Nick Rhodes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nick Rhodes
Occupation	Pianist
Date Of Birth	Jun 8, 1962(1962-06-08)
Age	62
Birthplace	Birmingham
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Nick Rhodes Biography

Nick Rhodes is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on June 8, 1962 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Duran Duran is the new wave rock band’s keyboardist. He has also been a member of The Devils and Arcadia.

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Nicholas James Bates was the only child of well-off parents who were the owners of a Birmingham toy shop. He attended Woodrush High School in Wythall, north Worcestershire. He and John Taylor (from the nearby village of Hollywood) formed a band called ‘RAF’. Bates left school in 1978 at the age of sixteen, and founded Duran Duran with school friends Stephen Duffy (vocals), John Taylor (who then played lead guitar), and Simon Colley (bass). Rhodes reportedly owns the Duran Duran name; this was mentioned in the Andy Warhol diaries. Warhol told his diarist Pat Hackett that Duran Duran had split up (in 1986, Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor left the band, returning in 2001 to reunite and create the Astronaut album) “but Nick owns the name so it’s still Duran Duran”.

As the band coalesced into its final line-up 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.

He is the father of a daughter, Julie Anne Friedman, his ex-wife.

Nick Rhodes Net Worth

Nick Rhodes is one of the richest Pianist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nick Rhodes 's net worth $60 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At art school, he met his future bandmates Stephen Duffy and He met his future bandmates Stephen Duffy and John Taylor at art school. .

He produced and collaborated on the album Welcome to The Monkey House with The Dandy Warhols.

Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas James Bates, 8 June 1962) is an English musician, singer and producer, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of the new wave band Duran Duran. He is also informally monikered as “The Controller”, after being introduced as such on stage by bandmate Simon Le Bon during the Astronaut album world tours of 2004–2005. He is the youngest member of the original lineup.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Nick Rhodes height 5 ft 7 in Nick weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Nick Rhodes Dating?

According to our records, Nick Rhodes married to Julie Anne Friedman. As of December 1, 2023, Nick Rhodes’s is not dating anyone.

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Rhodes has been involved in several side projects outside of, but related to Duran Duran: he released albums with Arcadia in 1985 (featuring 3 members of Duran: Rhodes, Simon Le Bon and Roger Taylor), and recorded and performed as The Devils in 2002 with Stephen Duffy, longtime musical friend and the original lead singer of Duran Duran. In March 2013, he released the TV Mania side project with former Duran Duran guitarist, Warren Cuccurullo.

Facts & Trivia

Nick Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Nick Rhodes celebrates birthday on June 8 of every year.

Rhodes was also quick to recognise the potential of the music video, and pushed the band to put more effort into their early videos than seemed warranted at the time (before the advent of MTV). Barely twenty when the band hit major stardom, he cultivated an androgynous and sometimes flamboyant image, wore heavy makeup, and changed his hair colour at whim. By the late 1990s, Rhodes had begun writing lyrics for Duran Duran, as well as music. His digitally altered voice is heard on the title track to the 1997 album Medazzaland.

Is Nick Rhodes still married?

Rhodes has had several long relationships with various women but has not remarried.

Why did Nick Rhodes change his name?

He and his art school friend John Taylor founded the band in 1978; at about the same time as the name Duran Duran was chosen for the band, Nick decided to change his name, for “ aesthetic reasons “, to Rhodes (possibly after the Rhodes piano, or his hair, which was vividly red at the time).

How old is Nick Rhodes?

60 years (June 8, 1962)

Where did Nick Rhodes live?

Birmingham

Is Cate Le Bon Simon Le Bons daughter?

CATE Le Bon isn’t related to Simon Le Bon , but she did name herself (as a joke) after the Duran Duran singer.