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Nick Rhodes
English musician and keyboardist of Duran Duran (born 1962)
For other people named Nick Rhodes, see Nick Rhodes (disambiguation).
Musical artist
Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas James Bates; 8 June 1962) is an English keyboardist and producer, best known as a founding member and the keyboardist of the band Duran Duran. He has also been the only constant member of the group since their 1978 inception.[2]
Rhodes has been involved in several side projects outside of, but related to, Duran Duran: he released an album with Arcadia in 1985 (featuring Duran Duran members Le Bon and Roger Taylor),[3] and recorded and performed as the Devils in 2002 with Stephen Duffy, longtime musical friend and the original lead singer of Duran Duran. In March 2013, he released the TV Mania side project with former Duran Duran guitarist, Warren Cuccurullo.
Early history
[edit]Nicholas James Bates is the only child of affluent parents who were the owners of a Birmingham toy shop. He attended Woodrush High School in Wythall, north Worcestershire. Bates left school in 1978 at the age of sixteen, and founded Duran Duran with his childhood friend John Taylor (who then played lead guitar) and Taylor's art school friend Stephen Duffy (vocals, bass, guitar). Having c
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| Nick Rhodes | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nicholas James Bates |
| Born | 8 June 1962, Moseley, West Midlands, England. (age 62) |
| Genres | New Wave, Rock, Alternative Rock |
| Instruments | Keyboards |
| Associated acts | Duran Duran Arcadia The Devils TV Mania |
| 'The Controller' | |
Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas James Bates in Moseley, West Midlands, England, June 8, 1962) is the keyboardist for Duran Duran. Rhodes and singer Simon Le Bon are the only members to have been permanently with the band throughout its professional career (beginning in 1980).
Furthermore, Rhodes and John Taylor are the only members that have been with the band since its creation in 1978, having originally formed Duran Duran with Stephen Duffy.
Early history[]
Nick Bates was the only child of well-off parents, the owners of a Birmingham toy store called Bates Toy Shop. In 1978, Bates left school at the age of sixteen, and founded Duran Duran with his art school friend John Taylor. At about the same time as the name Duran Duran was chosen for the band, he decided to change his name, for "aesthetic reasons", to Rhodes after the Greek Isle.
As the band coalesced into its final lineup in 1979-80, Duran Duran started playing at a local Birmingham club called the Rum Runne