Forty Years Later
MORE THAN 40 YEARS AFTER FIRST FORMING, the famed and influential British rock band are still tight-knit. When the four members—singer Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor—get together in a room, as they did during a recent visit to New York to promote their forthcoming album, Future Past, the camaraderie and joking among them is more what you’d expect more from best friends than workmates.
Rhodes says, “The reason we weathered the storms is because we all really like working together, and what we can create as a unit is far more powerful than things we would do individually.”
, the band’s 15th studio album (due out on October 22), is fittingly features a cast of guest artists, including producer/musician Mark Ronson; the Japanese female rock band CHAI; and pianist Mike Garson, best known for his work with David Bowie.
