{"id":511934,"date":"2022-11-18T03:40:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T00:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/duran-durans-craziest-coked-out-exploits-and-wildest-flings\/"},"modified":"2022-11-18T03:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T00:40:44","slug":"duran-durans-craziest-coked-out-exploits-and-wildest-flings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/duran-durans-craziest-coked-out-exploits-and-wildest-flings\/","title":{"rendered":"#Duran Duran\u2019s craziest coked-out exploits and wildest flings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a299db7580de\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a299db7580de\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/duran-durans-craziest-coked-out-exploits-and-wildest-flings\/#%E2%80%9CDuran_Durans_craziest_coked-out_exploits_and_wildest_flings%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Duran Duran\u2019s craziest coked-out exploits and wildest flings&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDuran_Durans_craziest_coked-out_exploits_and_wildest_flings%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Duran Duran\u2019s craziest coked-out exploits and wildest flings&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>It was 1984 and Duran Duran bandmates John Taylor and Andy Taylor had come to New York to cut an album. They also cut a lot of cocaine. <\/p>\n<p>The handsome duo was encamped at the ritzy Carlyle\u00a0Hotel, where they ran up a $450,000 tab, and got bombed on blow and pills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a man who would come to visit us with a toolbox filled with every pill or substance you could imagine,\u201d Andy wrote in his memoir, \u201cWild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John and Andy also disabled the toilets so they couldn\u2019t flush and \u201cleft a little surprise for the next guest\u201d when they changed rooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI uncurled one of the suite\u2019s posh toilet rolls, drew a giant pair of breasts on it and scrawled a rude message before carefully rolling it up again, aware that the next guest to read it would probably be a head of state,\u201d Andy wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-593350463.jpg?w=668\" alt=\"Soon after scoring their first hits, Duran Duran succumbed to the temptations of drug abuse \u2014 often during extended stays in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-24699357\" width=\"618\" height=\"946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-593350463.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-593350463.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=926 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-593350463.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-593350463.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=309 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/GettyImages-593350463.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Soon after scoring their first hits, Duran Duran succumbed to the temptations of drug abuse \u2014 often during extended stays in New York City. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/rock-roll-hall-of-fame.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Simon Le Bon and Roger Taylor at Duran Duran's induction into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame earlier this month.\" class=\"wp-image-24699097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/rock-roll-hall-of-fame.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/rock-roll-hall-of-fame.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/rock-roll-hall-of-fame.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Simon Le Bon and Roger Taylor at Duran Duran\u2019s induction into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame earlier this month.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Variety via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe laughed hysterically at the idea of a world leader having to ask maintenance to come and assist them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of the New Romantic movement, Duran Duran was a hit from the moment they released their first album, an out-of-nowhere, self-titled platinum seller, 41 years ago. Featuring singer Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, guitarist\/bassist John Taylor, drummer Roger Taylor, and guitarist Andy Taylor (none of whom were related), the group went on to sell 100 million albums and produce 30 Top 40 hits. <\/p>\n<p>Despite all their success, it wasn\u2019t until this month that Duran Duran was inducted into the\u00a0Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll Hall of Fame (the ceremony airs on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hbo.com\/movies\/2022-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame\">HBO<\/a>\u00a0this Saturday).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Duran Duran - Girls On Film (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KCjMZMxNr-0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/girls-on-film.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Le Bon in the music video for &quot;Girls on Film,&quot; which debuted in 1981 and helped transform the band into a global pop music sensation. \" class=\"wp-image-24699103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/girls-on-film.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/girls-on-film.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/girls-on-film.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Le Bon in the music video for \u201cGirls on Film,\u201d which debuted in 1981 and helped transform the band into a global pop music sensation. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Duran Duran\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But if there were ever a Hall of Fame for wild, self-destructive exploits, Duran Duran would have been a shoo-in decades ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCocaine was literally given to me every day on a plate,\u201d John Taylor wrote in his tell-all \u201cIn the Pleasure Groove,\u201d about the group\u2019s 1981 tour. \u201cI didn\u2019t eat that much. I took drugs. That was my diet. I thought it was cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group \u2014 named after Dr. Durand Durand, the interplanetary scientist in the sexy sci-fi flick, \u201cBarbarella\u201d \u2014 was in the right place at the right time. They shot their third and most salacious video, \u201cGirls on Film,\u201d just two weeks after the launch of MTV. <\/p>\n<p>The clip became an instant hit, turning the band into megastars. The British press likened them\u00a0to the Beatles, dubbing its members the Fab Five.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/carlyle-hotel.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York's posh Carlyle Hotel, where John and Andy Taylor rang up a $450,000 tab in 1984 (and also consumed copious amounts of cocaine0.