Editing Duran Duran (section)

==Influences==
Although they began their career as "a group of art school, experimental, post punk rockers,"<ref name="Green" /> the band's quick rise to stardom, polished good looks and embrace of the teen press almost guaranteed disfavour from music critics. During the 1980s, Duran Duran were considered the quintessential manufactured, throw-away pop group. However, according to the ''[[Sunday Herald]]'', "To describe them, as some have, as the first [[boy band]], misrepresents their appeal. Their weapons were never just their looks, but self-penned songs."<ref name="OConnell" /> [[Moby]] said of the band in his blog in 2003: "...&nbsp;they were cursed by what we can call the '[[Bee Gees]]' curse, which is: 'write amazing songs, sell tons of records, and consequently incur the wrath or disinterest of the rock obsessed critical establishment.'"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moby.com/node/4889 |title=Duran Duran |date=31 August 2003 |access-date=17 May 2007 |author=Moby |author-link=Moby |publisher=moby.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012141843/http://moby.com/node/4889 |archive-date=12 October 2007 }}</ref>

Influences on Duran Duran included [[David Bowie]], [[Roxy Music]], [[the Beatles]] and [[the Doors]];<ref>{{cite video |date=19 October 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMymK9st49M |title=Duran Duran – What's In My Bag? (2009) |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=8 July 2022 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708191743/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMymK9st49M |url-status=live }}</ref> the electronic music of [[John Foxx]]'s [[Ultravox]], [[Kraftwerk]],<ref name="rt" /> the [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]]<ref name="guardian_ymo">{{cite web|last=Lewis|first=John|title=Back to the future: Yellow Magic Orchestra helped usher in electronica – and they may just have invented hip-hop, too|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/04/electronicmusic.filmandmusic11|work=The Guardian|location=UK|access-date=25 May 2011|date=4 July 2008|archive-date=11 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111061211/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/jul/04/electronicmusic.filmandmusic11|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Giorgio Moroder]]; glam rock and American rock such as [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]], [[Iggy Pop]], [[Lou Reed]] and [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]]; British punk and post-punk bands such as [[the Clash]], [[Sex Pistols]] and [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]];<ref>{{cite web|first=Fabia |last=Di Drusco|url=https://www.lofficielusa.com/music/duran-duran-tour-album-future-past-career-biography-interview-simon-le-bon|title=Duran Duran is Ready to Talk About 'Future Past'|publisher=Lofficielusa.com|date=16 March 2022 |access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref> and the [[disco]]/funk band [[Chic (band)|Chic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://diffuser.fm/duran-duran-first-album/ |title=The Story of Duran Duran's Self-titled Debut Album |author=Zaleski, Annie |date=15 June 2016 |publisher=diffuser.fm |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316092233/https://diffuser.fm/duran-duran-first-album/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Duran Duran were also influenced by contemporary [[synth-pop]] groups, with records by [[Japan (band)|Japan]], [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] and [[the Human League]] becoming fixtures in Rhodes's 1980 DJ sets at the Rum Runner club.<ref>{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=John|author-link=John Taylor (bass guitarist)|date=2012|title=In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran|publisher=[[E. P. Dutton|Dutton]]|pages=104–105|isbn=978-0525958000}}</ref> Andy Taylor was a fan of the rock band [[AC/DC]], "...all these different influences were coming into the studio. Somehow, it had its own life. It became very unique in itself. It was influenced by a lot of different people", Roger Taylor said in a 2012 interview.<ref name="rt">{{cite web |url=https://duranduran.com/2012/a-conversation-with-duran-durans-roger-taylor/ |title=A Conversation with Duran Duran's Roger Taylor |author=Mark Ragogna |date=2 October 2012 |access-date=22 March 2024 |archive-date=22 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322093543/https://duranduran.com/2012/a-conversation-with-duran-durans-roger-taylor/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several of the band's contemporaries including [[the Bangles]], [[Elton John]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[Paul Young]] and even [[the Monkees]], have named themselves fans of the band's music. Le Bon described the group as "the band to dance to when the bomb drops".<ref>De Graaf & Garret (1982), p. 19.</ref> Successors like [[Barenaked Ladies]], [[Beck]], [[Jonathan Davis]] of [[Korn]], [[the Bravery]], [[Gwen Stefani]] and [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] have all cited Duran Duran as a key band in their formative years. [[Justin Timberlake]] is a fan of the band and presented them with the Outstanding Contribution award at the [[Brit Awards 2004|2004 Brit Awards]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.capitalfm.com/events/brits/outstanding-contribution-award-past-winners/ | title= Who's Won The Outstanding Contribution Award At The BRITs? From The Beatles To Pink | work=Capital FM | date=21 February 2019 | access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> The most recent crop of performers to name Duran Duran as an influence include [[Dido (singer)|Dido]], [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]], [[Panic! at the Disco]], [[Goldfrapp]] and [[Brandon Flowers]] of [[the Killers]], who said, "Nick Rhodes is an absolute hero of mine—their records still sound fresh, which is no mean feat as far as synths are concerned."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/comment/duran-duran_0805.htm |title=Duran Duran&nbsp;– Notorious Wild Boys Stay The Distance |access-date=17 May 2007 |last=Malins |first=Steve |date=September 2005 |work=musicOMH.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513013453/http://www.musicomh.com/comment/duran-duran_0805.htm |archive-date=13 May 2007 |ref=none}}</ref>

Rhodes has directly lent his production techniques to [[Kajagoogoo]]'s debut album ''[[White Feathers]]'' (1983) and its number one single "[[Too Shy]]", and to [[the Dandy Warhols]]' fourth album ''[[Welcome to the Monkey House (album)|Welcome to the Monkey House]]'' (2003). The band's music has been used by several [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] artists, most notably [[the Notorious B.I.G.]], who sampled Duran Duran's 1986 single "Notorious". Numerous bands have covered their music on record and in concert.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coversproject.com/artist/duran%20duran |title=Duran Duran |access-date=17 May 2007 |publisher=The Covers Project |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510233303/http://www.coversproject.com/artist/duran%20duran |archive-date=10 May 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>