The Fat Angel Sings

More of that Melody Maker magic. Hunky bassist John Taylor and sparkly keyboardist Nick Rhodes’ group Duran Duran was already the house band at Birmingham, England club Rum Runner when they placed a 1980 ad. The classified referenced the killer David Bowie guitarist Mick Ronson as well as Roxy’s aforementioned Manzanera. Surprisingly, given Duran Duran’s dance-rock sound, it also cited Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour. The advert netted Newcastle guitarist Andy Taylor, which gave Duran Duran possibly the most formidable double-Taylor tandem in music history. Soon after, singer Simon LeBon (that’s actually his real name) was introduced to Duran Duran through an ex-girlfriend who worked at Rum Runner as a bartender.