\" class=\"wp-image-24699110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/carlyle-hotel.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/carlyle-hotel.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/carlyle-hotel.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York\u2019s posh Carlyle Hotel, where John and Andy Taylor rang up a $450,000 tab in 1984 (and also consumed copious amounts of cocaine).<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bettmann Archive<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This was heady stuff for a group of kids who grew up in working-class Birmingham and first performed at a local bar called Rum Runner, owned by two brothers who would later go on to co-manage Duran Duran. That\u2019s where they refined their music and also acquired a taste for groupies and white powder.<\/p>\n<p>During its first few years, Duran Duran was actually considered wholesome and family-friendly. But that perception was smashed in 1984 when The UK Sun published a shocking expos\u00e9 based on insights from Al Beard, a former band minder and bouncer at Rum Runner.<\/p>\n<p>He recounted how band members scored drugs behind the club, snorted cocaine off a stainless steel kitchen sink and had their way with willing groupies,\u00a0\u201cordering\u201d them up to their rooms. He claimed that women were delivered by hotel porters like room-service meals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/teenage-girls.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"At concert like this one in 1983, female fans would literally throw themselves at the band members. \" class=\"wp-image-24699116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/teenage-girls.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/teenage-girls.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/teenage-girls.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>At concerts like this one in 1983, female fans would literally throw themselves at the band members. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On one occasion, according to Beard, Andy\u00a0spotted \u201ca beautiful blonde on the pavement \u2026 Within minutes of climbing into the back of the car with Andy, she had all of her clothes off.\u201d As for John, \u201che would arrive at a hotel and pick a teen girl from the lobby before checking in,\u201d Stephen Davis, author of \u201cPlease Please Tell Me Now,\u201d told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Model Bebe Buell, who has written an upcoming memoir, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hozacrecords.com\/product\/rebel-soul\/\">Rebel Soul<\/a>,\u201d about her life, told The Post that she felt protective toward John Taylor after they met at the LA nightspot Club Lingerie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was getting eaten alive,\u201d she said. \u201cA pack of chicks would fawn and offer cocaine and ask him to party. He was 20 years old. At that age, you don\u2019t know the difference between somebody wanting a piece and somebody really caring for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/power-station.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"In 1984, John Taylor (far left) and Andy Taylor (far right) formed the Power Station \u2014 a rival pop group \u2014 with Tony Thompson (left) and Michael Des Barres. The split fractured Duran Duran for almost two decades.\" class=\"wp-image-24699126\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/power-station.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/power-station.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/power-station.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/power-station.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/power-station.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>In 1984, John Taylor (far left) and Andy Taylor (far right) formed the Power Station \u2014 a rival pop group \u2014 with Tony Thompson (left) and Michael Des Barres. The split fractured Duran Duran for almost two decades.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Buell, who famously dated Todd Rundgren, Steven Tyler, Elvis Costello and Dead Boys vocalist Stiv Bators, spent time with John for a few months when Duran Duran was opening for Blondie in 1982 during a US tour. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI slept in the same bed with him,\u201d she said. \u201cHe was tender and sweet. He was the guy who would wash your back when you took a bath and hold your hair when you threw up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the end of 1983, after three hit albums, John amped up his drug use while mixing \u201cArena,\u201d the band\u2019s first live album, at the Power Station studio in Hell\u2019s Kitchen. Mick Jagger was down the hall working on a solo album, Bob Dylan was in-house but rarely seen, and the drugs flowed. \u201cThere was nowhere I\u2019d rather be than in the safety and security of the studio, poised between shelter and control, totally coked out of my brain,\u201d he wrote in his book.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wild-boys.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A clip from the video for &quot;Wild Boys,&quot; the shoot featured an underwater mishap that almost cost Le Bon his life. \" class=\"wp-image-24699138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wild-boys.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wild-boys.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/wild-boys.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A clip from the video for \u201cWild Boys,\u201d the shoot featured an underwater mishap that almost cost Le Bon his life. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, a consultant who worked with the band\u00a0on the premiere of the 1985 James Bond film, \u201cA View to a Kill,\u201d which features the Duran Duran song of the same name, told The Post: \u201cI did coke with them that night and found out the next day that I was pregnant. I was a nervous wreck throughout my pregnancy, though my child was fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pace of performing and the desire to create edgy videos brought its own dangers, too.<\/p>\n<p>A scene for the band\u2019s \u201cThe Wild Boys\u201d\u00a0video could have cost Le Bon his life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/girl-fans.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Like with Harry Styles today, young women lined up around the block to catch sight of their musical heroes.\" class=\"wp-image-24699150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/girl-fans.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/girl-fans.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/girl-fans.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Like with Harry Styles today, young women lined up around the block to catch sight of their heroes.