![]() So we’ve had all of this year to finish it. We stopped for maybe nine months, and then got back together after last Christmas. LE BON: We started in November 2018 and had been working to release it by summer of 2020, but in March the world changed. It’s another way of saying “now.”ĪNISTON: And you recorded it during the pandemic? LE BON: The idea is that every moment you live in the future will be a past. How did you guys get through the pandemic? Is this when you were writing Future Past? I love the title. There was no one that was working harder than the other, so it didn’t make sense to not all be equally compensated. That was the key to Friends, and why we were able to stay such a family. You start to resent somebody who’s earning more than you, especially if you think they’re doing the same job as you.ĪNISTON: I agree. I know so many bands with whom that’s not the case, and they’re not happy. People often say to me, “What’s the secret of staying together for such a long time?” And I often say things like, “We’re really great friends, we make each other laugh, we love music.” But the real core of it is that we split the money equally. LE BON: We’d start by getting together in a room with absolutely no ideas whatsoever, trusting that we’re going to come up with something. It’s when you get confidence with the job you’re doing that you get a chance to look around and think to yourself, “Oh, I actually like these guys.”ĪNISTON: You all seemed to be quite evolved for young men who were taking on that kind of world domination and success. I was a guy in their band, and they were guys in my band. ![]() There was a time near the beginning when we were much more competitive. Over 40 years, we’ve developed a respect and tolerance of each other’s differences. And especially if it’s the lead singer, by the way. If you’re in a band, they’re always trying to take the piss, especially if you start to develop any kind of ego. Solo artists are much more vulnerable in terms of psychology, because they’ve got people surrounding them who agree with everything they say. Shirt by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. ![]() Simon wears Jacket by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. Roger wears Jacket by Celine by Hedi Slimane. How did you keep your sanity? Or did you? When that happened we knew there was something really, really special about the five of us.ĪNISTON: And to be that young. The second time I went there, to a little stage in this nightclub where they used to rehearse, they started playing something, and I said, “I’ve got something I think could fit with that.” And started singing the lyrics to what became “Sound of Thunder,” which is on the first album. I was the last piece of jigsaw to fall into place. And that was what got me the job.ĪNISTON: Was John there yet? Or Andy and Roger ? I turned up with this great big book full of slightly punky, slightly sci-fi lyrics. They had lots of pieces of music, some with sketchy melodies, but the one thing that they didn’t have was lyrics. I went along and met them, and the whole thing just clicked. ![]() An ex-girlfriend of mine got in contact and said there’s a band looking for a singer. LE BON: I was up in Birmingham doing theater, training to be an actor. Nick was 17.ĪNISTON: Did you guys know each other? How did you become Duran Duran? Can you believe it?ĪNISTON: No! That must feel so exciting! I don’t know if you remember a show that you guys did at the Palladium, I think it was ’81 or ’82, but I had it on a VHS tape and watched it over 100 times. We’re all just kind of doing the best we can these days. On the occasion of their latest album Future Past, Duran Duran’s lead singer meets one of their biggest fans: Jennifer Aniston.
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