Stephen Duffy was a founding member, vocalist, bassist, and then drummer of Duran Duran.
17 Facts About Stephen Duffy
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Stephen Duffy went on to record as a solo performer under several different names, and is the singer and songwriter for The Lilac Time with his elder brother Nick.
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Stephen Duffy has co-written with Robbie Williams and Steven Page.
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When bass player Simon Colley joined, Stephen Duffy moved to drums.
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Stephen Duffy left both the school and the band in 1979, before Duran Duran signed with EMI in 1980.
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Stephen Duffy went on to form Obviously Five Believers, sometimes known as The Subterranean Hawks or The Hawks, and he made his first four-track recordings.
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Stephen Duffy after dropping the "Tin Tin" reference from his stage name.
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In 1986, Stephen Duffy began writing and recording music that would become The Lilac Time's first album, released on Swordfish Records.
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In 1991, the band split up and Stephen Duffy subsequently pursued a solo career.
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The next album was called simply Stephen Duffy, released in August 1995 on Indolent Records.
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Stephen Duffy participated in a temporary supergroup called Me Me Me, consisting of Duffy, Alex James of Blur, Justin Welch of Elastica, and Charlie Bloor.
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Stephen Duffy reformed The Lilac Time with brother Nick and Michael Giri, along with new members Claire Worrall and Melvin Stephen Duffy.
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In 2007, Stephen Duffy released a new album and limited edition book called Runout Groove and held a few rare performances with the full Lilac Time ensemble, notably headlining the Green Man Festival.
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In 1987, Stephen Duffy was contacted by Steven Page, then of the band Scary Movie Breakfast, and was impressed by his writing and demo tape.
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Stephen Duffy then went on to work as the musical director for Williams' Close Encounters World Tour.
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Stephen Duffy agreed to a request to sit by sculptor Jon Edgar in London in 2008.
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The album came about after Stephen Duffy got heckled by the band's guitarist Dave Kusworth at an event at Birmingham's Glee Club in 2019, with the album being released by Easy Action Records, almost a year after the death of Kusworth.