Nick Rhodes

Date of Birth: June 08, 1962
Place of Birth: Not available

Nick Rhodes Biography

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Nick Rhodes, born Nicholas James Bates on 8th June 1962 in Moseley, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Is the Keyboardist for Duran Duran. He is the youngest member of the band and is the only member to have been with the band since it was created in 1978. He also released an album with the original singer of Duran Duran, Stephen Duffy, in a group entitled The Devils. During a break in Duran duran's scheduele in 1985, Rhodes, singer Simon Le Bon and drummer Roger Taylor formed the Duran Duran side-project Arcadia, under this name, they released an album called So Red The Rose and several singles, the most successful being Election Day. It was Rhodes' idea to make Duran Duran's music videos more interesting, which would help them to become more successful since their videos were played heavily on the then new music channel MTV. His voice can be heard at the beginning of the song Medazzaland off their 1997 album of the same name. In the late 1990's he had also begun writing lyrics for Duran Duran, as well as music. He owns the rights to the name 'Duran Duran'.

Bates was the only child of well-off parents, the owners of a Birmingham toyshop. In 1978, Bates left school at the age of sixteen, and founded Duran Duran with his art school friend John Taylor. At about the same time as the name Duran Duran was chosen for the band, he decided to change his name, allegedly due to being taunted by classmates with the moniker "Master Bates", to Rhodes after the Greek island. He attended Woodrush High School in Hollywood Birmingham. Whilst in Woodrush, he and John Taylor formed a band along with other classmates named RAF.
Nick Rhodes with Arcadia

As the band coalesced into its final lineup in 1979-80, Duran Duran started playing at a local Birmingham club called "The Rum Runner". The club owners became the band's managers, and Rhodes began working at the club as a disc jockey.

Rhodes studied production techniques while in the studio with Duran Duran, eventually helping to mix several tracks on the Rio album, and was a co-producer on many of the band's later albums. In early 1983, he discovered the band Kajagoogoo and co-produced their debut single Too Shy which became a UK no.1 (prior to any of Duran's singles reaching no.1).