This is for John - Do you think if you had originally formed in London instead of Birmingham your sound would have been different? Patrick F
“It would be so different. Nick, Roger and I were very much products of suburban midlands. We have certain values that are geographic. Then you have Andy coming from Newcastle and Simon coming from the home counties. Equally, we wouldn’t have made it without Simon and Andy so…In 1979/80/81, bands got interest from record labels because there was such an appetite for young bands at that time and record labels were taking chances. It is hard for me to imagine a different version of Duran Duran. JT”