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Adorned the walls of many young teenage girls, John Taylor of Duran Duran in the early 1980s.
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The 80s synth-pop band, Duran Duran, was the epitome of an English haircut band; a lot of flashy clothes and fancy haircuts - but little substance. The band took their name from a character in the sci-fi movie Barberella. And John Taylor was their bass player for this: the fanciest haircut of them all. Taylor's first band was called Shock Treatment. In 1978, he and classmate Nick Rhodes formed Duran Duran while attending the School of Foundation Studies & Experimental Workshop Birmingham Polytechnic (perhaps one of the longest names for a school in history).

As Duran Duran's fame exploded - Taylor became a staple for teen magazines and appeared on People magazine's annual list of "Sexiest People."

Not to hate him at all - but Taylor once said that he used to choose his girlfriends by looking through fashion magazines.
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