![]() ![]() It’s nice for a couple of weeks to relax and gather your thoughts, but after that I get very, very bored. We’re only here once, so far as we know, and I don’t think a lot happens in a break. ![]() Nick Rhodes: I don’t see the point in breaks. Newly married to department store heiress Julie Anne Friedman, there was no temptation for Rhodes to enjoy the enforced break. ![]() I wanted to make a really beautiful record, something more textured and esoteric. That wasn’t something I was interested in, nor was I invited to it anyway. The atom had split when John and Andy were pulling more towards modern rock with The Power Station. Nick Rhodes: The initial inspiration for Arcadia was the split of Duran Duran. John Earls speaks to Nick Rhodes and key players Mark Egan, Carlos Alomar and Andy Mackay about one of the most fascinating (and expensive) albums of the decade: Then there was a stellar roll call of Eighties talent to rival Band Aid: Grace Jones, David Gilmour, Carlos Alomar, Sting, Andy Mackay and Herbie Hancock. Alongside Le Bon and Rhodes – and mostly Roger Taylor, the only member to feature in both Duran spin-offs – were Japanese guitarist Masami Tsuchiya, jazz bassist Mark Egan and leftfield percussionist David Van Tieghem. In reality, Arcadia was ahead of its time – one of the first pop or rock projects to have guest artists at its core, much like Gorillaz 25 years later. But that’s largely because Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes keep telling people it is. Created by Duran Duran‘s Nick Rhodes and Simon Le Bon when they had time on their hands while Andy Taylor and John Taylor were living out their rock star dreams in The Power Station, So Red The Rose is often remembered as “the most pretentious album of all time”. Released in November 1985, Arcadia’s only album So Red The Rose is one of the most remarkable side-projects in pop. ![]()
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