Turth or Dare? Ok, Truth. I saw the Durannies live in 1982 open for Blondie in Rockford, IL (get that, bitch!). Yes, my pal Rick and I saw the Duranskis, then got backstage to talk to them. At the time, Rick was playing drums in a local blues band, but wanted to move to London, and he was snagging down with Roger Taylor, the Durannies drummer, to get his input on drumming opportunities in London for a middle america blues drummer. Crazy Rick. Me? I think I was either skimming beers from their post-gig stash or trying to hang out with Simon and John to get their cast-offs. Ya know wot I mean, winka winka?
Man, I wish we had blogs in 1982…
In any case, here’s this week’s Rock Clip of the Week. Duran Duran cracking out a splendid “Planet Earth” from 1982 from some Norwegian (Icelandic?) TV show. Brilliant.