Eventually, the band would say they wanted to be a blend of punk and disco, Chic and the Sex Pistols. Though those MTV videos put Duran Duran on the map in the USA, they started small in Birmingham England of 1978, founded by school friends Nick Rhodes and John Taylor, getting together around their love of Bowie and Roxy Music. This year is the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Rio album, and it’s certainly one of the albums that saved us. The quintessential 80s album, the quintessential 80s videos that helped put MTV on the map, and the quintessential 80s band, at least until about 1985. Listen to The Albums That Saved Us: Rio Duran Duran.
