In the spring of 1982, the British rock group Duran Duran were working on their second album at AIR Studios in London. At the time, the five-member band of Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Andy ...

On Nov. 1, 1982, Duran Duran released "Rio" as a single in the U.K. The title track of the band's 1982 LP quickly became one of the Birmingham band's signature songs, a confident mission statement ...

On May 10, 1982, Duran Duran released their second album, Rio. Issued less than a year after the Birmingham quintet's self-titled debut, Rio was a testament to the band's chemistry and ambition, and ...

Don’t go thinking it was only about the videos. Duran Duran certainly mastered the art of the MTV mini-movie to help their ascension to music stardom. But without the thrilling raw material provided ...

‘We’ve taken a lot of punishment over the years – some of it deserved – but that track is here to stay. No one will ever be able to take it away from us’ I was obsessed with writing songs to begin a ...