", and audio samples from it in the remix single "Burning the Ground"; and released a song named "Electric Barbarella" in 1997 -- this was actually the first single ever sold over the internet by a record company, as a 99-cent download!
England
Nick Rhodes is from Moseley, West Midlands, England
John Taylor is from Birmingham, England
Roger Taylor is from Castle Bromwich, England
Andy Taylor is from Cullercoats, Tyne and Wear (in North East England)
Simon Le Bon is from Bushey, Hertfordshire, England (grew up in London)
Warren Cuccurullo was a late addition to the group so he is not from England he is from Brooklyn
Sterling Campbell also a late addition, hails from new york
*all founding members are from England...also note that the Taylors are not related...