Tag: new-romantic

• Duran Duran: Back to the Future

  Background: I was a teenage New Romantic, somehow surviving life in mid-’80s rural Ohio despite sporting full stage wear and eyeliner for trips to malls, grocery stores… basically everywhere. Duran Duran were a sartorial influence for a Chess King-enabled season, but Japan, Psychedelic Furs and Echo and the Bunnymen have remained more enduring musical inspirations…