Simon Le Bon

Simon John Charles Le Bon ( born October 27, 1958 in Bushey, England ) is a British singer. He became known as the singer of Duran Duran.

Career

Simon Le Bon came in the spring of 1980 to Duran Duran. He studied English Literature at Birmingham, as his then girlfriend Fiona Kemp gave him the tip that in the music pub where she worked as a waitress, a new band playing, which, however, still lacks a suitable singer. In addition to its obvious aesthetic appeal ( at the first meeting he was wearing pink jeans with black predator pressure and a mirrored sunglasses ) helped Le Bon also the fact that it is equal brought a book full of self-written lyrics to the court as the lead singer in one of the most successful bands the last 30 years.

Le Bon 's post was the singer immediately. However, he insisted, only to want to finish his studies until he could devote himself full of the band. In June 1980 Le Bon had the exam in the bag and finally decided to become a pop singer. By his own testimony he wanted to become as a child that already. " Whereas some kids wanted to be train drivers, I always wanted to be a pop singer. "

In addition to his work with Duran Duran takes Le Bon regularly solo pieces for samplers of musician friends and is co-owner of the successful SYN label, based in Tokyo, which specializes in commercials.

Simon Le Bon is a big water sports fan and avid motorcyclist. Both on the water and on land he had serious accidents. In August 1985, he participated with his sailing crew during the Fastnet Race, where his yacht Drum wrecked and the crew members were rescued at the last second by the Coast Guard from drowning off the coast of Cornwall. Beginning of 1994, Le Bon suffered a serious motorcycle accident, where he incurred a hernia. Only a few weeks later he was sitting next to his bandmates John Taylor in the car when this drunk who lost control of the vehicle and drove down an embankment. Both men were unhurt.

Simon Le Bon is married since 27 December 1985 the model Yasmin Le Bon, with whom he has three children.

He is an avowed agnostic and wrote and spoke in 2009 Ariane Sherine an essay in The Atheist 's Guide to Christmas, which served to support the Atheist Bus Campaign.