TV Mania
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TV Mania was an electronic band founded in 1995 that consisted of keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, both of Duran Duran. This long-running side project, which Rhodes and Cuccurllo returned to whenever work on various Duran Duran projects slowed down, produced more than sixty songs, but has not yet seen commercial release.[1] A few songs have appeared on Cuccurullo's website and in the 2004 movie Trollywood, directed by Madeleine Farley, who had been dating Rhodes for several years.[2]
The music was reportedly very experimental, consisting in large part of found sound recorded from radio and television, in the style of musique concrète. Rhodes once described it as a “social junk culture triptych opera” with a loose storyline, and said he'd love to see it developed into a stage show.
The project has been largely abandoned since Cuccurullo's dismissal from Duran Duran in 2001.[3]
Production of the Duran Duran albums Medazzaland and Pop Trash by Cuccurullo and Rhodes was also credited to "TV Mania". This was a departure from previous albums, where production was always credited to "Duran Duran" plus any outside producers; this reflected Duran Duran vocalist Simon Le Bon's decreasing involvement in the songwriting, recording, and mixing process at the time.
[edit] References
- ^ Glass, Cyndi. "The ever-entertaining world of Warren Cuccurullo, musician-at-large", Youthquake Magazine.
- ^ IMDb: Trollywood (2004)
- ^ Malins, Steve. (2005) Notorious: The Unauthorized Biography, André Deutsch/Carlton Publishing, UK (ISBN 0-233-00137-9)