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It called for the singer to be str<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed to a working windmill that had been partially submerged in a swimming pool. As the blades turned, he spun in a circle but the machine malfunctioned and stopped with Le Bon\u2019s head underwater.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart was beating so fast,\u201d a choreographer who was at the shoot told The Post. \u201cI wondered how they would save him. But they did. Divers [on hand as lifeguards] jumped into the pool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drugs didn\u2019t appear to play a role in the mishap. But, the choreographer said, \u201ceveryone was partying hard at the time. It was an endless cocaine run. I don\u2019t know if it was a matter of\u00a0<em>needing<\/em>\u00a0it. But it was there. It was a different time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"972\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bebe-buell-john-taylor.jpg?w=972\" alt=\"Model Bebe Buell met John Taylor in a Los Angeles nightclub and spent time with him in 1982 when Duran Duran was opening for Blondie. \" class=\"wp-image-24699166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bebe-buell-john-taylor.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1944 1944w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bebe-buell-john-taylor.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1457 1458w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bebe-buell-john-taylor.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=972 972w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bebe-buell-john-taylor.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=486 486w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/bebe-buell-john-taylor.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\"\/><figcaption>Model Bebe Buell met John Taylor in a Los Angeles nightclub and spent time with him in 1982 when Duran Duran was opening for Blondie. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bebe Buell<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Andy and John were the biggest hell-raisers. In 1984, the duo splintered off from Duran Duran to create a new band, the Power Station, which is what brought them to the Carlyle that year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose two guys were so into coke that the roadies called the band Powder Station,\u201d Davis said. \u201cThey were more into doing lines than they were into making great songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir behavior was very erratic,\u201d the consultant who worked with the band told The Post. \u201cI remember us all being in the make-up room at CNN when Andy flew off the handle and screamed at me. He\u2019s the only person in my career who made me cry. He was set off easily in those days.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/andy-taylor-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Andy Taylor performs at Madison Square Garden in 1983; the guitarist announced that he is suffering from Stage 4 prostate cancer earlier this year. \" class=\"wp-image-24699169\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/andy-taylor-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/andy-taylor-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/andy-taylor-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/andy-taylor-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/andy-taylor-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Andy Taylor performs at Madison Square Garden in 1983; the guitarist announced that he is suffering from Stage 4 prostate cancer earlier this year. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Things came to a head during the 1985 Live Aid concert in Philadelphia, where Duran Duran, featuring its three other members, headlined over Led Zeppelin \u2014 while Power Station hit the stage before the\u00a0Thompson Twins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two factions didn\u2019t talk to one another,\u201d said Davis, who noted that the original Duran Duran ensemble \u201cdidn\u2019t play together again for 18 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the mid-1990s, the group\u2019s stardom had dimmed, with band\u00a0members enduring failed relationships, unsuccessful recording efforts and stints in rehab.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was haunted by the familiar wave of regrets: the opportunities I had wasted in the eighties, the bad choices I had made over and over, again and again,\u201d John recounted in his book. \u201cWhat an asshole I was!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/duran-duran-group.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Now clean, sober and Hall of Famers, Duran Duran continues to tour and just released the concert film, \u201cA Hollywood High.\u201d\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-24699175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/duran-duran-group.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/duran-duran-group.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/duran-duran-group.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Now clean, sober and Hall of Famers, Duran Duran continues to tour and just released the concert film, \u201cA Hollywood High.\u201d\u00a0<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Redferns<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The band\u2019s last seven studio releases, including \u201cFuture Past,\u201d which dropped last year, had mostly lackluster sales, though their 2004 album \u201cAstronaut\u201d went gold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The last time Buell saw John was in New York more than 25 years ago, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was doing a solo performance at SideWalk Cafe in the East Village,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI remembered thinking to myself, \u2018You are a living god. What are you doing there?\u2019 I brought Nicolas Cage with me so that he would have a superstar in the audience. [John] sang that night and he was amazing. I told myself that I hope this is not the end, that he would not be playing these little rooms forever.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She got her wish.<\/p>\n<p>Though Andy Taylor is now battling\u00a0stage 4 prostate cancer,\u00a0his bandmates are clean, sober and have been touring this year to packed audiences. In August, they played at Madison Square Garden and this month released a concert film, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/music\/news\/duran-duran-film-rooftop-concert-hollywood-high-1235397402\/\">A Hollywood High<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As Buell says, \u201cI love a comeback from hell.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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