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Fact #117379

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Short story:

Duran Duran play one of their earliest gigs, at Barbarella’s, Birmingham, UK.

Full article:

Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) : Barbarella’s was actually a really important part of the Birmingham scene throughout the whole punk thing. I mean, everybody under the sun played there, Blondie, The Clash and all those different bands. And the first line-up of Duran Duran that actually played there was supporting a group called Fashion. Who were a really interesting local band.

I think that it’s always been a part of their consciousness you know, it was just there. And the name Duran Duran was very much taken from the movie Barbarella, starring Jane Fonda looking particularly splendid. We watched it one night, John and I, and we were doing a gig, we needed a name and John actually said, "What about that?". Duran Duran, it kinda looks great and it doesn’t… people won’t know what it is.” It’s kind of interesting it comes from there, ‘cause it is a real classic sci-fi b-movie.
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