Nick Rhodes Profile

Background information
Birth name Nicholas James Bates
Born June 8, 1962 (age 45)Moseley, West Midlands, England
Origin Birmingham, England
Genre(s) Rock, Pop, New Wave
Occupation(s) Keyboardist, producer
Instrument(s) Keyboards,analog synthesizers,digital synthesizer
Years active 1978 – present
Associatedacts Duran DuranArcadiaThe Devils


Nick Rhodes in 1981.
Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas James Bates in Moseley, West Midlands, England, June 8, 1962) is the keyboardist for Duran Duran. Rhodes and singer Simon Le Bon are the only members to have been with the band throughout its 27-year professional career (beginning in 1980). Furthermore, Rhodes is the only member that has been with the band since its creation in 1978. He has also released albums with Arcadia in 1985 (a Duran Duran side-project), as well as The Devils in 2002 (with Stephen Duffy who was the former lead singer of Duran Duran before they were signed in the early 80's.)
Early history
Nick Bates was the only child of well-off parents, the owners of a Birmingham toy store. In 1978, Bates left school at the age of sixteen, and founded Duran Duran with his art school friend John Taylor. At about the same time as the name Duran Duran was chosen for the band, he decided to change his name, for "aesthetic reasons", to Rhodes after the Greek island.
As the band coalesced into its final lineup 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.