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Article: A view to success // After near-drowning, Le Bon makes `personal' music
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 30, 1986
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NEW YORK - Success is the best revenge. And for Simon Le Bon, lead
singer of the rock group Duran Duran, success has been coupled with
the excitement of life in the fast lane.
In the last six months, the 27-year-old Briton almost drowned in
a boating accident, and dyed his curly blond hair black - punk style.
To counter the success of the Power Station, which Duran's John
Taylor and Andy Taylor created as a side venture, he helped establish
Arcadia.
This new Duran offshoot is comprised of Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and
Roger Taylor. The group's first album, "So Red the Rose," and the
"Election Day" single are both hits. Most recently, Le Bon married
British-Persian model Yasmin Parvaneh.
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